Where there is a sea their will always be Pirates
With our self pro claimed “Geek Week in Piracy” officially over, we have come to a lot of conclusions. One conclusion is that we could not cover enough info about this topic in a week. That’s why we have decided to at least touch on this topic once a week. So many thoughts and ideas are running through my head on what I can write to summarize these topics of online piracy, but one stands out more then the rest. Maybe it is because this question is what online piracy boils down to, that simple question of “is it wrong?” We can all justify things in life on some level, so the answer to that question will be different for everyone. Some people will come to the conclusion that paying $1.00 a song is too much money, or paying $15-$16.00 for an album with 11 songs is in it self thievery. Every explanation can be justified, so we have taken a neutral ground on certain topics within the online piracy world. Some content we feel people should rightly pay for, some content we feel is overpriced and people should pirate the hell out of it until studios understand that we should not have to pay the inflated prices to see certain flicks.
One thing we do not stand for is the way the RIAA/MPAA go after people about downloading content. They are the new Gestapo; they are hypocritical entities that have blatant disregard for laws that have been set into place to protect people. They blackmail and extort money out of innocent people daily. These corporations need to be stopped.
Another main conclusion we have came to is that “pirating” or “sharing” content will never stop. No matter what, even if albums are 50 cents people will always download music, movies, and software. The internet is our sea, and where there is a sea their will always be pirates.