(urth) Fw: Re: (no subject)

[Stuart Hamm]

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--- On Wed, 5/20/09, Stuart Hamm <hammstu at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
From: Stuart Hamm <hammstu at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) (no subject)
To: "Jeff Wilson" <jwilson at io.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 2:33 PM

I'm not sure I ever had credibility...certainly  not on this forum...but

The actors and producers and people who work on a TV show are payed up front for their work...maybe some back end $ for DVD sales...but are not payed  based on how many people actually watch the show!!
When someone buys a CD at a store or online a % of that sale goes to the writer/musicians...that's the way we make money off the product. If it's shared or downloaded illegaly I lose the opportunity to make $ off my work.
Sure, if I download an episode of BSG Ron Moore may lose a few $...(but I'll buy the box set anyway..) but the lion's share of his earning have been payed already,,,regardless of whether 1 million or 25 million people watched that episode.

No one's gonna back me?? Don't we all rush out and buy a first edition of GW's new books instead of
 downloading an illegal copy???

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--- On Wed, 5/20/09, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:
From: Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) (no subject)
To: hammstu at sbcglobal.net, "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:27 PM

Stuart Hamm wrote:
> I must old...I can't understand how people don't see file sharing
as theft.

I won't say
 it's not bad, but it's not the _same_ as theft, and
when people say it is they lose credibility.


Do you consider letting people watch your TV to be theft?


-- Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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