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From:
Connor Higgins
To:
Juho Hietala
Cc:
Sham Beam , IDM List
Date:
Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:37:49 -0400
Subject:
Re: waffles
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Then let me be very clear what I am saying: I am not justifying my torrenting, but merely stating the effect of my torrenting. That's essentially a rehash of my first reply to this damn thread. On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Juho Hietala <hietala@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 80 lines i’m not claiming any moral high ground. i’m saying that argument is> i’m not claiming any moral high ground. i’m saying that argument is > illogical, ie. fucking moronic. that’s what i’ve been saying all the time, > and why i’m disgusted that you feel like you can make decisions on artists’ > sources of income. > > > > On 22 Oct 2014, at 01:32, Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com> wrote: > > No that's all fine and good Juho. You can't claim the moral high ground as > an individual however, which you very blatantly have been doing for the > past several replies. > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Juho Hietala <hietala@gmail.com> wrote: > >> yeah uh I dunno why it’s an issue that I’ve used a torrent site in the >> past when the point I was pretty clearly making is that if someone thinks >> torrenting is superior than giving an artist a few pennies, that someone is >> a fucking idiot. i have never ever said that. i probably know more than >> connor or jon how today all the fucking pennies matter. >> >> >> >> On 22 Oct 2014, at 00:28, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hasn't everyone had this conversation before? Everyone pirates music. >> That doesn't make it any less cool and disrespectful towards the artists we >> pirate. Perhaps the music industry will evolve to a point where this isn't >> such an issue in the future. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On 10/22/2014 10:18 AM, Juho Hietala wrote: >> >> yep, this was years ago before there was spotify or other viable means >> to listen to stuff. i’m not denying it. but did you also notice i’ve >> uploaded several of my own albums to these sites? >> >> >> >> when you’re done lolling you can still consider the point i made to >> you a few emails ago. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 22 Oct 2014, at 01:15, Jon Sands <fohdeesha@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> LOLLLLL *breathes deeply* LOL >> >>> >> >>> Remember how I was saying in my first post, the people yelling the >> loudest about how awful piracy is and how it should NEVER be done are >> usually the ones doing it to their own benefit? And how Juho called more >> than a few people "disgusting" for admitting to downloading a couple albums? >> >>> >> >>> Well, here's a screenshot of some of the copyrighted albums Juho has >> torrented. I count around 115 total, and that's before he got banned. Nice >> job! - http://i.imgur.com/rYQAqaf.png >> >>> >> >>> So, Juho, anything else you'd like to be hilariously hypocritical >> about? Or is this one of those things that's only OK when you do it, but >> awful when we do? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 10/21/2014 7:08 PM, Juho Hietala wrote: >> >>>> well, to be honest, i think the joke’s on you here.. >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Jon Sands >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Sham Beam >> > >> > >> >> > >