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"A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users"

prepare to possibly get owned

Even if I'd ever used the site (I'd never heard of it before today), I'd have nothing to worry about: file-sharing is legal in Canada.

The gist of the law goes something like this:'It's not our fault the stuff is available for download; we didn't put it there, so we can't be punished for downloading it'.

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OiNK was awesome and had by far the best selection of any reasonably simple to access tracker. I'm bummed it got killed but my ratio was about to get me in trouble anyway so I don't mind.

On to the next big site, eh fellows?

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I got invites to OiNK, but I turned them down; P2P is a great way to get sued, even if it's "private."

All you people who had accounts there better hope the guy didn't store logs.

-steve

They only sue little girls and the elderly.

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yeah but those douchebags steal a good $15 from the consumer for charging $20 a CD.

And since they're the ones making the music, they have the right to charge what they want. Paying $20 voluntarily isn't being robbed; it's choosing to use your money in a manner you deem to be less than efficient.

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yeah but those douchebags steal a good $15 from the consumer for charging $20 a CD.

Much like how cars probably only cost $1000 to make, but charge 10,000-20,000 new? Also, the same can easily be said of videogames, except now they charge $50 for the disk, rather than just $20. Oh, how about with most BASIC LIFE NECCESITIES that probably profit twice the production value? By your logic you seem to think that if they overcharge someone else for something, you say that's enough to legitimize not paying for the product yourself.

Pretending EVERY one of them is the 'douchebag' you make them out to be, you are still stealing, making up excuses doesn't change the fact that you are obtaining a product someone worked for the purpose of selling... Doesn't matter if its food, a video game, music, movies, etc., it is stealing.

But I suppose this is a matter, not of whether or not it is stealing, but of what is more just: To be injusticed by unneccesarily high prices to obtain art, or to injustice the artist by accepting the art without having paid the artist for their work.

Or, easier said:

Is it more moral to be ripped off $20 for a $5 disk, or

Is it more moral to rip off the artist by getting what was on the $5 disk for free?

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And since they're the ones making the music, they have the right to charge what they want. Paying $20 voluntarily isn't being robbed; it's choosing to use your money in a manner you deem to be less than efficient.

but whats the other choice? oh right, stealing it for free.

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