http://blog.oup.com/2009/04/bittorrent/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2009/04/bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-150274 DC Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:17:33 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4166#comment-150274 Some interetsing thoughts but at heart you suggest that if many people transgress then why should you try to stop one? Thus, you would consider that we should leave thieves alone because we'll never stop the crime of theft? I don't think so. As for "the victims" being required to innovate to stop Pirate Bay et al, why? PB's "technology" is purely a destructive technology which enables theft. You can see PB as the bloke on the street corner who wears an advert and takes a fee from a 3rd party while directing you to the nearest drug dealer. Hey, he's not dealing himself, he's not (necessarily) in possession and the money comes from legitimate companies but we all know it stinks to high heaven (anybody have a view if PB directs people to porn? or worse? - worth thinking about...). Sorry, but PB is organised crime. They are involved in theft of property and they earn money from it. They can portray it as modern day Robin Hood but next time you pay a ridiculous amount for legal software, remember the thieves who bump up the cost. Some interetsing thoughts but at heart you suggest that if many people transgress then why should you try to stop one? Thus, you would consider that we should leave thieves alone because we’ll never stop the crime of theft? I don’t think so. As for “the victims” being required to innovate to stop Pirate Bay et al, why? PB’s “technology” is purely a destructive technology which enables theft. You can see PB as the bloke on the street corner who wears an advert and takes a fee from a 3rd party while directing you to the nearest drug dealer. Hey, he’s not dealing himself, he’s not (necessarily) in possession and the money comes from legitimate companies but we all know it stinks to high heaven (anybody have a view if PB directs people to porn? or worse? – worth thinking about…). Sorry, but PB is organised crime. They are involved in theft of property and they earn money from it. They can portray it as modern day Robin Hood but next time you pay a ridiculous amount for legal software, remember the thieves who bump up the cost.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/04/bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-150244 Mike Cane Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:24:35 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4166#comment-150244 They can plug as many leaks as they like. The Internet will create new holes. BTW I love your blog! They can plug as many leaks as they like. The Internet will create new holes.
BTW I love your blog!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/04/bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-150235 Mike Cane Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:24:39 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4166#comment-150235 They can plug as many leaks as they like. The Internet will create new holes. They can plug as many leaks as they like. The Internet will create new holes.

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