Re: Not going to happen

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gattaca Premium join:2003-05-28 USA	reply to BF69 Re: Not going to happen said by BF69: said by gattaca: I would agree with you if it weren't for the fact that there are limited options to acquire such content legally thanks to DRM or other impediments. How did DRM come about? Because people kept stealing crap. I don't feel that it's immoral or unfair of me to download a TV show I like that airs in another country and isn't available for me to purchase legally. I don't feel that it is immoral or unfair for me to download a TV show I missed on TV the night before if the cable service I'm paying for offers its corresponding channel. Acquiring content online conveniently fills in the huge void left in the marketplace by industries too focus sed on combating piracy rather than offering a compelling legal option. Until they wake up, I don't blame people who casually "pirate" content that isn't available for purchase in the first place. I pirated music prior to the advent of decent online stores - there was no way I was paying for a full CD full of mostly garbage and 1 or 2 good tracks. Likewise, I'll continue to pirate content if I am not provided with a reasonable way to purchase it legally. So if the bank turns you down for a loan then it's ok to rob the big evil corporate bank? One could justify breaking any law, rule or code of ethics. Doesn't mean it's ok. If you're honestly defending DRM than there is no way I can possibly have an intelligent conversation with you. DRM is an entirely anti-consumer creation that I will not tolerate in products that I pay for. The fact that I get a better experience as a consumer by pirating content shows that the industry is remarkably out-of-touch with reality. I pay for software and content that I consider to be of value. I purchase OS X because it is a reasonable price with no copy protection. I will not purchase Vista because it's price is unreasonable and its protection is unreasonable. (Not that it should matter to you, but I also don't steal Windows. I run Linux on my non-Mac machines). And please refrain from using lame analogies that in no way accurately represent the situation. NO ONE lost money because I chose to download episodes of "The IT Crowd" this season as they were released overseas. -- Ron Paul 2008!
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BF69 Premium join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN	said by gattaca: If you're honestly defending DRM than there is no way I can possibly have an intelligent conversation with you. DRM is an entirely anti-consumer creation that I will not tolerate in products that I pay for. A) I am not defneding DRM I am explaining to you as to why is exists. Big difference. I wish DRM didn't exist. I know whose fault it is for it's existance is though. B) No one is forcing to buy DRMed products. Doesn't mean you have a right to pirate them either. If you want to make a statement to the companies then do so with your pocketbook and do not buy DRM products. Don't pirate them. When you do you create a value for them( because only an idiot pirate would steal something that has no value ) and thus continue to enforce the belief of the big evil coroporations that these products are worth protecting with DRM. Does DRM work? No. Do consumers hate it? Yes. Do you want the big corps to stop using it? Of course. Then do the things that will stop them from using it. Pirating is not one of them. As wrong as the big corps are that DRM stops pirating people like you are equally wrong in thinking that pirating is going to make the big corps stop using DRM. The fact is that if people weren't so stupid to starting using things like the original Napster and Kazza and all those other things to pirate songs then DRM would never have seen the light of day and music would be available online DRM free and less than half the price it is now. FACT. I am not going to blame the bank that my ATM fee went up to pay for the armed gaurd at the door. I am going to blame the theives that rob the banks. The fact that I get a better experience as a consumer by pirating content shows that the industry is remarkably out-of-touch with reality. Even without DRM the vast majority of pirates would still do so because they are too cheap to pay 99, 79 or even 49 cents for a song. FACT. DRM is just a convienent excuse to justify their pirating. If you are suggesting the vast majority of people that pirate do it out of some sense of higher moral obligation to get the big bad corporations to change their ways, rather than to serve their own selfish needs, you seriously need help. And please refrain from using lame analogies that in no way accurately represent the situation. NO ONE lost money because I chose to download episodes of "The IT Crowd" this season as they were released overseas. yes yes continue to justify your theivery instead of just admitting you are a thief. I'd have more respect for you if you would.
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backness join:2005-07-08 K2P OW2	are you kidding? If Napster was never invented... A) Piracy would still exist although it might not be as main stream B) The CD manufacturers are still fighting tooth and nail to avoid online distribution to this day. They have done almost nothing to update their business model TO THIS DAY! If you really believe that Big Music would lovingly embrace online distribution if Naptster was never invented, you need your head examined.
	to forum · permalink · 2007-10-18 09:55:35 ·

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