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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>… and as a result are losing the war.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Despite what the clueless-media and the established content rights-holding megacorps would have you believe “illegally downloading content in violation of copyright” is not and never has been “piracy”. (aargh, me hearties!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nor is it “theft” , “stealing” or indeed of those legally specific terms (other than “copyright-violation”).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Not legally, not literally, and not in any sense other than “the megacorps are lying to all of us in order to protect their outdated and quite frankly unfair business practices”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And the moment you convince the megacorps to actually start arguing morals/ethics we can nuke them from orbit (because they are SO decidedly and obviously “in the wrong” in almost every sense).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WE as a collective are failing our responsibilities, because FOR A START we accept the fundamental (emotional-string-pulling) argument of the megacorps, and arguing from THEIR basis is TEH FAILZ.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Until we turn this conversation around, we are doomed to the consequences of our actions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An Australian resident in Australia setting up a VPN and paying for Netflix with their own legitimate and valid credit card is not “piracy”, nor is it “theft”/”stealing” and it is ABSOLUTELY NOT copyright-violation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is vehemently against the Terms Of Service, but if The Service Provider chooses not to pursue the issue then there’s “no problem”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Phil Pierotti</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><br>Senior Network Engineer<br><b>day3 Solutions</b><br><br></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body><!--[object_id=#day3.com.au#]--><P align=center><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>DISCLAIMER: <BR>This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be privileged and confidential, and are intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail and any attachments is strictly prohibited. <BR>If you have received this e-mail in error, please REPLY TO the SENDER to advise the error AND then DELETE the e-mail from your system.<BR>Any views expressed in this e-mail and any files transmitted with it are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of our organisation.<BR>Our organisation does not represent or warrant that the attached files are free from computer viruses or other defects. <BR>The user assumes all responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of the attached files. In any event, the liability to our organisation is limited to either the resupply of the attached files or the cost of having the attached files resupplied.</FONT></P></html>