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HubertFelix
France631 Posts
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Bobgrimly
New Zealand250 Posts
On January 23 2012 08:39 Marradron wrote: I just dont believe in paying for things that have been aired on tv or the radio. Anyone in the world could have used a tape recorder to record the song, movie or series. I just consider torrentz my always active tv recorder. If taping shows on tv to use yourself is legal so should recording them digitaly. This so many times this. Combined with media companies holding out for unreasonable payments for shows to go overseas I pirate all american tv... why? Cause I can't get it in new zealand in a timely/affordable manner. I would gladly pay to have the shows streamable within an hour of airing in america. GLADLY PAY. But the companies don't want my money. They want to give it to pirates. Their own stupid fault for not catching up with the internet. They need a worldwide sight that sells their products in hq streams that have current shows/movies. For a reasonable monthly fee they would have instantly millions of subscribers and be raking in the money. But they would rather fuel the internet and lawyers with money than take it themselves. In fact I am starting to think the media companies are run by lawyers who only get paid by forcing people to break the law so they can prosecute them. As has been mentioned plenty of times, piracy is actually free advertising. And it DOES WORK in boosting sales. A silly concept hollywood is to retarded to pick up on. | ||
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FreudianTrip
Switzerland1983 Posts
On January 23 2012 07:16 MikailCaboose wrote: Disturbed supports the piracy of their songs, because CD sales are only there for publishing companies. Bands do not make money from CD sales, they make it from the concerts, which people go to to experience it live, and is not hampered by piracy at all. In fact, ironically, piracy helps the band themselves more. Also, I remember reading about this one...I think it was an author, who decided to 'leak' copies of his book so that it could be 'pirated', and found that his sales increased by almost (and I am remembering this from the article) 300% the week after he did that. Can somebody check on this? I can't remember the author. It was 4chan, they scanned in his graphic novel and sales went up. And to the OP: You mentioned TPB. Thats not who they're aiming for here. They're aiming for businesses that are pretending to be legit while taking money off people to download illegal files. I have never paid for TV (didn't even pay License Fee when in UK) but I would insta buy a Netflix account if it was available. Massive amount of easily streamable content in high quality? Deal. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On January 23 2012 08:14 Malgrif wrote: No the number 1 reason is because IT'S FREE The fact that it's easier and that it's free are both number one reasons imo. If I wanted to watch friends right now, it would be quicker for me to download it off a torrent instead of buying the DVDs, online or in a store. AND it's free. | ||
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Deleted User 108965
1096 Posts
 . i cant afford to buy everything im interested in | ||
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CadaverSculptor
Korea (South)23 Posts
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xiaoW
Netherlands284 Posts
never imagined it's coming closer to the end. On a more serious and contradicting to what I have stated above, I am sure real pirates will always find a way to distribute files illegaly, no matter what the FBI/US government is going to do. | ||
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nekoconeco
Australia359 Posts
On January 23 2012 09:28 Incognoto wrote: The fact that it's easier and that it's free are both number one reasons imo. If I wanted to watch friends right now, it would be quicker for me to download it off a torrent instead of buying the DVDs, online or in a store. AND it's free. I don't really think it being free has as much to do with it as people think. Megaupload and Filesonic subscriptions do cost money but are easier and more accessible than using torrents/usenet/etc.... It is basically due to this "Media companies and the distributors have brought this on themselves by so fiercely holding on to their archaic business model of last century." 2012... the end of the world wide web. At this point the web is such a vital part of the world economy that the end of the web would trigger a worldwide meltdown (essentially the end of the world as we know it). I don't think these politicians really have any idea of what they are playing around with. | ||
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nodnod
New Zealand172 Posts
On January 23 2012 08:58 Soleron wrote: False. File sharing sites should qualify for safe harbour in the US. If infringing files are uploaded, only the uploader is liable. Megaupload screwed up by acknowledging they knew about specific pirated content in leaked emails. If Filesonic didn't do this they should be legal. Otherwise Youtube would be shut down too. Then why did Filesonic shut down their file sharing service? Also, it's in reality very hard to prove that one doesn't know about the illegal content on their server, and most importantly, if the plaintiff can prove/claim that Filesonic financially benefited from distribution of the illegal content then the site wouldn't be eligible for the safe harbour protection. | ||
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FeUerFlieGe
United States1193 Posts
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Millitron
United States2611 Posts
On January 23 2012 07:58 Malkavian183 wrote: As an answer to OP, i don't think Pirate Bay will go down as it is not hosted in USA. If i remember right it is stated in either Netherlands or Sweden so it should remain unaffected by SOPA. At least for now. Its in Sweden, and remember, Sweden tends to either not care about piracy, or actually is in favor of it. Look at the thread where Sweden recognizes Kopimism (Basically a religion centered on piracy) as a legitimate religion. On January 23 2012 09:37 nekoconeco wrote: I don't think these politicians really have any idea of what they are playing around with. Do they ever? | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On January 23 2012 08:39 Marradron wrote: I just dont believe in paying for things that have been aired on tv or the radio. Anyone in the world could have used a tape recorder to record the song, movie or series. I just consider torrentz my always active tv recorder. If taping shows on tv to use yourself is legal so should recording them digitaly. I just don't believe in giving a voice to stupid people on the Internet but unfortunately, neither of our beliefs are legitimate. | ||
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darkscream
Canada2310 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
Nothing but a bunch of greedy cretins. The ridiculous sense of entitlement is palpable. | ||
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Cereb
Denmark3388 Posts
Filesharing sites have been taken down for the last 10 years and everytime something new came in it's place. | ||
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Deleted User 108965
1096 Posts
On January 23 2012 10:11 darkscream wrote: I wonder how long before the internet riots start. "hacking" really isn't that hard. How much are we going to take before we start smashing virtual windows? the day megaupload went down quite a few major sites (including the department of justice site) got ddos'd for a couple hours. if something truly drastic happens they will get a lot of shit im sure | ||
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SausageLinks
United States93 Posts
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Moonwrath
United States9568 Posts
On January 23 2012 10:13 Jibba wrote: So the previous thread had a bunch of people whining that Megaupload had a legitimate function of personal file storage, and Filesonic has decided that they will only enable personal file storage and you're whining about that too. I wonder why... Nothing but a bunch of greedy cretins. The ridiculous sense of entitlement is palpable. Is piracy one of the uses of cyber lockers? Sure, but you seem to claim that it's the only reason people are pissed off that they are shutting down file sharing, which is crap. Sharing large files between many people is cumbersome without sites like megaupload or mediafire giving that service. | ||
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Sadist
United States7326 Posts
:O t.t filesonic was so good. | ||
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EienShinwa
United States655 Posts
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