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whatwhat wrote:Well that advert was made by F.A.C.T. The Federation Against Copyright Theft. So go figure.

An entertainment industry body which tries to maintain the myth that all pirated copies of anything ever are lost sales has a name which doesn't correspond to anything so far as the law is concerned. Go figure indeed.

I actually would prefer it was considered as theft by law. Right now if I went out and half inched a record from a shop and got caught the punishment would be trivial, if I got caught downloading it the on the other hand I'd be paying far more than the product was ever worth.

WARBOSS TZOO wrote:

whatwhat wrote:Well that advert was made by F.A.C.T. The Federation Against Copyright Theft. So go figure.

An entertainment industry body which tries to maintain the myth that all pirated copies of anything ever are lost sales has a name which doesn't correspond to anything so far as the law is concerned. Go figure indeed.

I think you may have misunderstood me there. I was meaning it's no wonder they make films associating piracy with theft when there name is... Not whatever you are responding to.

Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family.
Choose a fething big television, choose washing machines, cars,
compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good
health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed
interest mortage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your
friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a
three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fething fabrics.
Choose DIY and wondering who the feth you are on a Sunday morning.
Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing
game shows, stuffing fething junk food into your mouth. Choose
rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable
home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fethed up
brats you spawned to replace yourself.

Choose your future.

Choose Piracy.

whatwhat wrote:I actually would prefer it was considered as theft by law. Right now if I went out and half inched a record from a shop and got caught the punishment would be trivial, if I got caught downloading it the on the other hand I'd be paying far more than the product was ever worth.

WARBOSS TZOO wrote:

whatwhat wrote:Well that advert was made by F.A.C.T. The Federation Against Copyright Theft. So go figure.

An entertainment industry body which tries to maintain the myth that all pirated copies of anything ever are lost sales has a name which doesn't correspond to anything so far as the law is concerned. Go figure indeed.

I think you may have misunderstood me there. I was meaning it's no wonder they make films associating piracy with theft when there name is... Not whatever you are responding to.

...Indeed. Fetch my cleaver, Smith, I must commit seppuku.

Orlanth wrote:I consider what I or my friend buys in a shop property no matter what the T&C says. What I have I like to share, to be prevented from doing so I find repugnant.

I like this.

When I buy something, I buy it, not rent it. It is mine, to do with as I want. If that involves me lending to someone else, I'm well within my rights to do so.

For me its a matter of convenience really, Im a student so I dont have all that much expendable income to begin with. I pirate music, movies, books, older pc games, and wii / nintendo ds games simply because its so easy. I own a ps3 and I buy all my ps3 games and newer pc releases, mainly because its so much more complicated, even then I only buy something when I feel its worth the price, music is overpriced imo, I run entertainment on a pound for hour of entertainment very rarely will I go against this but there has been the odd exception. Music being what 79p from itunes for a 2-5 min track ? I think maybe if online media providers adopted a system like Steam where they have weekly sales and what not itd help combat piracy. If I had the expendable income I wouldnt pirate I love having a collection of things lying around, but I don't so I have to use what I can get. Especially when pirating film and tv shows you usually get really bad quality so its kind of like karma biting you in the ass, and games are usually pretty buggy.

I disagree with any kind of stealing on a philosophical level.

I don't pirate anything. That's really all I have to say about it.

Downloading update: My band was recently approached to be a featured artist on a notable invitation-only torrent site. Now this sort of thing generally isn't my bag, as I buy my records analogue-style, but we are giving the record away on a 'gratitude box' (i.e pay what you want) basis, and thought it might be good exposure.

Well, feth me. It certainly was.

In 17 hours, nearly 4,000 people downloaded it. That's mental.

Saw this, thought you guys might want to if you haven't already:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/2653-Piracy