Comments on: Bill Gates’ piracy confession

By: DigitalJunkie

DigitalJunkie — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ll bet to him there’s not much different than when they steal others’ technologies to create their own microsoft products. He has been doing it for years!

By: VAMPYRE BLADE

VAMPYRE BLADE — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If any of us admitted to piracy we would be contacted by lawyers the next day suing us

By: nobodaddy

nobodaddy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

He’s talking about watching a video on YouTube not downloading it as the last paragraph says disingenuously. Okay maybe it gets downloaded to his IE cache but as far as I know it’s not illegal to click on a YouTube video and watch it.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think technically it is being that the RIAA nor the MPAA get a “cut” and you know that unless they get their cut from something its usually “illegal.”

By: nobodaddy

nobodaddy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Illegal to post it probably. To go to YouTube and click on it? I don’t think so. Maybe I’m wrong. But my point was the article says he “downloaded and consumed copyrighted content” which just seems like a deliberate mischaracterization.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hmm Im thinking that yes its probably the posting not the viewing thats illegal.