how is downloading an MP3 off the internet any different than recording it off the radio?

how is downloading a movie any different than recording the movie when it comes on TV?

things like games that in a few years time will no longer be avaliable to buy (like many old master system games etc) the only way to get would be from the net.

now my point is this. why shouldnt you be allowed to download things from the internet if you wasnt going to buy it from the store anyway? i mean i look at some of these songs games and movies and know for a fact that i wouldnt ever buy them or rent them or go see them at a movie theare. its not like the big companys are losing money.

its just the big companies complaining and wanting to get as much money as they can get their hands on in this capitalistic society.

P2P should be legalised. If they dont want people downloading these things then they shouldnt put them on the radio or on tv which is just the same.

Everyone is going to have to wake up to the fact that the internet will become more regulated. The telecom regulator (OFCOM) in the UK paved the way for local loop unbundling – which has helped made Dunstone a fair whack of money. But just as there is good regulation, I don’t see why they can expect to be treated any differently from the likes of financial services, aviation or whatever. You’re not always going to get what you want.

Regulation means that you have to jump through some hoops to stay in the game. At the end of the day it is right and fair for the government to put the burden on the ISPs; No one wants to have to pay out all that money to just stay in the game. But the ISPs are a bunch of whiners, they are already crying at the BBC requesting money to cope with the bandwidth demands that the BBC’s content places on the ISP networks.

The ISPs are desperate – they don’t want the burden of regulation, they want money from the BBC for content being provided for free and they want to start advertising to us with phorm.