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[Trojita]

http://jeremysoule.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/dear-michael-geist/

How bad is piracy today?

But forget the Pirate Bay… Piracy is now mainstream. Not since the Holocaust have we seen so many people of a select group forcibly stripped of their livelihoods in a public euphoria of false morals. As one who is of Jewish descent, I can say that I make this statement in a very narrow fashion, but there are similarities. Creators are being vilified, laughed off and treated with indifference by scary multitudes of people who care not for artists’ lives or liberties–let alone the concerns involved in the making of art. The new “norm” is being heralded as “liberation” from the “contrived” and “unfair” standards of fees and payments that have traditionally been worked out in a fair market society. Instead, this is the new unfair market society. The “Jews” in this valid analogy are creators. We are losing our homes, our futures and our ability to take care of our children. Laugh. I dare you. And unlike the streetlamp lighters, the world still needs creators!

 

[dude]

That's class, right there.

 

[Gravijah]

Wow.

 

[Brobzoid]

I like his music.

 

[Exclamation-One]

Well, that's sound logic.

 

[ced]

and with that I now will not enjoy the music in Skyrim, ok I will but still.

 

[Stumpokapow]

 

[Ushojax]

"Jews"

Huh.

 

[glaurung]

I thought we were approaching the time of enlightenment, end of piracy and people paying for goods and services that they enjoy and use?

The holocaust card is a retarded card to play though.

 

[Binabik15]

Hey guyz I maed a derp!

What a silly thing to say.

 

[subversus]

He wen overboard with comparing it Holocaust.

 

[AceBandage]

This guy sounds like a gas.

 

[Gravijah]

Maybe Jeremy Soule had to sell one of his Porsches?

 

[Hitlersaurus Christ]

Did somebody say holocaust?

 

[LiK]

Did somebody say holocaust?

:O

 

[Darklord]

Shut up and get back to making music.

 

[TheShampion]

You may not have a great analogy if you have to point out how "valid" your analogy is.

 

[Chuck]

This guy sounds like a gas.

I hope I didn't see what you did there...O_O

 

[Rapstah]

You may not have a great analogy if you have to point out how "valid" your analogy is.

But he's Jewish, he's got to have a point since his analogy relates to jews!

 

[HK-47]

Cmon, just compare pirates to Nazis so we can finish this Godwins Law bullshit.

 

[kurtrussell]

Gamers are being vilified, laughed off and treated with indifference by scary multitudes of publishers

Quote fixed.

 

[akachan ningen]

fuck that guy

 

[Branduil]

Even Hitler wouldn't use an analogy this bad.

 

[BlueTsunami]

I love how he uses the fact that he's Jewish as some veil. Yes you being Jewish makes that comparison absolutely appropriate!

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

 

[CountAntonius]

He made the Morrowind Theme,Morrowind...

 

[SmokyDave]

If ever there was a time to bite my lip and swallow a joke, this is it.

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

Well that gave a decent chuckle.

 

[FGMPR]

I did enjoy his Icewind Dale compositions

*eek*

 

[fabricated backlash]

Yes piracy puts creative people into getthos, mutilates them, uses them for perverted experiments, injects them with fuel, gasses them, ... yeah... piracy is totally a combined racially motivated effort to cleanse this earth from creative lower humans.

Good god, I know that some people tend to be very liberal with their analogies, but this is just downright retarded.

 

[Gram Negative Cocci]

I thought a Jew can't be racists toward other Jews? Much like with black people?

 

[jorma]

The entire article is filled with retarded hyperbole. The holocaust comparison is just the worst one.
This reminds me of the spoof sites that pretend they are fundamentalist christians.

 

[glaurung]

...injects them with fuel...

I thought only Activision did that.

 

[Fewr]

¡Pero qué estupidez!

 

[Salazar]

people of a select group

Not terribly select at all, really.

What a broken-brained asshole. He and Terry Goodkind are on a mental par.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

This analogy is worse than 10 Hitlers.

 

[Suairyu]

Unfortunately, his stupid analogy will just be used by people as a reason for piracy.

 

[eXistor]

I don't care what you say, comparing anything linked to the entertainment industry with the Holocaust is just plain 'ol fashioned retardation speaking.

 

[travisbickle]

Get another job. Artist create out of passion, you want to make money? work on Wall Street.

There's been plenty of jobs over the last 150 years that used to make a lot more money before technology, or changes in society made them less lucrative.

Why does he think he deserves more money? because someone else did earn more for doing the same job 25 years ago?

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Unfortunately, his stupid analogy will just be used by people as a reason for piracy.

People don't go "oh, that anti piracy guy is dumb, I'm going to pirate something to show him". They just pirate stuff they want, when they want it. It's less about malevolence and more about convenience.

 

[John_B]

So it's not the goldmine it used to be. I bet you are still doing alright, and having to buy one less Lamborghini to put your kids trough an elite school is not comparable to the holocaust.

The greed of people is fucking amazing. We can't just be happy about doing fine, we need a pile a money that penetrates the sky.

 

[speedpop]

Piracy has been around for as long as Jeremy Soule has been composing music. If people want something for free, they will go to the easiest length possible to do it. His comparison is ridiculous though.

 

[VisanidethDM]

People don't go "oh, that anti piracy guy is dumb, I'm going to pirate something to show him". They just pirate stuff they want, when they want it. It's less about malevolence and more about convenience.

You're sort of validating his argument, like this. The Nazi fueled the hate of Jews, and people followed because of convenience.

It's probably the tiny bit of sense I can find in his absurd comparison: something bad is happening, people would never want to be caught justifying themselves on a personal level, but as a collective, they just don't give a fuck because they reap the benefits.

 

[operon]

did he really compare piracy to the Holocaust

 

[VisanidethDM]

So it's not the goldmine it used to be. I bet you are still doing alright, and having to buy one less Lamborghini to put your kids trough an elite school is not comparable to the holocaust.

The greed of people is fucking amazing. We can't just be happy about doing fine, we need a pile a money that penetrates the sky.

Your stupidity is the stuff of legends.

It's not up to you to decide when a guy is doing "fine". The fact that I'm "rich" (I honestly doubt Soule is, by the way) doesn't make stealing justified.

And I'm sure all the young composers that unlike Soule will never have a chance because they're trying to emerge in a time when making profit out of your creativity is so hard would say even harsher things about piracy, but since they will never emerge, you'll never read them.

 

[Cheerilee]

 

[markot]

Those anti piracy ads havent tried that tact yet.

'You wouldnt steal a car'
'you wouldnt steal a purse'
'you wouldnt put a jew in an oven'


>_>

 

[Rezbit]

Soule I love your work, especially way back in Secret of Evermore, but...

c'mon son.

 

[Suairyu]

People don't go "oh, that anti piracy guy is dumb, I'm going to pirate something to show him". They just pirate stuff they want, when they want it. It's less about malevolence and more about convenience.

Of course not, but they use reasons like this to intellectually justify it. See this juicy piece of shit-thick stupidity:

Why does he think he deserves more money? because someone else did earn more for doing the same job 25 years ago?

Because people listen to his music. The music he made. For as many people who should have paid for his work (ie. they listened to it), he should get paid. That's how business works - make a product, sell it. Your arguments are he should make shit for your enjoyment out of passion and do something else to make money. You're being ridiculous.

Holy goddamn.

Spoiler

Wrong star

 

[NotGameboy]

People that rationalize software piracy are funny.