 maartenaElmoPremium
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| Piracy will never die. No matter how hard the authorities and big-media-industry are trying to make it, there will always be some form of piracy.
10 years ago it was Napster, then Kazaa, now it is Torrents, and in 5 years from now we'll use something else.
And if all else fails, I remember the days when we would spread "warez CD's" at work for $10 or so. (A single CD-R cost about that much back in 1996...) - Nowadays, DVD's go for $10 per 25 or so, and unless you are going to remove these types of media from the market, I think that if online piracy comes to a grinding halt, warez, movies, music, porn and other not-so-legal materials will continue to spread that way.
Instead of trying to fight it, try to make purchasing movies and music cheaper then it is right now. And more importantly, If I want to make a copy of said movie for the DVD player in the car to entertain the kids, or if I want those MP3's on both my iPod, A music CD for the car, AND on the computer at work, I should be allowed and not hindered by DRM.
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| said by maartena:Instead of trying to fight it, try to make purchasing movies and music cheaper then it is right now. Come on, the price would have to go to zero to satisfy the vast majority of movie thieves. They want it, but don't want to pay ANYTHING for it. If the MPAA dropped the price to 1% of what it is now - most would still steal it because free is cheaper than a $1.
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| Price isn't the issue, its how Pirates feel treated and the quality of the product.
If the movie industry started their own usenet style service with full DVDRs and Blu-Rays people would pay for that. |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to maartena
the problem is that the MPAA and RIAA aka the MAFIAA want full and total control of media, from purchase to your eyeballs. this model is totally Unacceptable in the digital age, once i buy something it is now mine and it should be my right to use it how i please. the MPAA should not be allowed to weasel the DMCA and say i cant make a copy for my laptop and burn a copy for each DVD player in the house. i own the DVD and it and its contents are now mine.
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It must be true - you're so closely allied with the corporate world that YOU must have the facts.
Only a shill would believe the stuff you spew...
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