Pirates also buy content legally, Australian gov study finds

Set VPNs to Damp-Squib mode

Both sides of Australian politics are easily influenced numbskulls.

Timing is everything

So the research finished back in April, but wasn't released until after Tony got this bill through?

If only he'd waited till he actually had some facts to base a policy decision on.

But that's not the Abbot way.

Seeing what you are buying isn't bad

When you are not working, poor, or just starting out you have to take every advantage so will of course spend less. Then there are those who have money, maybe a lot of money, because they never pay a bill when they don't have to or when they can get someone else to pay.

On the other hand, as shown, most of us will pay, if only to encourage more of the good stuff, more of what we want.

BUT An increasing problem is theft by companies. The data we create is our data, every bit as is the data created by entertainment and software companies. Yet they claim it isn't theft because it's up for grabs or signed away with purchase agreements. Goose gander most will say.

And some are even stealing back their own products.

I just had several Microsoft products, most bought and paid for at full price (one was a student purchase) become non-genuine. A check of their web site shows they've changed the rules and decided to put more hoops in place if I want to continue to use their overpriced, bloated, buggy, spy-ware by design crap. Meanwhile the Linux related purchases I've made over the years still feel like money well spent.

Maybe if we could get a refund and invoice for our time after buying crap entertainment there wouldn't be such a need for pirated copies. At the very least there should be at as much government action on theft of our data as the data of entertainment companies.

It's hard to be a Labor pollie

You know you need to agree with everything of substance that the government does so they cannot use news corp against you. Yet they keep doing these crazy things, and you have to agree with them. Hoping for something really important to come up -- like a helicopter ride...

I have sky and netflix and also the BBC TV Tax. I will consume whatever I like however I like as I have paid quite enough, thank you. You have collective collection agreements. Use them and fuck off, as you have no right to be paid anyway and you should thank your lucky stars for anything you get.

To confirm: you have NO RIGHT to be paid for creative work. No one asked you to do it. You want to get paid, you get paid up front and work on commission.