 kadosHail OdinPremium
join:2003-03-14
Watertown, SD
kudos:1 | About time someone helps Ok, not sure how to put this, but it's about time someone stands up to these people. It's been proven time and time again that downloading files does not hurt the companies. File sharers buy and attend more movies, concerts, and buy more dvds and cd's than anyone else. I'd also have to say the real reason most people infringe on copyrights is simply the cost of said software. I know people who use, lets say photoshop for example, and they download it instead of paying the $800+ pricetag. Most of these are home users who use it to play with pictures or what ever and never use it to make a dime, it's just not feasable for them to purchase it. I also know people who will download a movie, watch it and then decide to buy it, I am one of them. I download alot of movies, and if there is one I really like, I'll go buy the dvd and not think twice, Avatar is a perfect example. I snagged it on BT watched it, and the day it came out on bluray, I bought it.
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br1252
join:2007-04-10
Norwalk, CT
1 edit | You were supposed to have gone to the movie and paid the $10-$15 to see it, THEN buy the disc when it came out. |
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 newviewEx .. Ex .. ExactlyPremium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
kudos:1
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| said by br1252:You were supposed to have gone to the movie and paid the $10-$15 to see it, THEN buy the disc when it came out. Correction: You were supposed to have gone to the movie and paid the $10-$15, then watch 20 minutes of advertisements, THEN see the movie, then buy the disc, watch 20 minutes of advertisements, THEN see the movie on disc. |
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| How about you are supposed to follow the law? That may be foreign to some of you, but if you aren't gonna buy it, don't download it. |
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said by kados: It's been proven time and time again that downloading files does not hurt the companies That is not PROVED. It is merely alleged. 1 side(content providers) exaggerates the harm done. The other side(I want everything for free anarchists) claims there is NO harm. Both are merely trying to advance their own agendas. The truth lies somewhere in between.
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You can skip ads on discs (just not FBI/Interpol's warnings) and go right to the menu
And it does not take more than mere few seconds! |
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 elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | reply to Metatron2008
said by Metatron2008:How about you are supposed to follow the law? That may be foreign to some of you, but if you aren't gonna buy it, don't download it. why follow an unjust law? enough people say screw the law and you cant sue/arrest them all |
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| said by elios:said by Metatron2008:How about you are supposed to follow the law? That may be foreign to some of you, but if you aren't gonna buy it, don't download it. why follow an unjust law? enough people say screw the law and you cant sue/arrest them all how exactly is supporting artists or not downloading unjust? Get over your entitlement issues, people like you are everything that's wrong with society today. |
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said by chgo_man99:You can skip ads on discs (just not FBI/Interpol's warnings) and go right to the menu And it does not take more than mere few seconds! I guess you have not come across some disc's that prevent skipping of some of the crap before the movie.
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to kados
Thankfully VLC can skip all that crap.
sadly for some reason the hardware DVD player makers dont make an option called "Skip to Movie"
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5
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said by Metatron2008:how exactly is supporting artists or not downloading unjust? Supporting the artist? Hahaha that's funny. Ask Winston Groom how much of of the 3% of Forest Gump's proceeds he ever received for writing it. Or the Tolkien estate that was contracted to receive 7.5% of the profit from the LOTR trilogy that took in over $1b domestically alone. Then you'll find out how well the artists are being supported by sales. |
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| said by cdru:said by Metatron2008:how exactly is supporting artists or not downloading unjust? Hahaha that's funny. It's only about as funny as the average pirate excuse, so keep laughing. |
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said by newview:said by br1252:You were supposed to have gone to the movie and paid the $10-$15 to see it, THEN buy the disc when it came out. Correction: You were supposed to have gone to the movie and paid the $10-$15, then watch 20 minutes of advertisements, THEN see the movie, then buy the disc, watch 20 minutes of advertisements, THEN see the movie on disc. Correction on the correction
YOu were supposed to goto the movie with a friend paying 15$ each ( 30$) then buy each a pop n popcorn worth 15-20$ each ( 40$:70$) then watch the adverts then see the movie and it sucks, then go buy a dvdr for a computer to watch ( 40$) and anohter one for your dvdr player for tv ( 40$) then buy a BLuray DISC ( 80$) and then open the window in your high rise and JUMP OUT, cause your bankrupted |
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cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5 Reviews:
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said by Metatron2008:It's only about as funny as the average pirate excuse, so keep laughing. You're right. The average pirate excuse holds as much water as the studios claiming that pirating "hurts the artist". They were hurting far earlier in the process then when the pirates put it on the internet. It's all along the same lines as "Think of the children" and "help prevent terrorism". It really has nothing to do with it at all but it makes a good sound byte. |
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| Stealing doesn't help though, no matter what corporations do. I hate it when pirates think they are fighting corporations by acting just like them or worse. |
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 FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19
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| or worse you say.. I ask what you mean by that. what can be worse than acting like the evil *IAA? seriously. how can you get worse than either of those industries? |
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| said by FBGuy:or worse you say.. I ask what you mean by that. what can be worse than acting like the evil *IAA? seriously. how can you get worse than either of those industries? Large scale criminal operations selling thousands of cheap pirated goods. Of all the things I say about pirates they at least know what to pay for stolen property (0$) |
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 mtech
join:2002-10-20
Jonesboro, AR | reply to Kearnstd
How about "Menu","Play"?
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FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | reply to Metatron2008
if you think the piracy in the United States is bad, which it isn't, you should check out the insane piracy networks in place in the middle east and asia. it makes p2p look peaceful. The criminals are the people who steal and make a living on it. |
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 jhboricuaExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-06
Minneapolis, MN | reply to Metatron2008
said by Metatron2008:Stealing doesn't help though, no matter what corporations do. Then again by the same law you are so adamant about, it is not stealing.
said by Metatron2008:I hate it when pirates think they are fighting corporations by acting just like them or worse. Then maybe the corporations should have though of that before paying for legislation that made copyright a joke and continued to erode people's fair use of works. They created the 'perceived' problem.
Besides, if the history of this country teaches you something is that sometimes unfair laws deserve to be broken.
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