DukeNuke wrote:
But the thing is movies and music allready do get ripped off, redistributed, and plagiarized ... What the Pirate Party is trying to change is not which of the two people should do, only that people who download (about 10% of the population) should not be concidered criminals, when there's really no need for them to be concidered criminals.
But not
everyone does that. If all 100% of the population just downloaded their movies and music for free (which would happen if this Pirate Party ever takes over), artists would make far, far less money if any at all.
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The film industry make money through cinemas, since it's not the same as watching the film through a monitor (and because it takes about a week for the movie to get from the cinemas to the internet, by wich time a lot of people will allready have watched it at the cinema).
Yes, but all that revenue would go straight to the cinema, seeing as they don't need any permission to show the movie. Plus, it only takes long to get on the Internet because it's illegal, and people worry about getting caught. If it were legal, it would be extremely easy for anyone (especially TV companies or anyone else who has a camera) to just record the movie or release it anyways.
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like Mike and Matt, make their money by distributing their work freely on the internet.
Actually, their work is copyrighted. You can watch it freely on their site, and they can make money at their store, but you can't take credit for the work or sell your own 'bootleg' Homestar products. Without copyright laws, even the Brothers Chaps would make less money.
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And software and game companies have allways made more and more money, despite file sharing.
Again, because some people have morals and are willing to buy the products. Somehow, the Pirate Party seems to think that their new ideas won't change the media
at all, which is where they're way off.