a funny question about illegal copies of anything.
By Riette
@Zorrogirl (1502)
South Africa
August 1, 2007 7:15am CST
Well, everyone is going on and on about pirated cds and dvds. heres my problem. I have an unauthorised copy of the MONA LISA. i also have loads of videos with shows taped from tv. i also have lots of binders full of copied school stuff. should I fear for my life if anyone finds out about my relentless pirating and contacts authorities?
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4 responses
@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
2 Aug 07
yes. i have been smoking the whole day. you should see the blanket of smoke over soweto due to my relentless disregard. to their health. its a matter of time before the troops arrest me. i shall confess everything. i shall also turn over my illegally taped saartjie series. im a Pirate. ARRRR...
@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
1 Aug 07
Well, are you selling them? Are you distributing them? Are you using a sharing software they can track? If you are just collecting them for your own use & using a not trackable sharing software, like rapidshare, then I wouldn't worry.
If, however, you are making money on them & using a trackable software, like pando, I would get worried.
@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
1 Aug 07
in south africa its a crime to even own pirated dvds and cds. it was just funny.
@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
1 Aug 07
lets find out. i shall put some stuff in the next garage sale. he he he.
@19ewf84 (461)
• Austria
2 Aug 07
I guess that was a joke but..
well, I would never do so... don't forget.. nowadays you can get arrested longer than someone who has abused or killed a child for doing so....
ahh.. that starts making me angry again.. I so hate this whole topic (I don't mean yours Z.... I'm talking about this arresting thing..)
@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
2 Aug 07
its just as bad here. if you made a racist remark you get ten years. but if you kill a farmer, you get a fine.
@jacki3 (136)
• United States
1 Aug 07
As long as you don't make copies and sell them for money that's not piracy. A copy of a painting is not considered piracy, as long as you don't defraud anybody by selling it as the real one. TV shows taped are fine as long as you don't distribute copies and make money off it. With the school stuff, that could be a violation of the copyright but I'm not sure though.
@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
1 Aug 07
it was more a funny matter of principle. a copy is a copy. the school stuff i got from the teachers at school. isnt it contradictary?
