@SceneDL

None of the content uploaded on The Pirate Bay belongs to anyone, if you want to upload something that someone else uploaded go for it. I understand we don't want hundreds of duplicates of the same torrent on here but anyone's free to upload whatever they want.

@rjaa

Normally I'll reupload something if it doesn't have enough seeds to properly download, but this has hundreds of leechers, all you have to do is seed and you'd be good to go!

@SceneDL

I understand that without someone modifying whatever it is they're uploading no one would be able to acess the content for free, but even if you change it around it still doesn't make the content yours. and yes the torrent is yours but what's in it is not. It's like selling a used car, modifying the motor a little, and then slapping your own brand name on it. But that's just how I look at it!

@SceneDL

Let me rephrase that middle part:

*yes the torrent is yours but what the torrent is putting on your computer isn't.

You mean theres no honor amongst thieves? :p

@Bitbro

All I'm saying is that none of the content on this website belongs to anyone, other than the torrent I guess. So if someone is uploading a T.V. show and a week later someone else uploads the same episode and everything, you can't really argue about it since it doesn't belong to either of them.

@RobbieDee

Yes, it does matter whose -torrent- is whose.

There's an inherent system of branding within the community, which is sustenance for continuing efforts of those who bring the torrents to the table in the first place. That system is undermined when any ol' Jack or Jill is willy-nilly repackaging torrents under his/her own name (brand), diluting the brand/name of another, and particularly, the ones who do the "real" work, like the "first-responders" who do the actual reverse-engineering. Rjaa has not done any of that work.

It's one thing if a "brand" isn't represented in a particular community, actively disseminating their own work first-hand. Then it'd be understandable for another party to fill in the gap. But it's another thing when a party re-brands work as their own, like Rjaa representing himself in the torrent title as if it's his own work.

But SceneDL is obviously here within the community and fulfilling the role just fine.

And again, before you jump back onto the bandwagon of "But it's not theirs to begin with!" --

It's irrelevant. It's not about the original, untouched content -- it's about the branding, the quality from and the trust of such, and the incentive that branding drives for "first-responder's" efforts.

And before you lay claim to the "higher" law of ethics (thereby justifying anarchy for any ethical standards below such) --

All ethics are relative, and yes, this community, as a principle, is founded upon an ethical standard that stands a few "stairs" below the common ethic/statute standard. But there's still a relative, inherent system of ethics within the community, as well, and adherence to such is imperative for the community's structure and sustenance. The community (or any community, for that matter), falls apart when it turns to an eye-for-an-eye standard.

SceneDL forgive rjaa im sure he didnt mean any harm, he even said it
>>>>torrent created by SceneDL (PimpRG)
I personally thank you for all your hard work I have downloaded from you many torrents
thanx again