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 Vimto
Male, 40-49, Europe
 1989 Posts
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011 1:17:23 AM
I like my films and music on nice shiny discs thank you very much, that way my rights to play them don't spontaneously disappear cause someone went out of business or just decided I couldn't use it any more. |
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 Squrlz4Sale
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
3325 Posts
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Sunday, August 07, 2011 2:44:14 PM
I love Foamy. ^.^ |
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 Smarmypants
Female, 18-29, Southern US
32 Posts
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Sunday, August 07, 2011 12:51:29 PM
Is it just a coincidence that a google ad for rodent control popped up? lol |
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 kill3ru_4eve
Male, 18-29, Europe
7 Posts
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Sunday, August 07, 2011 7:50:01 AM
arrr pirates don't pay poot |
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 Errand_boy
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
623 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:14:08 PM
As much as I hate this squirrel I liked the rant, but I'd still sic my dog on him. |
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uunxx
Male, 30-39, Europe
107 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 1:15:27 PM
Samsquanch, not everybody is purely spiritual being or naturally born rich douchebag, some people have to earn money because joy of art is zero calorie.
It's nothing wrong (it's very good) for artist to earn on their work, the actual problem the corporations try to gain too much control, over art, artists and consumers. |
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 golani
Male, 13-17, Asia
89 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 12:08:55 PM
*cough*PIRATE*cough* |
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 Anger
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
218 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 6:31:27 AM
oh cmon I havnt payed for music in years |
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 Samsquanch
Male, 30-39, Canada
794 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 5:33:00 AM
I'm a writer, and I'd happily do my craft for free. Most true artists would, because it's not about the money, it's about the expression of art, and displaying that expression for the public to see.
There are a number of artists who do their trade for free (Kim Mitchell, and Tragically Hip are a couple that pop to mind). They do it because they enjoy their art, and they get joy out of other people being entertained by their art. |
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Samsquanch
Male, 30-39, Canada
794 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 5:30:56 AM
I don't shed a tear downloading music, movies, or TV shows. With music, the artist doesn't make any money off the sale of the CD...it all goes into distributors' pockets. They make their money from concerts and merchandise. There are a few independent artists who make money directly, and I'm more than happy to support them (Bob Noxious being one of them that I'll buy their albums from their site...because the money goes into his hands).
With movies, all the profits of the movie are made during it's run through theatres. DVD rental and sales revenue is just gravy for the fat cats at MPAA and none of that profit goes into the pockets of the cast and crew who worked on the film...
With TV shows, all their money is earned from the sponsors of the show, and once it's aired, the only people who profit from re-running the show are the television distributors. |
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Samsquanch
Male, 30-39, Canada
794 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 5:25:46 AM
Yes, tsiemens, you're partially right about that. In Canada, it'd legal to duplicate media for the purpose of personal study. It's also legal to share media, whether it's original, or duplicated...for the same reason (personal study). Piracy is involved when the distributor charges a fee for the copy. |
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 tsiemens
Male, 30-39, Canada
432 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 3:46:13 AM
In Canada its still legal to download music and movies, to a point, so you can see if something is any good before you buy it
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 thenedman
Male, 18-29, Europe
225 Posts
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Saturday, August 06, 2011 1:23:55 AM
It might just be cause I am hungover but all those blinks made this kinda hard to watch. |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 9:34:27 PM
Klamz: Don't wish for that, trust me, loosing everything is not as freeing as you might think it is. This is personal experience speaking here.
I'm not saying that you should covet everything you own or be obsessed with owning more. Loosing everything is not an experience you want to live through, you will mourn the loss of things that you took for granted. |
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 CRAPTANK
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
60 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 9:23:11 PM
You're an idiot Foamy, as long as we have hipsters their will be demand for old media uses. "Oh I have a Walkman, but I was born in 1993." STFU Foamy you're a squirrel. |
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 Klamz
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
693 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 9:18:13 PM
Silly people who get aggravated and complain and think it's the end of the world over material possessions. While it may be nice to have, you need to be able to give it up and cut away if you ever want to be able to live a happy life.
Ask yourself this, if everything was taken away from you, would you be okay?
Personally I'd feel happy like a huge burden was just lifted and dependence on material things for happiness was no longer needed.
Please free me. |
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 MrYouKnow
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1088 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 6:42:29 PM
TOO MANY BLINKS!!! |
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CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 5:01:12 PM
DVD-Audio flopped and Blu-Ray sales are still anemic.
People do realize they are being hoodwinked into buying DRM crap that the media company, at any time they want, can turn off access to it and leave you with useless discs, the same goes for online rentals that have expiration dates and itunes crap. |
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 miraclewik
Female, 18-29, Asia
315 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 5:00:37 PM
Was about to say 'too fast to understand", then read DM's comment. drat steam for Civ 5
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miraclewik
Female, 18-29, Asia
315 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 4:47:07 PM
Was about to say 'too fast to understand", then read DM's comment. drat steam for Civ 5
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Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
9554 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 3:59:48 PM
Well damn, I agree with greenbasterd on something. You can't compress very much without losing something.
mp3 at a high enough bitrate (and I don't mean 128Kbps) and a decent codec is adequate if you don't have good enough equipment to be able to tell the difference. I'll use it on a cheap media player that I'm only using budget earbuds with, if I ever use such a thing. I have one somewhere, the sort of thing that you'd say "Oh dear, I left it on the train, never mind" about.
I'm not talking about £250 a foot cables here and all that more money than sense malarky. I use Goldring DR100 headphones, which are very good for their price but certainly not top of the range kit. I buy on CD and rip lossless - why care about saving a few gig when HDDs cost ~4p/GB? |
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 dm2754
Male, 30-39, Western US
2767 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 3:41:13 PM
things like Steam |
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 DShephard
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1586 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 3:36:45 PM
I already knew this, but I am one of those who don't care about it. |
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 greenbasterd
Male, 18-29, Canada
2132 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 2:52:31 PM
i still buy cd's but i convert them to .flac which is losless audio.. flac. can be converted back to the original file format.. which is basically .wav..
mp3's dont even come closs to that quality. and if an audiophile setup. you can notuice every little scratch and blip on mp3's.. plus you loose all background instrument.. there still there you just can tell what the hell it is.. all the seperate background sounds are mashed together. mp3 basically sounds like music enough to trick you. but it aint music |
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 RobSwindol
Male, 30-39, Southern US
2035 Posts
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Friday, August 05, 2011 2:37:12 PM
This has to be an old video. People have been saying this for YEARS!
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