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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
pawnshops used this theory but now most cities have strict regulations how they operate.
Why ? because despite them offering a legal service the majority of their business was stolen property.
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except that 50% of their torrent traffic is tv shows
and even the US courts have recognized the right to use the cloud as a timeshifting medium means that a majority of their business is completely non infringing.
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Originally Posted by cess
Yes on a site called "The PIRATE Bay". For every torrent that's tied to legal content there's probably a hundred that's for pirated content. I got an odd feeling that's why the name is.... "The PIRATE Bay".
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read the pirate's dilemma how youth culture is reinventing capitalism
http://thepiratesdilemma.com/download-the-book
the fact is the "pirate" has been used repeatedly by the establishment to describe technological shifts that improved the world.
the printing press
cable tv
VCR
MP3 rippers
and yes torrents.
unless you are a moron who believes all of those advancements are bad, you should be able to realize that they are accepting what is considered a slur as a badge of honour.