BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | stupid pirates
Ok won't pay for content but will pay PB so they can steal it? WTF? |
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Slava
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Fair Lawn, NJ
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NetAdmin
CCNA
join:2008-05-22
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said by BF69  :Ok won't pay for content but will pay PB so they can steal it? WTF? Man I hate to say it this way, but...
Logic win!
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baineschile
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Sterling Heights, MI | reply to BF69
Of course, now any non-sweedish people can be tracked with their credit card paying for this service... |
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Boomerang86
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VampireState
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| said by baineschile :Of course, now any non-sweedish people can be tracked with their credit card paying for this service... You could purchase a prepaid, reloadable credit card and reload that with cash. Cost would be a bit more, but that might suffice for anonymity.
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JazzJRabbit
join:2003-09-27
Wheaton, IL
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :Ok won't pay for content but will pay PB so they can steal it? WTF? $6.80 wouldn't even buy you a used CD. |
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DrModem
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| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :Ok won't pay for content but will pay PB so they can steal it? WTF? What is TBP stealing? They are just a search engine. |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA | reply to BF69
I think this just indicates that some people are willing to pay what they believe is a fair price for DRM-free content in the format they want. There is a market out there just waiting to be exploited. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
1 edit | reply to BF69
Upon reflection, I do not wish to post. Take me back! |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
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join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :Ok won't pay for content but will pay PB so they can steal it? WTF? There are many people out there who donate to private torrent sites to give them bandwidth or keep them in business. Then you have people willing to pay for Rapidshare accounts and download that way.
I have a friend who pays about $70 a year for a premium rapidshare account and pays $50 a year for private torrent sites for bandwidth and donations. He figures the $120 a year he spends saves him tens of thousands of dollars on music, movies, software, and so on.
I don't subscribe to this line of thinking, but there are people out there that do. |
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v35_pilot
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Fayetteville, NY
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said by JazzJRabbit :said by BF69 :Ok won't pay for content but will pay PB so they can steal it? WTF? $6.80 wouldn't even buy you a used CD. It would off Amazon's MP3 downloads. Depending on the sale, one might even be able to get a couple of CD collections of MP3s. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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| reply to Boomerang86
said by Boomerang86 :You could purchase a prepaid, reloadable credit card and reload that with cash. Cost would be a bit more, but that might suffice for anonymity. If you are going to go through all that trouble why not just buy the stuff legally?
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
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| said by pnh102 :said by Boomerang86 :You could purchase a prepaid, reloadable credit card and reload that with cash. Cost would be a bit more, but that might suffice for anonymity. If you are going to go through all that trouble why not just buy the stuff legally? If you figure $80 a year for this service, but a few software packages later like Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Master Collection which is well over $1000 and that pays for the subscription. Add in any music/movies that you want as well and you are saving money.
To me, its not worth it, but to some people I guess you can justify it. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
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Saint Louis, MO
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| reply to BF69
paying for torrent access is indeed stupid.
If you're going to pay to pirate, get usenet access, and download til your heart's content.
Oh, and without uploading, you don't even have to worry about being sued for piracy because you're not re-distributing the software/media!
If you're going to pay, pay for usenet.
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Doctor Four
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Dallas, TX
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His post title is also wrong. Real pirates don't share what they get with anyone else (except of course their own shipmates). They certainly wouldn't do so with complete strangers.
Real pirates are the kind that attacked ships and took hostages off Somalia recently.
Furthermore, saying TPB is stealing is not only wrong (they only have metadata, no files), but the use of that word demonstrates a clear inability to do anything other than parrot media cartel propaganda.
Hope he enjoys his MAFIAA Koolaid...
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Omega
Displaced Ohioan
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Cheyenne, WY
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| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :Ok won't pay for content but will pay PB so they can steal it? WTF? People pay for newsgroups don't they? Same thing. I think people can accept to pay a fee for unlimited content. |
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baineschile
2600
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join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | reply to Nightfall
I wish I had the time and effort to enjoy tens of thousands of dollars worth of music and movies every year |
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badtrip
East Bay
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join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA
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·Comcast
| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :Ok won't pay for content but will pay PB so they can steal it? WTF? The fact that people are willing to pay a reasonable fee to access content is the real story here. Too bad the **AA and so-called anti-piracy idiots cant see that fact and instead are flabergasted that people will pay to pirate material.
Actually, PB is going forward with an entertainment content business model that will likely be successful and profitable. This type of business model is the one that content creators should have pursued in the first place rather than trying to litigate and bully their way to keeping profitability. |
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
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said by Doctor Four :His post title is also wrong. Real pirates don't share what they get with anyone else (except of course their own shipmates). They certainly wouldn't do so with complete strangers. Real pirates are the kind that attacked ships and took hostages off Somalia recently. My friend Webster says that a pirate is someone who commits or practices piracy. He then says that piracy, among other things, is the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright. Seems to me like a file sharing pirate fits the definition of a pirate, just not necessarily of the swashbuckling type. |
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PQN01900
@cox.net | Downloading copyrighted material is not copyright infringement, piracy, nor is it theft. |
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