Thread: Is it against the law to share your multimedia with friends?

technically it is illegal its basically kazaa but with a group of friends but if you just let someone burn a few cds it will be illegal but no one will care

Originally posted by Gargen
but no one will care

Or in the present tense: no one cares. That's the bottom line.

In my opinion, piracy can't really be stopped. No matter how hard organizations like the RIAA try, it just won't happen. I heard on the news a while ago that the Grokster network and some other one were shut down, which will probably happen to more P2P networks. Even if P2P networks like this get shut down, there are always about a hundred others.
Also, P2P doesn't always have to mean illegal. There is plenty of non-copywrited content on these servers. For example, anti-piracy organizations want to shut down bit-torrent, and I have never seen an illegal torrent in all the time I've used the program. Also, I have used LimeWire to download open-source software and trial versions because of the massive traffic some sites get.
As for downloading games, if companies want to avoid warez/p2p sharing, then they should just release their game for a console, like xbox or ps2.
As for software, most of it isn't really worth what you have to pay, and you don't even have to pirate it most of the time. For example, I know someone who got the full version of Adobe Photoshop for free straight off of the adobe website. Also, many programs use the serial number activication, where all you have to do is use google and get the software.
Also, most of the songs I have downloaded, I already own. I just download them so I can put them in a playlist and not have to listen to the other crappy songs in the albums.
By the way, don't download P2P programs unless you really know what your doing, because most will trash your computer, and don't get cracked versions of steam, because most have really annoying spyware/trojans.

P.S-i'm sleepy so my words might not make sence.
PP.SS.-i am not responsible for people that illegally mod their xbox or get limewire and get caught just because they read about it in my post.
PPP.SSS..-communism isn't good
PPPP.SSSS.-microsoft used warez while making windows media player codecs
PPPPP.SSSSS.-can someone tell me how your really supposed to add more P.S's?

Originally posted by skwerlfish
P.S-i'm sleepy so my words might not make sence.
PP.SS.-i am not responsible for people that illegally mod their xbox or get limewire and get caught just because they read about it in my post.
PPP.SSS..-communism isn't good
PPPP.SSSS.-microsoft used warez while making windows media player codecs
PPPPP.SSSSS.-can someone tell me how your really supposed to add more P.S's?

For G-d's sake man, just add more S's, not P's! O.o

Oh, and once again, FUCK the RIAA.

You mean more P's and no S's?

I love the RIAA.

Originally posted by skwerlfish
PPP.SSS..-communism isn't good

Right.

[on-topic]
My present view is similar to brady's - I'm essentially 'stealing', however in the case that the product is actually good enough that I'd have paid for it otherwise, then I'll rather buy it (usually)

That way I at least don't feel that I'm doing anybody in - when I only pirate it, I generally wouldn't have bought it in any event.

[off-topic]
PS is an abbreviation for postscript. Thus to add another, post-postscript is about the best option. ie. PPS.

post-post-script-script just makes no sense

Originally posted by Placebo
[off-topic]
PS is an abbreviation for postscript. Thus to add another, post-postscript is about the best option. ie. PPS.

post-post-script-script just makes no sense

Aha! That's it then. Sorry for the confusion, skwerly!

i think South Park explained it good

they downloaded some music off the internet and than went to jail and this guy explained it to them like
forhot name so il just say son of some rich famoes dude
""son of some rich famoes dude" wanted a private island for his birthday but since people pirated his parents music "son of some rich famoes dude"'s parents cant affort it" it was funny but you have to see it to get it if anyone else saw this episode thayl know what i mean