handy
December 16th, 2009, 06:53 AM
What are your thoughts on the legality of the P2P file transfer method?
Knowing the variety of uses that it IS used for, being both legal & otherwise it certainly is a difficult subject to pigeon hole.
The legality of P2P is under stress in many parts of the world due to the pressure of companies that exist due to copyright & their ability to distribute material that THEY own for profit & nought else but their profit, & they will distribute it wherever they can. As that is the business model that they operate under, & their shareholders expect their directors to make the shareholders as large a profit as they possibly can, at any cost.
Though the majority of the worlds population see these copyright companies as being nothing but organisations that steal from the people.
I could say a great deal more, but I won't, in an effort to try to allow THIS particular thread a life of its own.
[Edit:] There is also this related thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8507366#post8507366
Knowing the variety of uses that it IS used for, being both legal & otherwise it certainly is a difficult subject to pigeon hole.
The legality of P2P is under stress in many parts of the world due to the pressure of companies that exist due to copyright & their ability to distribute material that THEY own for profit & nought else but their profit, & they will distribute it wherever they can. As that is the business model that they operate under, & their shareholders expect their directors to make the shareholders as large a profit as they possibly can, at any cost.
Though the majority of the worlds population see these copyright companies as being nothing but organisations that steal from the people.
I could say a great deal more, but I won't, in an effort to try to allow THIS particular thread a life of its own.
[Edit:] There is also this related thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8507366#post8507366