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Piracy deemed too "sexy" a word for this activity

Débuté par Feraele , mars 27 2010 10:15

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 08:24

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DarthCaine wrote...


LMAO.....

Being a cynic....I tend to take articles like this with a grain of salt.  This article happens to be written at a time of global recession and market downturn.  Everyone looks for reasons for low employment etc....in this case blaming internet piracy for part of the problem.  Also where did they come up with this arbitrary number of 1.2 million jobs lost over 5 years...these are projections based on a biased period of time given the economy. 

In the case of music, a lot of artists support the downloading of music because it gets the word out there......especially new artists.  And many people end up buying the albums if they like it anyways....I know I do.  There is nothing worse than buying an album only to discover there is one good song and the rest are crap.  I do think that a lot of those against it are executives with the major labels.

And if calling it piracy makes me sexy....who am I to argue.Posted Image

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 08:52

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Darht Jayder wrote...

DarthCaine wrote...


LMAO.....

Being a cynic....I tend to take articles like this with a grain of salt.  This article happens to be written at a time of global recession and market downturn.  Everyone looks for reasons for low employment etc....in this case blaming internet piracy for part of the problem.  Also where did they come up with this arbitrary number of 1.2 million jobs lost over 5 years...these are projections based on a biased period of time given the economy. 

In the case of music, a lot of artists support the downloading of music because it gets the word out there......especially new artists.  And many people end up buying the albums if they like it anyways....I know I do.  There is nothing worse than buying an album only to discover there is one good song and the rest are crap.  I do think that a lot of those against it are executives with the major labels.

And if calling it piracy makes me sexy....who am I to argue.Posted Image


Nope doesn't make you sexy..makes the pirates sexy according to this article.   I just thought it was an interesting view of things....I personally don't have any data other than my own ..which is..right is right and wrong is wrong.

Personally if I walk into a store, see something I like..I buy it.   I don't put it in my purse without paying and try to leave. :P

Thats how I see piracy.  Anyways...those that approve of these things will always do it...despite any repercussions or backlash to the people they are taking from.    

Why pay for the milk when the cow is free...kind of attitude.   IF they do pay after having already played it...well I'll bet its a tiny minority of the ones that actually pirate ...that actually reach into their pockets and pay.

As for try before you buy games...all you have to do is go to Direct-to-Drive..they have betas you can participate in (FREE) and a "try before you buy" program..in other words free demos.    So,  I don't really see an excuse to pirate here.

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 08:56

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Why pay for the milk when the cow is free...kind of attitude. IF they do pay after having already played it...well I'll bet its a tiny minority of the ones that actually pirate ...that actually reach into their pockets and pay.




Why?...Because milking the cow is bloody hard work.....took me 6 hours to milk one once....he wasnt happy ill tell ya....

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:01

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Feraele wrote...

Darht Jayder wrote...

DarthCaine wrote...


LMAO.....

Being a cynic....I tend to take articles like this with a grain of salt.  This article happens to be written at a time of global recession and market downturn.  Everyone looks for reasons for low employment etc....in this case blaming internet piracy for part of the problem.  Also where did they come up with this arbitrary number of 1.2 million jobs lost over 5 years...these are projections based on a biased period of time given the economy. 

In the case of music, a lot of artists support the downloading of music because it gets the word out there......especially new artists.  And many people end up buying the albums if they like it anyways....I know I do.  There is nothing worse than buying an album only to discover there is one good song and the rest are crap.  I do think that a lot of those against it are executives with the major labels.

And if calling it piracy makes me sexy....who am I to argue.Posted Image


Nope doesn't make you sexy..makes the pirates sexy according to this article.   I just thought it was an interesting view of things....I personally don't have any data other than my own ..which is..right is right and wrong is wrong.

Personally if I walk into a store, see something I like..I buy it.   I don't put it in my purse without paying and try to leave. :P

Thats how I see piracy.  Anyways...those that approve of these things will always do it...despite any repercussions or backlash to the people they are taking from.    

Why pay for the milk when the cow is free...kind of attitude.   IF they do pay after having already played it...well I'll bet its a tiny minority of the ones that actually pirate ...that actually reach into their pockets and pay.

As for try before you buy games...all you have to do is go to Direct-to-Drive..they have betas you can participate in (FREE) and a "try before you buy" program..in other words free demos.    So,  I don't really see an excuse to pirate here.

Your point is valid.  I was really just joking with the sexy comment anyways. 

