Report Says 36.4% of World's Computers Infringe on IP 331
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "According to a new report by Digital Music News, 36.4% of the world's computers have LimeWire installed. Given their claim that filling an iPod legally would cost about $40,000, they're pretty sure that most of those computers are infringing upon at least a few imaginary property rights. BitTorrent shouldn't feel left out, though. BitTorrent actually uses more bandwidth, but the article suggests that this is because it is used to share larger files, like movies."
It always amuses me (Score:4, Informative)
Re:It always amuses me (Score:3, Informative)
Nice title slashdot (Score:4, Informative)
Re:It always amuses me (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Constitutional Rights? (Score:1, Informative)
Re:$40,000 iPods? (Score:3, Informative)
$40k? Why do I doubt that? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Constitutional Rights? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:36.4% of the world's computers have LimeWire in (Score:5, Informative)
Indie artists can use HTTP (and Torrent if necessary), theres plenty of willing hosts.
Missing options, this poll sucks (Score:4, Informative)
Yeah, exactly.
Attention **IA, this is my current seed list, you insensitive clod
So could now please all this stupid companies stop equating "Peer 2 peer" with "Imaginary Property infringements" ?
Re:It always amuses me (Score:3, Informative)
Re:36.4% of the world's computers have LimeWire in (Score:3, Informative)
You just admitted that you did. It's just as illegal to download a copy of a CD that you own than it is to download a copy of a CD that you don't own. That's the way it works - when you buy a CD you buy limited rights to play that *exact CD* on your CD player. That's all. Sucks, but that's the way it is.
It's actually 17.92% (Score:2, Informative)
It states that the number of 36.4% is incorrect and it's actually more like ~18%, it seems that someone got their sums wrong....