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He is awesome

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He is alright

3 (16.7%)

Neutral

1 (5.6%)

Eh, he kinda sucks

2 (11.1%)

I hate that guy

2 (11.1%)

Camelicious

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Total Members Voted: 15

[Shikki]

I need an external hard drive though.

I have to back everything up for when I get a laptop next year/this year/whenever.

[hiro]

Just like I just did! >_>

[ShinobiIceSlayer]

Luckyyyyy D=

Also, Ice, shut up.

Never! At University I learnt about the effects of Piracy!

[Shikki]

No one cares.

[hiro]

Yeah. I just completed my Senses Fail collection. >_>

[ShinobiIceSlayer]

I care! and the People that make your Games/Music/Movies etc. CARE!

[Shikki]

So, no one important?

Dude, I can't wait til I get the new album.

[ShinobiIceSlayer]

*Sighs* You pirate there stuff, they lose Money, they can't make as good stuff as they'd like, you lose out in the end.

[Shikki]

I don't buy video games, and I don't download movies...?

Music via limewire is perfectly legal as long as you don't infringe copyright laws. It's just sharing. The same as if one person buys a CD, and lets a friend borrow it.

[ShinobiIceSlayer]

Incorrect!

What you said is okay, but if you make a copy of the CD and give it to a friend, then it is not if I believe correctly.
However for a better explanation, http://communication.howstuffworks.com/limewire4.htm.

[Shikki]

Burning a CD is copyright infringement.

It's making a replication of the product without the manufacturer/owner's permission.

Pretty much what comes up when you watch a DVD, and there's that annoying FBI anti-piracy thing...

But, I never said burning a CD... I said letting someone borrow one you've bought.

[ShinobiIceSlayer]

Yes, which isn't what you do on LimeWire, your making copies of it for anyone to obtain.

[Shikki]

But, it's not being reproduced into a format that can be sold.

Just something for private use, and as long as it stays like that, it's not infringing copyright, is it?

[ShinobiIceSlayer]

It can be sold in that format, look at iTunes
And it's not private use if you distribute to other people.

[hiro]

I'd buy albums, I just don't have the money to buy an album just for one song.

And I refuse to support iTunes, as they make profit just from displaying artist's work. A lot of it also goes to studios and developers, so the actual artists really only make like a dime for every dollar spent. iTunes jumped from 99c per song to $1.29 per song? All for them. The RIAA are the greater of two evils. >_>

I'd rather Limewire and donate directly to artists, but then they'd be like "Why is this guy donating? Oh, pirate."