Ya they need to increase the BDR disc sizes at a decent price, I feel like i'm putting stuff back on floppies.
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Tell your son that some of us pay our bills based off the residuals for our creative output, and people who pirate are literally stealing. Because they aren't talented enough to do what I do.

You're just a thief, same as any piece of human shit that robs a liquor store. There is literally no difference.
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Nobody wants your mix tape, Jerron.
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VPN is helpful, but not necessary. Always use a PRIVATE TRACKER. If you can download a torrent without logging in to a website, you have to assume your IP is going to be visible to the general public.
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decent VPNs cost maybe $20/year. And you can have multiple connections.
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You'll be a better artist if you're starving. You can thank the downloaders later.

There is a difference. A thief who robs a liquor store, deprives someone of an actual thing. IP pirates don't take something, they copy it.
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"There is literally no difference"? Really?

You see no difference between robbing a liquor store (presumably at gunpoint) and downloading something off of the Internet?

Tell you what, Sparky: Post a link to ANYTHING you've ever created that anyone has ever bothered to pirate. I'll download it. If I like it, I'll send you a check.
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:-)
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the gun adds charges dipshit....

how about not creating a straw man? I mean unless you need a gun to use utorrent...dumbass

explain to us the difference between stealing cash out of someone's car, and stealing their music/work and not paying for it...

"buy your son a VPN and teach him to steal" is great advice....but "teach him how to properly use torrents legally/safely before getting a vpn, as you probably dont need one" is "horrible advice"

/Lex Loser
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dude that was planted

the mods faked that image
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I explained one significant difference already. If you think they're the same, explain to me why transgressors can't be prosecuted under the same statutes.
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I agree they arent legally/criminally the same thats not the point i am making

if that is the tecnicality /point youre making i agree...., but in all practically they are both stealing money off of someone's dinner table at the end of the day right?
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It's not just a technicality. It's a fundamental difference. If you look over your fence at your neighbor's custom built swing set and you use the idea and build your own identical copy, you didn't steal a swing set.

If you sneak over to his yard, dismantle his swing set, and then rebuild it in your yard, you did steal his swing set.
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It's fair to say that absent piracy, some artists would make more money. It's not fair to say that piracy hurts all artists and it's not fair to assume every download (or even most of them) would be a purchase if not for piracy.
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Damn dude, I'm sorry I offended you so much with that comment. I don't want to start a war over it.

I take it back. You advice was awesome. I am humbled by your greatness.
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