Is it wrong to sell pirated stuff?

[Snee]

Colin is right.

Many of us have discussed this back and forth, a lot, but you (Colin) summed it up well.


But (with regards to one of the points) I suppose you could argue that had people not had the chance of trying the product before they bought it, they'd not had known it was a piece of shite, and may therefore, to their eternal regret, have bought what they won't now. And thus p2p does, in a way, cost the industry something as they can't get away with selling inferior products as they can't, to the same extent, trick people into buying their products with misleading marketing tactics and similar.


Also, Skizo, the people who download lots and lots were even less likely to buy all of what they downloaded, since most of us have a finite amount of money to spend, and not all the time in the world to do it in, either, so I don't see how the amount of files downloaded should matter.

Nah, it's the people who sell the stuff who are screwing p2p, it's on their head.

[Rick Phlegm]

Yes.

Anyone caught selling something they've downloaded should be slapped.

[GepperRankins]

it's one thing to steal something somebody else made. then to make profit for yourself from it is ghey

[Voetsek]

Wrong if you make money on the sale

[fkdup74]

Yes.

Anyone caught selling something they've downloaded should be slapped.

not just slapped.....bitch-slapped
charge someone an hourly rate, or even a flat rate,
for your time, expertise, whatever....
but not for warez you got for free, it's just wrong

and a friend who would charge me for something like that wouldn't be much of a friend
at least that's how I see it
I don't charge my friends/family, it doesn't seem right to me to do that
if I am short on cash, sometimes they'll bring me a spindle of CD-Rs,
but that's about as far as I will allow them to go
I've probably refused more offers for payment than I can afford,
but oh well, that's just me

now if a freind or family member refers someone to me.....hehehe....
but they pay for my time, not for free warez
a service charge, no more, no less
-edit-
and that's only if they come seeking for me to do the work
if all they want is a copy of a program, hell, that's for free
what's a CD-R cost here in the states?
I get 50 for about 12-15 bucks, you do the math
and they may have gone down in price, I don't know,
still have about 75 CD-Rs sitting on my desk, so I haven't shopped for any in a while

btw....IMO it isn't pirated 'til it's sold

[RPerry]

I don't believe selling anything pirated is right. What I do, I do for me or my family, never made one cent doing it either . Its people set up in the local flea-markets selling pirated movies and music that cause the rest of us greif, and thats when the feds crack down on filesharing more.

[maebach]

id never sell anything pirated

[Chanel]

Profiting out of other people's success is wrong.

One time I tried to pass a burned CD off as a Christmas gift. It was a very merry Christmas.

[Nigi]

it is wrong to sell pirated stuff. thats my opinion..

[Hanz™]

If a friend asks me for something I will do it for free - supposing they don't keep asking me I shall supply the DVD/CD for free.
It is not right to make any profit on what you are doing.
They should keep there money, and spend it on something beneficial to the Industry you are giving free stuff from...

Edit: I also believe that if you have to charge people for your services that is also bad - as technically you are still making them pay for piracy...
Think about it - would they pay for your services if you weren't giving them warez and moviez?
No they most-likely wouldn't...

So you would still be profiteering.
Besides it is difficult to give an accurate value to time and services...