he's an economic terrorist
making hollywood execs frightened in their beds that their business model is broken. Deserves nothing less than Gitmo.
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rob, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 9:28,
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Not all films are made by "evil hollywood excs"
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 9:33,
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And likewise
not everyone who nicks their IP is a freedom fighter. This guy seems like a bit of a cock who did something he knew was unethical at least in order to make himself money.
What annoys me is that he strengthens the "let's censor and regulate everything" brigade in Washington, by being clearly in the wrong.
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prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 9:37,
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If everyone who did something they knew was unethical to make themselves money got this kind of attention then the world would be a very different place.
Seems to me that most of the rich people in the world have been unethical at one time or another. Pretty much a requisite for the job.
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 9:44,
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How about the "Natwest 3"?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NatWest_Three
"The extensive news coverage of the Three in Britain resulted in a large-scale debate over the merits of their extradition to the United States under the then new Extradition Act 2003. In particular, a high profile campaign against the extradition was led by The Daily Telegraph newspaper.[66] Several arguments were raised against the extradition."
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 9:49,
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Could you please clarify how this is relevant to my previous comment
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 9:50,
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You implied that the rich were getting a free ride and showed they weren't.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:04,
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You showed me an execption to a rule.
3 people is a nice start but the rule still stands.
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:08,
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How about rich people selling missile parts to dictatorships breaking arms sanctions?
Will that be enough?
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9139055/David-Cameron-not-sympathetic-to-plight-of-alleged-arms-dealer-Christopher-Tappin-ahead-of-Obama-meeting.html
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:13,
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No, not even close.
Pretty much anyone with a large amount of money has done something unethical to get it (or inherited it from someone who did something unethical).
Right now you're at 4 people who have been pulled up on it. 5 including this guy that's about to be extradited. This is not a societal trend you are highlighting, it's just the rare few that get some sort of comeuppance.
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:22,
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Well it's a good thing it's not my job to change your mind isn't it?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:31,
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If you honestly think 5 people represent everyone who has ever done something unethical to make a profit then you are grossly underqualified.
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:57,
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Ah I see, sorry I though you were talking about people being extradited to the US from UK.
You appear to be talking about something different.
Sorry for being under qualified to have a conversation with you.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 11:08,
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You were replying to the following comment:
"If everyone who did something they knew was unethical to make themselves money got this kind of attention then the world would be a very different place.
Seems to me that most of the rich people in the world have been unethical at one time or another. Pretty much a requisite for the job."
I guess you've been replying to a lot of different points in this thread so they might all be blending into one big thing for you, but this was point I was making and you haven't done a good job of refuting it.
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 11:14,
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