The web is public domain? Thanks for the info, Cooks Source magazine!

Oh please. I’m not going to bother to read the threads, since I’m sure I can figure out what they say, but there’s a huge leap from “I am going to pirate media for my own personal enjoyment that I wouldn’t have bought, thus gaining myself the unearned benefit of enjoying it but not depriving the copyright holders of any income” to “I am going to pirate media for use in something that generates ad revenue, thus gaining myself and my organization concrete monetary benefits that should be going to the copyright holder.”

You may as well be arguing that someone who goes 10 mph over the speed limit could easily perform a drunken hit-and-run killing.

Certainly, posting copyrighted materials somewhere that someone is making ad revenue off of it is a step “wronger” than pirating that material simply for your own personal use. However, I’d say there’s a further step when the one doing the pirating is also the one getting the ad revenue.

I see what you did there. :smiley:

It’s called “humor.” I realize this may be a foreign and difficult concept. If you find yourself getting confused, try lying down and watching some public access educational television until the room stops spinning.