Forum Overview :: LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring :: Re: Erm

[quote name="Zseni"][quote name="Ray, of Light"][quote name="Zseni"] Apparently it's only semi-illegal; nobody bothers you if you only trade in stuff unlicensed in your country of origin. There are lots of these little businesses and a big "WHAT GOT LICENSED TODAY" list they all work off of. [/quote] <ol><li>It's "semi-illegal" insofar as there's a law against it, with felony consequences, which you may avoid if you can remain in the overlapping blind spots of moneyed interests and the anti-porno-cartoon people. <li>Morally, your position is much worse. Copyright infringement is supposed to be a fraternistic, share-and-share-alike enterprise; seeking a profit from what you got for free makes you what's called "shit-eating scum", and should you wake up to find that Disney has licensed half of your catalogue before you had a chance to pull it, you'll not get even a slashdot story and sympathy from your customers and colleagues, much less a legal defense fund or any other form of solidarity. </ol> In other news, I wish you good luck in your venture. Ray! [/quote] I thought about what you said, about the moral position thing, and I suppose the matter is not as clear-cut as I'd like it to be. But blah blah blah, snipped list of excuses. Long story short: I'm not selling the shows, I'm selling the downloading, burning, and indexing. <i>Everyone's doing it, man.</i>. Still, I'll remember this next time I'm highhorsing it back to town.[/quote]