Comments on: Swedish antipiracy law stirs up political waters

In a country with a strong tradition of peer-to-peer networks, a new law requiring some ISPs to hand over data on alleged pirates is a hot-button issue.

[1363nd0f1337]

Yeah, honestly, I hope software pirates have their machines catch on fire and molest them.

[Lerianis3]

Get a life. The fact is that if these companies would charge a REASONABLE PRICE for their products...... most people wouldn't fileshare them, except the people who have NO discretionary income at all.

[1363nd0f1337]

It's not like anyone is holding a gun to your head telling you to buy things. You shouldn't be stealing someone else's intellectual property anyway. I hope your machine catches on fire and starts molesting you.

[Lerianis3]

This espouses why people in power have to realize that in this day and age, we are moving more towards everything being free, at least when it comes to computer software, movies, and music.
If the companies in question don't like that...... start making things that are actually WORTH THE MONEY YOU CHARGE FOR THEM!
No more games, movies, etc. that get less than 20 points out of 100 on a reviewing website.

[1363nd0f1337]

1. Nothing in the tech entertainment field is ever going to move towards being totally free. People, the developers and such, expect to be compensated for their time and effort, therefore the publishers have to put a price on the product that reflects this.

2. The number rating system is extremely flawed. Not only is based off of somebody's personal opinion, but it typecasts games/movies that the particular reviewer didn't like as being universally horrible when many people still enjoy it. Also, it creates these false boundaries between good products and bad products, what's the difference between a movie or game that gets and 89 and one that gets a 90? Is a game that gets a 75 as bad as a game that gets a 10? Neither of them are in the 90+ area but one could be significantly better coded and implemented. Basing your purchase off of such nonsense is ridiculous as all reviews are subjective and not objective. People should do research into the facts of things before they purchase, maybe then they wouldn't get "swindled" by buying a product that it turns out they didn't like. Caveat emptor. Look it up.

[Sam Papelbon]

Nobody with dark skin is ever going to move towards being totally free. People, the slave-owners and such, expect them to pick cotton, therefore the slave-owners have to crack a whip to reflect this.

expectations != entitlements

besides, ever checked out something called freeware? it's a pretty neat concept, you should google it sometime.

[Lerianis3]

Actually, no, they don't. Most developers in the freeware community are doing their work 'for fun', not because they are expecting to get paid for it, and as I said and you ignored: there is a REASONABLE PRICE for things..... if you don't charge the reasonable price, expecting your things to be stolen.

Really though, there is NO stealing going on here. The original disc stays in the hands of the maker, so they got their money for their product from SOMEONE.... they've been paid for it.

[darfjono]

@Lerianis3

exactly. filesharing isn't PIRACY or STEALING. it's sharing. stealing removes the original so that no one else can use it. Piracy is stealing **** on the high seas.

the only ones who are wrong are those who pirate software for money.

[hellomad]

software price may be reasonable, but what about the ad and hosting and bandwidth price? that makes the software cost more. if we CUT Advertisements? then prices will come down steep. and then again? there is competetion. so they need to advertise, like beauty soap, so brainless ladies may buy them (no offense ladies, its a generic term; viz. you cry like a girl). thus prices shoots up. and when it does? those who are weak, are kicked from competetion and the bulls stay. which helps promote piracy. well, they are developers too, even if they steal the concept from open source and rewrite the non-patented concept ( hehe ;-) you get the idea right?) still people will go for the brand name and the tagged ones. thus piracy. its not price which leads to piracy, its lack of common sense which leads to piracy. and beside how many average mail checker user will look for freeware? huh! they will end up downloading from p2p or ware share sites. this is like a necessary evil.
thus i neither condone piracy neither i support it. it is like a necessary evil.
it to some major extent has stopped many EVIL INC. from total dominition and at the cost of monetary loss.
piracy is common, its a necessary evil, like friction, you must accept it, even if you dont like it. it helps those evil inc from growing and also at the same time helps the needy ones use things beyond their financial reach dream.
am i clear? ping back please.

[JayWes]

The problem of the peer to peer file sharing is you open your computer to all kind of mischief. for example the dumb bunney who had classified information (the drawings and data for Avionics for a new Marine Helicopter) on a computer with peer to peer. This allowed people in Iran to download the classified file. I am amazed at how people do these things without thinking though the consequences of the action.