b10010011
Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA | It's the poor man's Tivo
Why pay Tivo a monthly fee when you can just download that show you missed and watch it anytime.
Best part is most of the good uploadersr will remove all the commercials for you! |
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texans20
Weapons of Masturbation
Premium
join:2002-09-28
Texas!
clubs: | Dictatorship
Criminalizing an action most people participate in is a borderline dictatorship. |
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Derfel
join:2004-06-06
Winnipeg, MB | Was going to...
I was going to go and read this article, but I think I'll just download it later. |
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | The future is P2P e-mail untraceable where everyone becomes a mail server and use false ip address |
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Malarky
join:2006-10-27
Richmond, VA | reply to texans20
Re: Dictatorship
To what "action" are you referring? |
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH | My wife....
....has asked me on more than one occasion to download various episodes because she forgot to set a timer on the DVR, accidently deleted it, it ran over (beyond the add'l time already in the timer), and so on. |
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jig
join:2001-01-05
Hacienda Heights, CA | yep
it's called "freevo" instead of tivo |
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adisor19
join:2004-10-11
 ·Velcom
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Radioactif
 ·Videotron
·Look Communications
| 720p FTW
Why pay for Cable or satellite when they still put commercials on ? Either get an antenna on your roof and catch some VSB/DVB-T broadcast or torrent it away.
Love those 720p 1.1GB episodes of Heroes  Best quality evar!
Adi |
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banditws6
Shrinking Time and Distance
join:2001-08-18
Naples, FL
·Comcast
1 edit | reply to Hall
Similar situation...
A couple years ago, I downloaded an episode of a TV show that was pre-empted by local sports on the night it aired. It was a crucial episode in a serial drama at the end of its season, and to miss an installment was to miss a critical part of the story. It was the first time I had downloaded an episode of a TV show.
I received my first and only DMCA letter as a result of downloading that episode.
Utter stupidity.
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"I'll follow the law until it's just stupid." -Ted Nugent |
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j_on_fire
join:2005-02-24
canada | What?
What? Porn is only 4th? I thought it was king of all internets. |
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Jeffrey
too dark too early
Premium
join:2002-12-24
Dix Hills,NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Vonage
·magicjack.com
| said by j_on_fire  :What? Porn is only 4th? I thought it was king of all internets. I'm furious that porn came in 4th. Looks like I'll be going home later to fire up the drives to try and manipulate those statistics a bit.
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"When you get lost in your imaginatory vagueness, your foresight becomes a nimble vagrant."
[Ramblings] [RIP Millie 1993-2006]
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Ryle
P2P 4EVA
join:2005-03-09
Bellevue, WA | reply to adisor19
Re: 720p FTW
hell yes!
720p Lost, Heroes, 24!! woot!
EZTV rocks |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA
| reply to adisor19
Not quite "Best Quality EVAR". Heroes is broadcast in 1080/60i telecined from 1080/24p. Run the 1080/60i MPEG-2 stream through a pull-up filter and you can see Heroes in glorious 1080/24p. That's "Best Quality EVAR".
It's going to take more than 1.1GB though... the 1080i broadcasts are about 7.5 GB though that includes the commercials. |
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computerman0
join:2006-07-19
Houston, TX | reply to Derfel
Re: Was going to...
LOL-agreed |
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alg
Just a shot away
Premium
join:2001-04-10
Houston, TX
clubs: | reply to banditws6
Re: Similar situation...
That's pretty bad, I've been downloading every new episode of Lost, 24, Jericho, and occasionally an episode of something for my mom and never had any problems.
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Your a looser That need's to learn english. |
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computerman0
join:2006-07-19
Houston, TX | Not surprised
Dam networks wont put the shows on the net and if they do the quality sucks ass and so do the custom players they use. i ether torrent or go to some video site that has them. Give me Shows on the net or i will steal them. |
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amungus
Premium
join:2004-11-26
America
clubs:
| time for change
In all seriousness, what is the freakin' problem w/people sharing a tv show??? I might understand if it were HBO shows or whatnot that "the man" gets upset about... but regular tv, even cable tv should be shareable...
What is the difference between someone doing this, or someone letting a friend borrow a VHS tape???
This absurdity of people getting sued over something so harmless has to stop at some point.
I don't even use BT, except for random game patches, or an occasional Linux distro. But I'll say this much: I will NEVER want to buy another tv show from iTunes, unless they up the quality AND lower the price.
Tried ONCE to get a Battlestar Galactica episode only to find that my $2 (WAAAAAAY OVERPRICED BTW!) resulted in a SLOWLY downloaded video file who's quality was WORSE than I could've possibly imagined. The show was utterly UNWATCHABLE on a 15" laptop display. There's something seriously wrong w/that IMO.
The idiots who keep spouting about how bad piracy is need to seriously change their tune. If ABC and others can offer watchable (and free I might add) online video, WHO CARES if someone else wants to trade??? Why not leave a torrent of their own out there, even if it DID have a couple commercials, that others can download and watch. I just about GUARANTEE it'd be at least a little bit popular for ordinary users to click, download, and start watching pretty soon. It'd also have some level of assurance that the quality would be good, and that it was "official" and not some chance you're taking on a virus etc.
To me, I guess someone trading a TV show just isn't all that evil in my mind. Sure, I understand bootlegging something that you should pay for is wrong, but a TV show to which you already probably subscribe to??? Give everyone a break here, that's preposterous. No different than letting your friend, brother, or neighbor borrow your VHS tape that you might have recorded a show with. Nothing different about it except that the 'net was used instead of your two feet. Get over it.
Surprising that those stats say more people trade ordinary TV shows than anything else.
A logical person might conclude then that MOST cases against 'evil' downloaders are preposterous and that the practice of suing your audience should stop. ...Somehow I doubt the troll(s) would agree. |
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texans20
Weapons of Masturbation
Premium
join:2002-09-28
Texas!
clubs: | reply to Malarky
Re: Dictatorship
Downloading songs and movies. Not selling bootleg DVDs on a street corner, but downloading a song to listen to on my way to work. |
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Squidii
join:2004-06-30
Little Rock, AR
| reply to adisor19
Re: 720p FTW
said by adisor19 :... some VSB/DVB-T broadcast or torrent it away. That's ATSC to us Americans, because if Europe does it one way, we by damn sure are going to do it different. |
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o2cool8
join:2002-04-19
Miami, FL | reply to amungus
Re: time for change
I know NBC posts all the Heroes episodes online for free, so its not like other networks can't do the same. |
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