Epsilon Wrote:I don't shop at Wal-Mart because I beleive it is evil, I encourage others not to.
Good for you. I think all large companies are evil because of the current incentive structure, and it is somewhat impractical to avoid all of them.
Epsilon Wrote:Similarly the Pirate Bay exist to aid illegal activity. I think it is evil. Much like if someone had a rolodex of known heroin dealers he would introduce you to, and got paid money to run is "dealer invitation clearing house". Then the person allowed a bunch of people who sell organic vegetables to go through him as well, just to say he doens't ONLY introduce people to heroin dealers.
I think your analogy is flawed. It's more like someone having a empty rolodex, and letting people add local businesses to it, and showing it to anyone who asks. If drug dealers then add themselves to that that is their buisness, they show the rolodex to the police just as they would to anyone else. Now say someone else claims that person X is a drug dealer, should you go vigilante cop judge and jury on them or should you just say "sure whatever, go away"?
The proper way to get content removed from the piratebay would have been to go to the local court and get an injunction, rather than firing off a threatening DMCA notice that has no effect because they are outside the USA. Of course getting an injunction is far harder and more costly than sending a meaningless boilerplate letter, but that is not their problem. Consider how often DMCA notices are abused and this becomes not an unreasonable stance.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."