Julian Nutter, defending, argued Edge was somewhat acting as a 'Robin Hood' figure by giving people who would struggle to afford a Sky subscription access to the games.Seriously?!?
'Whether or not he made a significant profit is an issue which is raised. The point should be made on his behalf that the people who would buy his products would not be people who are likely to have the money to buy a Sky subscription,' Mr Nutter said.
The people who rob banks probably don't have a lot of money either. But can we try one last Scouse-oriented throw of the dice here? Reader, Nutter's the man for the job:
'They have limited income. The people he would be been dealing with in the Merseyside area would hardly be the same as toffs in London who would have money coming in from the city. 'He was providing a service to people who would probably not be able to afford it otherwise. There's an element of a Robin Hood to all that.'
Well, no. So now he's banged up for three years and four months, while these people aren't, and probably gets free Sky in prison!
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Officer, I ain't got the money for an I-phone so I took theirs cos they be rich....
I suppose there is a logical arguement that if people using Sky on the sly, would never have paid for a subscription in the absence of underhanded methods, nobody is loosing out.
Likewise with downloading films. If you by a second hand DVD in a charity shop, which is legal, the industry gets no more money from you than if you nick the film off some streaming site
I'd be astounded if someone hadn't already tried that.
That DOES make a certain amount of sense.
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