Pirate Bay court case NL

[doggone]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25943716

What a surprise, blocking didn't make any difference - so they have to allow them again.
Was anyone really surprised, and will the same happen here?

[UrbanRacer]

[-Matt-]

[Quornholio]

[Im-a-Ridah]

[-Matt-]

You would, definately, someone will always want it for free.

But asking people to pay often more than an hours salarly for an hours 'entertainment' thats rarely even that entertaining is optimistic at best, verging on insulting.

Things should be priced with a bit of relevance to the quality of the product/production costs. Primark sells shit, for shit, and pays shit for them to be produced. A shit movie pays multi-millions often to the actors, has a medicore budget, yet still expects full-whack at cinema and DVD when it retails.

[Quornholio]

The thing is, there are some things I've seen that I didn't feel jibbed at paying to watch. 12 Years A Slave is one I've just been watching at the flicks. Bob on film, IMHO.

However, I've seen plenty films that were absolute shite, and wouldn't have watched (in hindsight) for free.
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[-Matt-]

This it the issue for me - i watched 12 years a slave tonight ironically, really decent film - but I didn't pay for it.

I'd be happy to donate-x to it if there was a system set up to easily allow such things, and subsequently show the breakdown of payment to everyone involved in it - not just the big actors, that justify the big advertisements, that justify the big sponsors etc.

To me films and music are no different to art - anyone can look at it - if you enjoy it enough to 'own' a piece you will pay for it as you see fit.

Until then though I will continue being an industry destroying criminal of epic proportions I guess

[Quornholio]

But the very same logic can be applied to absolutely everything.

When you go and buy your salad box from Asda, you don't see the breakdown between the supermarket, the supplier, the worker who prepped the salad, the company who supplied the box, etc.

Same can be said about everything.

The 'honesty box' is a nice idea though, but again, it wouldn't work.

Not that I'm saying folk who download stuff are all bastards and all the usual anti-piracy bollocks. I do think films etc. can be expensive for what they are.
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[ws4936]

[The Artist]

The thing is, the Dutch government are using logic when they make decisions.

Maybe the British government should do the same.

[ScaredyCat]