Comments on: Say “No” To Piracy

By: luiza-wnther

luiza-wnther — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:48:04 +0000

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By: Lingfeng

Lingfeng — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:49:53 +0000

Piracy is like making duplicates/copies of a product without permission.
Libraries buy the original publications and the publishers know that they are selling to a library. After all, it is also good publicity for them. Considering that there are limited copies in the library and with all the loan periods, no. of books and the no. of patrons using the library, the circulation level of a particular title is not as prolific as someone making multiple copies and distributing.

The violation comes in when the user actually makes photocopies of the item. The onus is on the user violating the copyright rule.

Honestly, I feel there are 2 categories of readers, the library users and those who buy books.

By: E S

E S — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:37:55 +0000

I’ve always wondered about this:
What about libraries?

If I read a WHOLE book sitting inside a library,
I am actually enjoying the full benefits of the book. Yet
I am not vilating anything?

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By: shir

shir — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:54:24 +0000

based on ur definition of piracy, then ripping also falls under the category of stealing. so i dun see it shld be a “grey area”.

(disclaimer: i only agree with ur arguement in theory :P )

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:57:30 +0000

Oh and I’m not too sure about the “lending the friend the CD” part. Cos what if I lend to 10 friends? Or 20 friends? When do we draw the line, you get my drift? I’m really not so sure…

Cos it just seems all to easy to me, for let’s say (theoretically) a group of 50 people to buy 1 CD and just pass it around.

So ultimately, where do we draw the line on this? I really dunno.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:45:51 +0000

Well said!

Yep, just to sidetrack abit…for some reason iTunes doesn’t wanna set up shop in S’pore, so I can’t buy my MP3s from iTunes. I usually have to go to a physical CD shop like Gramophone to buy the CDs. But I heard Amazon.com also started selling MP3s already. I used to buy songs from SoundBuzz but felt quite ripped off, cos they were DRMed and I couldn’t even load them into my iPod!

Anyway, you’re also very right about the computer software licenses. Nowadays they’re really tight with their anti-piracy measures, which is good also. Software piracy is really something that is very rampant!

By: Lingfeng

Lingfeng — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:55:11 +0000

In my work, I have to deal with copyright issues, so I understand the problems. Singapore laws maybe be a little ambiguous at times, but this teaches us to be more cautious. However, there are ongoing revisions to make copyright laws tighter.

I’m against piracy of course, coz I respect the artists and their works. Another reason is that I feel that I am an in a sense an amateur “artist” too. So I would put myself in the same shoes.

Well, I don’t buy pirated DVDs or VCDs and I pay for the music I download (however, we can’t download songs from iTunes in Singapore).
For CDs, I guess if you lend your friend the CD, it’s not like mass distribution (unlike if you post it on the web). It’s a proper CD, not some pirated music. Anyway, each CD has a serial no. so if they really want to trace, it’s not that tough?

As for software, nowadays, we are licensed to install the software into more than 1 PC (up to 3?) for personal use.

Anyway, thou shalt not steal.