I Wouldn't Steal

From Torrentfreak:

Greens EFA, a coalition of two political parties that currently have 42 seats in the European parliament, have launched a pro-filesharing campaign named “I Wouldn’t Steal”. Their goal is to counter the anti-piracy propaganda put forward by the entertainment industry, and encourage people to download and share.

The message put forward by the parties is pretty strong: “Whenever you rent a movie, the multinational media industry forces you to watch their propaganda. They claim that downloading movies is the same as snatching bags, stealing cars or shoplifting. That’s simply not true – making a copy is fundamentally different from stealing.”

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At long bloody last, some politicians who have sense.

Here's their video:



They are right, too. Making a copy is fundamentally different from stealing. If you were to go into a public place and saw someone carrying a bag you liked, then you made a copy of it, would they care at all? Of course they wouldn't. Copying then selling for profit is wrong, but the act of copying, imo, is not.

http://iwouldntsteal.net/

What do you think of this?

I agree. If i buy a film and want to share it with a friend, why the hell shouldn't i? I own it, i can do what i want with it.

Well you know, my step-grandpa's son does this, he has tons and tons or litterally copied disks, which is not illegal because he doesn't sell them.

I don't have the guts to try anything like that though.

An interesting way of looking at things. But, I seldom download films. I live near a really good rental place by my house and it's so much cheaper and more nonsense-free than downloading a copy which might end up to be crap quality in the end. I think that if the film industry realised that people would gladly pay money for their content as long as it were reasonably-priced, then there wouldn't be an issue about piracy.