tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post8589460070479860315..comments2023-08-14T10:44:59.007-04:00Comments on Novel Spaces: Just Say No...To Internet PiracyKeVin K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-89388283765230446062009-11-08T23:50:27.702-05:002009-11-08T23:50:27.702-05:00I've never downloaded music, but that might be...I've never downloaded music, but that might be partly because I was scared to import computer viruses as well. [I had a colleague at one job who did it on her work computer all the time. By all the time I mean constantly, even overnight. Her machine crashed on an almost weekly basis.] I <i>have</i> bought bootleg DVDs a few times; they're available practically on every corner here. I've stopped, and now get my movies through Amazon. Stealing is stealing, no matter what form it takes.<br /><br />There are so many people who would never think of picking up a grape in the supermarket and popping it into their mouths, but who think nothing of illegally downloading music and software. <br /><br />I don't get the 'information wants to be free' business. Maybe it would make sense to me if groceries, mortgages and medical care wanted to be free too.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-50915257388739988122009-11-05T19:40:25.099-05:002009-11-05T19:40:25.099-05:00I blame the whole "information wants to be fr...I blame the whole "information wants to be free" mindset, which afflicts lots of people, not just college students (who at least have the excuse of being broke and generally ignorant of copyright laws), these days. <br /><br />Newspaper reporters are losing their jobs because people are getting their news from Internet sites reprinting or summarizing stories rather than buying newspapers and supporting the cost of gathering that news. Once papers go under and take the remaining reporters with them, we'll be left with Internet rumors and commentary to know what's happening in the world.<br /><br />We also need a system like Europe's, in which, I believe, authors get royalties when their books are checked out of the library.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-36621348162805301692009-11-04T09:03:02.157-05:002009-11-04T09:03:02.157-05:00When I was in college, I... Well, never mind.
He...When I was in college, I... Well, never mind.<br /><br />Hey, you're young, broke, worn out from studying and having too much dang fun to care about downloading a few songs. <br /><br />Piracy? Until publishers go after a owner or two of one of those sites for royalties, it will continue to be a problem.Phyllis Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159964500693902500noreply@blogger.com