So the other day I got into a discussion about copyright laws and just really wanted to post this on here to show some of the hypocrisy our laws force on us. I am not saying all laws should be null but they should not single out a group of individuals when like crimes happen on a daily basis. I am also not here to get a shit ton of flamer comments trying to correct me by saying my hypothesis is incorrect. I will start by saying in theory this is exactly what is going on and I'm not arguing semantics.
For some time now the government or should I say the MPAA and other such organizations have been after torrenters for supposedly breaking the law. While I can neither say they are or aren't I would like to point out a couple of blunders. The first blunder being the definition of theft they are using. The statement is that it is theft when there is a loss of a sale. I understand this however...flamers get ready...Gamestop does not share any of the money they make off of used games, as stores such as FYE and Blockbuster also do not share money off of pre-owned CDs or DVDs. This means in the strictest following of the law that those stores are in violation of copyright law. They have broken the law by making essentially a private sale. This is the exact same concept beings used towards torrents. I am not saying torrenting is good in every-way and that people do need to support artists but I am saying that this is unfair treatment when it is going on in other areas of life but it is ignored because they still pay sales tax.
While I am not saying this is the perfect way to phrase it I am saying the principal is the same. Game developers don't like used sales because they make no money off of them as the MPAA makes no money off of used DVD sales but you don't see them taking on Gamestop and Blockbuster. I am just saying in the strictest sense this really doesn't seem fair.
PS> sorry about the late blog...I had some projects around the house to do.
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