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"...but the net effect on the producer's profit would remain the same" Obviously if you believe that everyone that has illegally downloaded your material would have paid for it in the first place, then I guess you can see it as lost profit. "...but the key difference is that media on YouTube is not ...

"piracy is theft, plain and simple. Pirates aren't the internet equivalent of Robin Hood, so let's not try and make out that they are." Have I disagreed with that point? No, I disagreed with this point: "Personally, I must admit to feeling a twinge of pity for the rippers/uploaders when I think ...

Mr Chapel, sorry, my reply was meant for DanG who wrote: " Personally, I must admit to feeling a twinge of pity for the rippers/uploaders when I think about what motivates them to do it. There's no financial gain, instead just a chorus of 'You the man!' when they upload something. It's very sad to ...

So the only reason for you to do something for someone else is financial gain? And everyone who does something without getting paid are stupid?

Just wondering.

Pirating porn really isn't like pirating games, movies or program. If you want to release a game or program, you need to have skills to remove the protections added to the software. If you want to release a dvdr or a xvid of a movie, you need to be good at ripping it and converting it. Obviously not ...