I don't advocate piracy by the way but if I see something worth paying for I do buy it.  I have been known to download music and Canada is pretty lax in this department.  But I pretty much by the album if I like it.  Also now with itunes and what not it is easy to download this stuff cheap anyways.

Is it wrong...I would say yes......but is it going to be the reason a million people are out of a job?.....I find that doubtful.  Movie piracy happens all the time and they still make millions of dollars and the movie industry is not that hurt by it.  Studios still make movies and still need actors and cameramen etc....

Jobs that get lost are the ones that are not necessary anyways and likely would have been cut regarldess of pirates......YARR

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:06

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My only response to this whole thing is something from bash.org

Spin: arrrr, pirates of the south west
Spin: thar be large pipes o'bandwith near ye'ol univarsety.
Pirate: yearg, ye may be an ta somethan thar.
Spin: what say ye we pull yonder USB hard disk longside yonder NMSU puter and begin tha lutin and plunderin.
Pirate: yearg. The master done gaved me a testin machine with a grand ol CDR.
Pirate: Avast!
Pirate: MP3s off the starboard bow!
Spin: stere clear of ye porn pop ups rollin in from tha east.
Pirate: I have mah trusty Opera browsa to help me fend em off.
Spin: encrypt the data holds, batton down thar security patches, argh thar be spyware abound.

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:06

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Perhaps..we'll see if the dire predictions come true. :)

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:09

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*cannot believe you all missed the joke*....



*sighs*...



Dunno why I bother :P

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:10

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Maviarab wrote...


Why pay for the milk when the cow is free...kind of attitude. IF they do pay after having already played it...well I'll bet its a tiny minority of the ones that actually pirate ...that actually reach into their pockets and pay.


Why?...Because milking the cow is bloody hard work.....took me 6 hours to milk one once....he wasnt happy ill tell ya....


HE??  0.o  no wonder HE was unhappy.   *laughs @ Mavi..again :D)

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:12

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Maviarab wrote...


Why pay for the milk when the cow is free...kind of attitude. IF they do pay after having already played it...well I'll bet its a tiny minority of the ones that actually pirate ...that actually reach into their pockets and pay.


Why?...Because milking the cow is bloody hard work.....took me 6 hours to milk one once....he wasnt happy ill tell ya....

Yes...pirating milk in this case is justified.  Posted Image

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:12

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You try and inject some humour into the place....



And all you get is laughed at...



*?....hmmm....*

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:14

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Silly Mavi :D

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:15

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Maviarab wrote...

*cannot believe you all missed the joke*....

*sighs*...

Dunno why I bother :P


I didn't want to intrude on you and the cow. Posted Image

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:16

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Injecting humour now!


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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:19

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Nahh is ok symbol...left her last November and just taken her to court hhehe...oHHHHHH...you mean that one?

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:24

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Now I understand why they installed a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy in some places.

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:27

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Maviarab wrote...

Nahh is ok symbol...left her last November and just taken her to court hhehe...oHHHHHH...you mean that one?



Rofl!!

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:27

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god...you and your policies Symbol :P

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:28

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Truth be told I only adhere to 3 rules and prinicples. There are others I take up time to time when they can serve a purpose.

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:33

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Cats are hilarious..I love them. :) That video had me laughing so hard I had tears hehe

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:35

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:35

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The only way to prevent piracy is to hit it at the source, not by laws and regulations. This is the internet, people.



The only way to stop it is better methods of copyright protection.

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:37

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Pretty hard to hit it at the source, when there are potentially thousands if not more that do it :P

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Posté 05 avril 2010 - 09:42

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no Crisxt...



The 'source' is overpaid greedy executives....but we have already discussed this.

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Posté 06 avril 2010 - 12:10

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on top of what MerinTB said I'd like to respectfully add two things:



The Game industry can stop making Quake 2 over and over again before blaming poor sales on piracy.

The Movie industry can stop making Uwe Boll quality film before blaming poor sales on piracy.



This is just my opinion but I find it fits at least to the hollywood industry these days. Quality is down by 90%+ and ****ty cgi-explosions is up by 100% and they blame piracy when their turd on a 35mm roll is boxing 2 nickles and a gumball on opening weekend.

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Posté 07 avril 2010 - 11:52

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Crixt wrote...

The only way to prevent piracy is to hit it at the source, not by laws and regulations. This is the internet, people.

The only way to stop it is better methods of copyright protection.


Aye. 'Tis the only way. Close the internet. :?
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