Now, thats a very informative title :-) the reason its’ so vague is because I havent at this point decided what to blog about, I just felt it had been a while.
Life generally isnt going to well at the minute and i’m a tad depressed with goings on and have no motivation to get out and do exciting things – ergo I dont have much to write about.
To continue the Bebo API topic – I’ve now given up with it and to take it a step further I’ve deleted my bebo account, there were some personal reasons for it but mainly I feel that nowadays its just a medium for people to spy on and harass me.
Over on my knock off nigel post we just received this comment:
Hi
Interesting reading. Having been involved in an earlier campaign – http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yXiHlY61Hqk – I know that the campaign was based on research that said a ‘cultural shift’ was needed to change the perception of DVD piracy and downloading from at most a petty and victimless crime and all too often, a principled act putting one over the greedy major corporations. Whether the Knock-Off Nigel campaign will achieve this is for you, and of course time, to decide.
Incidentally, we are currently running a campaign against other aspects of counterfeiting through a blog – www.snideuk.org and related videos on Youtube (www.youtube.com/snideukorg). With a much smaller budget than the video industry has to play with, we decided to stick with an entertaining (hopefully) format, but we have tried not to stigmatise the consumer – we want people to come back to the site and think that if we keep telling them they are criminals/creeps/spongers etc they probably wont do that!
Our site aims at the producer, as it is they who are profiting from the sale of fake goods. In doing so, and over quite a long period, we aim to educate the viewer as to some of the safety/economic/criminal arguments that are part of the overall case against counterfeit goods.
It would be great of you could take a look at our campaign, and if you feel like commenting, great – even if you think we are equally as misguided in our approach as the Industry Trust.
Cheers
Red Planet
You have to commend this site’s humourous approach to the subject – I found that there was actually some entertainment value in the site’s content unlike the knock off nigel site and ads which, as discussed, I found completely useless.
I’m skeptical on the topic and believe that no amount of deterrent will stop piracy in its entirety and I also think that the RIAA and similar org’s or being rather petty themselves when you read stories that perhaps a student was sued for $1000’s because he or she has downloaded a relatively small amount. Myself being from the UK I’m not quite up with the sueing culture that the states seems to have so that might explain why I dont agree with its’ practice.
Last I read, the amounts made by the record and film industry still surpassed the amounts lost (you are welcome to correct me if I’m wrong). I’m not saying that piracy is right I just dont think that minorities should be targetted to make a point when major players can commit acts on a much bigger scale and nothing is done because they have good lawyers to protect them.
Final thought: Drop the price of goods and piracy rates may drop – stop being so greedy
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