ztmike
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join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN
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Last I heard there was a study..and out of that people who download music and ect. usually end up BUYING the product in stores.
BUT with the crap economy and high gas prices and food prices, peoples wallets are seriously running thin, and torrents is really the only way they can still get what they want.
I'm in this boat, and I can't go out and spend $20 at the movies, the money just ain't there for me.
Times are hard, maybe not for everyone, but the majority.
Call me a thief or whatever, but I'm afraid bills/food/gas/my home comes 1st and foremost.
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Mike_343
I Need Speed.
join:2001-07-05
Dyer, IN | then don't watch movies. |
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Cleared4Takeoff
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said by ztmike  :BUT with the crap economy and high gas prices and food prices, peoples wallets are seriously running thin, and torrents is really the only way they can still get what they want. I've owned and admired Honda products over the years (cars, motorcycles, outboard motors, generators, etc) but the one I really really really want is their new HondaJet. I can't afford to buy one...truth be told I couldn't even afford to fuel it up. Maybe I should just go steal one, eh? |
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| The thing is, if you steal that HondaJet you're definitely taking away a sale and stealing something of monetary value.
Theoretically, if you illegally download a movie you had no intention of paying for, no one has lost anything. Since you weren't going to pay, the content creator is no worse off than if you hadn't watched the movie at all. You're obviously better off, since you clearly wanted to watch the movie and presumably benefited from doing so. So it's a net gain.
The problem comes when people who, absent piracy, would have paid for said movie download it for free instead. And there's no way to prove whether one would have paid for it or not. |
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