Comments on: Starbucks and Internet Piracy http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/ bly.com direct marketing blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:32:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Learn Affiliate Marketing http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-582633 Learn Affiliate Marketing Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:36:58 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-582633 This is truth for everyone and their mama. This is truth for everyone and their mama.

]]> By: Bob Bly http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-491162 Bob Bly Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:32:41 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-491162 I agree with you, though one could argue the correct answer is: if you are not willing to abide by the conditions imposed and clearly disclosed by the seller, don't buy his DVD. If I found this out after I bought and the seller refused to refund my money, then I could see making an illegal copy. I agree with you, though one could argue the correct answer is: if you are not willing to abide by the conditions imposed and clearly disclosed by the seller, don’t buy his DVD. If I found this out after I bought and the seller refused to refund my money, then I could see making an illegal copy.

]]> By: reva http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-490494 reva Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:20:45 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-490494 Great blog. I really liked it. I have also created a lens in same niche. This is my first time , hope u guys like it. Here’s a brief intro: There are a clear indication that DVD decrypter programs are used in a bad manner such as making illegal copies of movies for sale. But are you aware that there are actually legal situations that allow you to create copies of the movies you own on DVD? With most movies costing close to$20 each it is quite easy to see why people look for anything they canto help reduce replacement costs. For more details: http://www.squidoo.com/DVD-Decrypter-Programs/ Great blog. I really liked it. I have also created a lens in same niche. This is my first time , hope u guys like it. Here’s a brief intro: There are a clear indication that DVD decrypter programs are used in a bad manner such as making illegal copies of movies for sale. But are you aware that there are actually legal situations that allow you to create copies of the movies you own on DVD? With most movies costing close to$20 each it is quite easy to see why people look for anything they canto help reduce replacement costs. For more details: http://www.squidoo.com/DVD-Decrypter-Programs/

]]> By: Susan Martin http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-489335 Susan Martin Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:31:18 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-489335 I too believe that it's the way you handle it. In my mind it all boils down into ethics. If you're writing an article about a specific subject, and want to include someone else's ideas, quote them and give them proper attribution, then it works well; just as it does in print. But when you take others ideas as your own, well that kind of crosses the line... What is it about the internet that allow people to feel as though it's OK to do things that they might not do otherwise? I too believe that it’s the way you handle it. In my mind it all boils down into ethics.

If you’re writing an article about a specific subject, and want to include someone else’s ideas, quote them and give them proper attribution, then it works well; just as it does in print. But when you take others ideas as your own, well that kind of crosses the line…

What is it about the internet that allow people to feel as though it’s OK to do things that they might not do otherwise?

]]> By: Cathy Chatfield-Taylor http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-486873 Cathy Chatfield-Taylor Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:57:02 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-486873 Bob, I just read Rebecca Lieb's ClickZ article, "Good Content in Bad Places," (http://www.clickz.com/3626770) about content theft and what to do about it. Then I recapped her instructions on my weblog, clearly crediting her article as the source, linking back to it and putting quotes around the one verbatim snippit. The line between legitimate commentary, like my weblog, and content theft gets blurred when people reprint articles verbatim without crediting the source or worse, scrape other websites for keyword-rich content, then publish it as a blog full of ad revenue-generating mish-mash. I've seen many of my own articles on such atrocities. Cathy Bob,

I just read Rebecca Lieb’s ClickZ article, “Good Content in Bad Places,” (http://www.clickz.com/3626770) about content theft and what to do about it. Then I recapped her instructions on my weblog, clearly crediting her article as the source, linking back to it and putting quotes around the one verbatim snippit.

The line between legitimate commentary, like my weblog, and content theft gets blurred when people reprint articles verbatim without crediting the source or worse, scrape other websites for keyword-rich content, then publish it as a blog full of ad revenue-generating mish-mash. I’ve seen many of my own articles on such atrocities.

Cathy

]]> By: Riel Langlois, comic book writer http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-485144 Riel Langlois, comic book writer Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:58:45 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-485144 In Canada, downloading music is currently "legal." This is related to the blank media levy instituted in Canada in 2004. I think many people in Canada would put the word legal in quotation marks as I have done. Interestingly, the law seems to state that music downloading is legal, but is less clear on movie downloading. In Canada, downloading music is currently “legal.” This is related to the blank media levy instituted in Canada in 2004.

I think many people in Canada would put the word legal in quotation marks as I have done.

Interestingly, the law seems to state that music downloading is legal, but is less clear on movie downloading.

]]> By: SpongeBob Fan http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-485011 SpongeBob Fan Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:46:39 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-485011 A gym bag! I'm sensing a level of Hell in Dante's inferno for that kind of behavior. Condemned to stuffing their faces endlessly with purloined grub. And aren't they just always "sincerely puzzled" (!) when questioned about it all?! SpongeBob in his innocence is incapable of any treachery or thievery. He is a worthy role model for all! A gym bag!
I’m sensing a level of Hell in Dante’s inferno for that kind of behavior.
Condemned to stuffing their faces endlessly with purloined grub.
And aren’t they just always “sincerely puzzled” (!) when questioned about it all?!

SpongeBob in his innocence is incapable of any treachery or thievery.
He is a worthy role model for all!

]]> By: Michael http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-484807 Michael Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:35:28 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-484807 As long as you're not stealing balloons on "Free Balloon Day," Sponge. ; ) As long as you’re not stealing balloons on “Free Balloon Day,” Sponge. ; )

]]> By: Bob Bly http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-484798 Bob Bly Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:27:32 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-484798 I can do you one better, Sponge: we have friends who would bring an empty gym bag and aluminum foil with them when they went to Sizzler. Whatever they didn't finish, they took home. Of course, they somehow loaded their plates several times and never finished, so they took home a lot. The husband seemed sincerely puzzled when I questioned this practice. "It's all you can eat," he told me, totally serious. "It's all you can eat AT THE RESTAURANT," I corrected him. "Not all you can carry." I can do you one better, Sponge: we have friends who would bring an empty gym bag and aluminum foil with them when they went to Sizzler. Whatever they didn’t finish, they took home. Of course, they somehow loaded their plates several times and never finished, so they took home a lot. The husband seemed sincerely puzzled when I questioned this practice. “It’s all you can eat,” he told me, totally serious. “It’s all you can eat AT THE RESTAURANT,” I corrected him. “Not all you can carry.”

]]> By: SpongeBob Fan http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-484763 SpongeBob Fan Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:54:11 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/starbucks-and-internet-piracy/#comment-484763 A relative of ours took sugar and Sweet & Low and rolls & butter (yes, in her purse) from restaurants. It's a sickness, I came to think -- a sense of impoverishment that only leads to more impoverishment. Another good rule of thumb -- if you wouldn't want to see a story about you doing on Page 1 of tomorrow's newspaper, don't do it! Good question, Bob. (Brought back memories. I always associated sugar-stealing with the elderly! Obviously it's age-group non-dependent.) A relative of ours took sugar and Sweet & Low and rolls & butter (yes, in her purse) from restaurants. It’s a sickness, I came to think — a sense of impoverishment that only leads to more impoverishment.

Another good rule of thumb — if you wouldn’t want to see a story about you doing on Page 1 of tomorrow’s newspaper, don’t do it!

Good question, Bob.
(Brought back memories. I always associated sugar-stealing with the elderly! Obviously it’s age-group non-dependent.)

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