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Share it yes but it's very time consuming
It can take months for a few rotten apples to ripp a DVD, compress it, put on P2P, and have it copied enough times to actually make available on wide basis.

The way P2P works if only 1 person has it chances are you aren't going to be able to get it. Where P2P gets fed is via the guys downloading from FTP servers then placing those files in their P2P share folder.

Now it could still be a problem but it's minimized. So combine that with the fact that movies are a theatre experience that can't be downloaded and if they lowered DVD prices the whole problem of internet piracy would go away.

Combine this with bandwidth caps, I have 1 GB a month upload limit and it costs me $10 for another GB. I'm not going to be sharing anything. Why should I pay so some freeloader can get a movie with out paying.

So really the whole P2P thing is easily solved. Of course that assumes that the problem was the actually trading of copyright protected material without authorization. But that's not how politics works. In politics you make up problems where you hope to force through solutions that suit an entirely differnt agenda. I deal with this type of thing daily.

I get users claiming they need media player access on the net for business reasons. Then I solve the problem allowing access to the specific sites they specified in thier complaint. Of course the real reason for the complaint was internet radio but that's not allowed due to bandwidth costs.

I can only speculate at what the MPAA real reason for this witch hunt is and the RIAA's reason is blatantly obvious. Also not that softare people are quiet on this issue. The RIAA has something to lose to P2P, that being the current business model as middlemen. Not sure what the MPAA has to lose but maybe they fear something. But then the MPAA has always been irrational as shown by the VCR debate back in the 80s, boston strangler?
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This isn't just any battle being played out again.  Letophoro | 01/24/05
It will be nice once this is decided in Grokster's favor  tic swayback | 01/25/05
I agree.  Letophoro | 01/25/05
It's really a sign of desperation from the RIAA/MPAA  tic swayback | 01/26/05
Ouch !!! it hurts getting just 1 $ per song,  low-life | 01/24/05
Quotes from the article  Nigel Johnstone | 01/24/05
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Kind of make you wonder  voska | 01/25/05
Not really  ibabadur1 | 01/25/05
Beliefs come from somewhere  voska | 01/25/05
You mean the former Republicans..  Jeff Spicoli | 01/25/05
Find some new slander  ibabadur1 | 01/25/05
When the parallels cease..  Jeff Spicoli | 01/25/05
Yeah, a shame we can't get Clinton and his wet cigar back isn't it? (NT)  James T. Kirk | 01/26/05
Moralistic Moronic Money Makers  Nullifidian | 01/25/05
Then... same concept should apply to....  DarbyOhara | 01/25/05
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Guns vs Movies  FBanfi | 01/26/05
Of course they back Hollywood.... IDIOTS!  shawkins | 01/25/05
Reminds me of saying  voska | 01/25/05
Oh the irony  tic swayback | 01/25/05
Go after the sites, not the software  NonZealot | 01/25/05
But what do you do...  rapson | 01/25/05
They should go after the real criminals  voska | 01/25/05
Yes but  NonZealot | 01/25/05
Share it yes but it's very time consuming  voska | 01/25/05
Why should they?  Mack DaNife | 01/26/05
I think it's the opposite  voska | 01/26/05
Good question  NonZealot | 01/25/05
I agree  rapson | 01/25/05
Technology can advance in 2 directions  NonZealot | 01/25/05
I think you don't understand  twinkler@... | 01/25/05
Thanks for replying  NonZealot | 01/25/05
still wrong -futher info  twinkler@... | 01/25/05
I don't think so  NonZealot | 01/25/05
Only a fool will ignore the truth/reality  twinkler@... | 01/26/05
Public display  voska | 01/26/05
Sites in question  AbsolutelyNot | 01/25/05
Easy answer  tic swayback | 01/25/05
Say What????  rouge_z | 01/27/05
REALITY CHECK 101 !!!  realitycheck101 | 01/25/05
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One acronym for you  AbsolutelyNot | 01/25/05
More like Dreamworld 101  twinkler@... | 01/25/05
Actually they are  AmusedAtItAll | 01/25/05
Copyright infringement can be a crime  NonZealot | 01/25/05
Copyright infringement is a crime  voska | 01/26/05
In yours it may be , but not mine  twinkler@... | 01/25/05
Lock 'em up!  tic swayback | 01/25/05
You're applying  Nullifidian | 01/26/05
Your Point is your downfall  rouge_z | 01/27/05
"whinning"?  James T. Kirk | 01/26/05
blah blah companies are greedy period  M_c | 01/25/05
HAHAHAHA!!  NonZealot | 01/25/05
heh  M_c | 01/25/05
License question  Update victim | 01/25/05
I don't understand what you are saying.  Mack DaNife | 01/26/05
EULA make the P2P guy not liable  voska | 01/26/05
Kiss the internet goodbye  tic swayback | 01/25/05
I kinda agree with you here  twinkler@... | 01/25/05
Hollywood hypocrites  Fred Fredrickson | 01/25/05
What did you folks expect?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/05
Welcome back happy (NT)  voska | 01/26/05
Didn't you at one point make a copy of something for a friend?  B.O.F.H. | 01/26/05
Your last warning BOFH  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/05
Excuses don't need to be acceptable  voska | 01/26/05
Nice to see you again No Ax  tic swayback | 01/26/05
Some thoughts tic.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/05
Response  tic swayback | 01/26/05
Yes, I can...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/05
That's a dangerous precedent to set  tic swayback | 01/26/05
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Now you are dreaming.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/05
Get set for another crushing defeat then  tic swayback | 01/26/05
The problem is easily solved  voska | 01/26/05
As someone that moves huge files...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/05
You'd pay for that  voska | 01/26/05
Another point  voska | 01/26/05
Wouldn't work here in the US..  Patrick Jones | 01/26/05
Don't be so sure about that  voska | 01/26/05
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Exactly  tic swayback | 01/26/05
There is nothing false about it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/05
It is blatantly 100% false, a complete lie  tic swayback | 01/26/05
thats a mighty fine excuse  Nullifidian | 01/27/05
Intellectual property is stupid term  voska | 01/26/05
Only to those to stupid too ever have any.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/05
I disagree  tic swayback | 01/26/05
Exactly my point  voska | 01/26/05
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Then do your part and participate here  tic swayback | 01/26/05
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why yes!  Nullifidian | 01/27/05
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Really?  Nullifidian | 01/27/05
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