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He has a picture, but it's not particularly distinctive, and the name could just be a pseudonym.
I'd call this distinctive https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/2286385
You're such an asshole.
Stream PirateBay movies directly from CLI
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Re: Stream PirateBay movies directly from CLI
#72Dislike this kind of story appearing in HN. We're all well educated people with high earning potential who should be capable of buying movies, not using our talent to rip them off. I'd hate to see HN develop a bad reputation because of stuff like this.
I agree. I would expect the affluent to have a much more intelligent argument than "well... everyone else pirates (with differing levels of justification) and life goes on".
Piracy is an alternative... not a solution.
Re: Stream PirateBay movies directly from CLI
#73It has been taken down :(
It's difficult to do this on the web:
https://github.com/orinocoz/pirateflix
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I live in Sweden if you're supposed to wait you'll have to wait several months sometimes extra to purchase content made in the US. Also, historically there is no good way to purchase the content if you do not want to purchase a physical disc in a shop. Sometimes it's never available, especially english shows that is only broadcasted on english tv channels.
Standard arguments against your position: - Using without paying is immoral, you should just do without. - Even if it's OK for you to do so, we know that many people will illegally download films they could buy, hence offering these tools is unethical. - As programmers, we rely on copyright for our income, hence it's unethical to infringe on the copyright of others. Did I miss any? The feelings of deja vu in these th…
1. No one is caring about morality in the end. I believe many people do not believe illegal copying to be immoral.
2. Yes, are there any data on that these people would ever pay?
3. Yes and like all digital content we have the ability to spread our work across the globe very fast at little to no extra cost. If we limit our work to a certain country we only have ourselves to blame when people are illegally copying it.
Re: Stream PirateBay movies directly from CLI
#75Dislike this kind of story appearing in HN. We're all well educated people with high earning potential who should be capable of buying movies, not using our talent to rip them off. I'd hate to see HN develop a bad reputation because of stuff like this.
It is not either or.
Yes, Paul Graham has advised not doing music start ups because of the stupidity of the entrenched monopolies.
But making money by forward thinking social change and distruption is at the heart of hnews.
Everyone goes to the movies. All fans spend money on art.
It is well documented that those who spend the most on music also listen to a lot more than strict copyright & DRM allows.
Arguably the problem is not enjoying culture but poorly thought out legislation written by lobbies for monopolies.
Radio play and Libraries both faced the same problem and monopoly lobbying but stronger government then legislated enforced licenses and re-distribution agencies.
To the direct benefit of those monopolies and society.
In fact every new technology is lobbied against. Portrayed as destroying the Music/ Movie industry, yet turns out to be a huge new market when they are dragged kicking and screaming into the present.
The sheet music industry lobbied against records. The record industry lobbied against radio. The film industry lobbied against the VHS market. TV lobbied against cable. Against mp3, against online itself, &c.
Every single time they were wrong about the future of their own industry.
Monopolies are bad for their own markets & society.
These laws are protectionism, the first thing Adam Smith objects to in 'The Wealth of Nations'.
Not everyone who reads hnews is wealthy, many are self-educated precisely because they could hustle access to information.
These monopolies screw over artists more than anyone.
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I dont see how this could be problematic. There is nothing illegal done here.
Reading these comments sounds like people think we're in China. Next we're going to be arresting people who make knives, because you know, people can use them for illegal activities.
Exactly. And think about those bastards that provide us with water.
People are drowning every day!! When will this finally stop?
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They're in the Netherlands so I suppose they're safe(ish?)
I wouldn't count on it. The Netherlands is basically a state of the U.S. As far as I know many of the Popcorn Time authors were Dutch as well and they were threatened into taking it down too.
What a complete bullshit.
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Standard arguments against your position: - Using without paying is immoral, you should just do without. - Even if it's OK for you to do so, we know that many people will illegally download films they could buy, hence offering these tools is unethical. - As programmers, we rely on copyright for our income, hence it's unethical to infringe on the copyright of others. Did I miss any? The feelings of deja vu in these th…
1. No one is caring about morality in the end. I believe many people do not believe illegal copying to be immoral. 2. Yes, are there any data on that these people would ever pay? 3. Yes and like all digital content we have the ability to spread our work across the globe very fast at little to no extra cost. If we limit our work to a certain country we only have ourselves to blame when people are illegally copying it.
Sorry, I wasn't clear: I'm a pirate as well. I was just commenting on how these threads always seem to go through the same motions, and nothing is accomplished, because everyone has already heard the arguments against their position and has found them unconvincing.
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If media is popular, everyone is entitled to it? Piracy will be rampant even if everyone is able to legally download all media. PS - I am one of those who are not "well educated with high earning potential". Even as a "poor" person, I am unable to morally justify my selfish actions (piracy)...
Even as a "poor" person, I am unable to morally justify my selfish actions (piracy)... That's fine, we have enough seeders.
Are you saying, if something is popular enough it no longer needs moral justification?
Re: Stream PirateBay movies directly from CLI
#80Soon after this got on HN, the source seems to have been taken down?
I 404 both on Github and npm.