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- williepepper, on 06/13/2009, -0/+112And guess what?
Sending letters to your government representative won't get them to stop spending either.
They just ignore that.
Who woulda thunk it? - WordsnCollision, on 06/12/2009, -2/+104Maybe the text formatting is the problem - you have to accentuate the arrrrrs.
- CaptObvious, on 06/13/2009, -4/+45Why are people diggin this guy down? You see that little RIAA symbol on the CDs you buy? Every time you buy one you're supporting them. Same with iTunes and what-not. The artist gets almost nothing from record sales. I support the music I like by going to the concerts they put on.
- SamSks, on 06/13/2009, -0/+40Or maybe, they're just not getting the letters. The delivery out to the ships isn't exactly reliable.
- sparkplug890, on 06/13/2009, -2/+41water you talking about?
- EverybodyPanic, on 06/13/2009, -0/+28Or maybe the letter is carried away by the current before it can reach the pirate ship?
- baiwushi, on 06/12/2009, -1/+29Good luck with just sending letters asking people to play nice.
- onimusha115, on 06/13/2009, -0/+27I like how they said 80% of users would stop if letters were followed by cutting off their internet service. I'm pretty sure that would make it so 100% would stop, cant pirate on a connection you don't have.
- cygnus2112, on 06/13/2009, -4/+31Software pirates aren't the ones who caused global economic breakdown or collapse of an industry (music, movie, or otherwise.)
It's the work of politicians and corporations that are the greatest threats to our freedoms, liberties, and lifestyles. I'd rather the letters be sent to politicians stating if they don't shape up and stop interfering with our lives, we will cut them off.
Sincerely,
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - DouglasQ, on 06/13/2009, -2/+25Writing stiff letters is how we Englisheries fought the pirates off last time.
- leftler, on 06/13/2009, -1/+21To quote Dennis Leary on ciggerate warnings
"Holy *****, these things are bad for you! I thought they had vitamin C in them and stuff..."
Telling a pirate they are pirating will not stop them. - mark076h, on 06/13/2009, -22/+40I have not purchased any music since 1999, I'm not going to start now.
- fxu1989, on 06/13/2009, -0/+17"Ar matey, we found ye be stealin 'r booty in the form of digital downloads"
- scy1192, on 06/13/2009, -0/+17I dugg him for you.
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Can I borrow a digg from someone? I gave mine away. - inactive, on 06/13/2009, -1/+18Well, I went back in time and reformed the archaic intellectual copyright laws meaning that nobody ever had to pay for music ever...
*Jerks off in a prostitutes face, jumps out of the window, lands on a horse, waves hat in the air and rides away* - inactive, on 06/13/2009, -2/+19I haven't purchased any music since the 80's.
- inactive, on 06/13/2009, -1/+17I got a letter once. Ignored it.
They threatened to "cancel my internet" if I continued. Oh no! - squelched, on 06/13/2009, -2/+18As long as the cable companies charge me to watch commercials I am gonna pirate the ***** out of their shows. down with the *****
- zdiggler, on 06/14/2009, -0/+15I wish I can skip that damn FBI Warning screen from DVD that I ***** paid for!!
- Feety, on 06/13/2009, -1/+16Letters mean nothing, unless they come to your door, ignore it.
- inactive, on 06/13/2009, -2/+17There hasn't been anything worth listening to for at least that long.
- bbardlbradd, on 06/13/2009, -0/+14Yeah, 20% of people with their internet shut off are still pirating... somehow...
I think I missed the "100% of the people behind this study are sniffing glue" part. - NinjaGod, on 06/13/2009, -1/+15I could have told them the letters do not work.
I've gotten three... - jeremymccurdy, on 06/13/2009, -0/+14In other news, we require oxygen and food to live.
- squelched, on 06/13/2009, -0/+13can i please digg you twice?
- shwerm601, on 06/12/2009, -3/+16"The suggestion is that if ISPs develop content services of their own and tier their access there are ready and willing customers for it," said Mr Ross
---No problem as long as you leave the internet alone. Provide your own services but I would like options (that aren't just the ISP's).
"The distinction between the sit back experience of scheduled broadcasting and the sit forward experience of on demand access is becoming ever more blurred, and consumers are driving the convergence," said Mr Ross.
---The cable companies that provide internet and cable tv are in a prime position to set stage for superior content based systems inline with their tv service. LinuxMCE is doing things that the cable company should have considered years ago. I know the in home boxes would cost more, I also know right now linuxMce has limited hardware but I would be willing to pay a bit more a month to lease a superior box or even take the option of providing my own hardware to run their software. Furthermore, LinuxMCE is opensource so hardware support is always a work in progress.
---I am just waiting for the cable companies to realize, I would be willing to pay for a superior service. When you potentially provide the cable and the internet, a marriage seems almost inevitable. - DouglasQ, on 06/13/2009, -0/+12Yeah, we'll see.
-'To whom it may concern..." - bbliss17, on 06/13/2009, -1/+13Leave my internetz alone
- inactive, on 06/13/2009, -2/+13lol england.
- ChinezePanda, on 06/13/2009, -0/+11I've ignored mine.
=) - Waiting2awake, on 06/13/2009, -1/+12Since when is sharing bad?
- CaptObvious, on 06/13/2009, -0/+11Couldn't you just get a different ISP?
- Waiting2awake, on 06/14/2009, -0/+11You should just download a copy of it then. You have bought a copy, it is fair use, and as you point out, as a consumer you shouldn't have to put up with those things....
Why do people pirate? Because you get a better product and a better price. Just as every economic decision gets made. - enthreeoh, on 06/13/2009, -0/+11letters just let them know they're not protected enough, so they move on to private trackers and/or peer blocking software
- Waiting2awake, on 06/13/2009, -0/+10Galt - Why am I not shocked that you would be against net neutrality...
You are an outdated troglodyte and the sooner the world forgets your kind the better.
You are welcome to make as much money as you like, as long as you don't extort people for it. The second you do - and they did -you become fair game and they become fair game.
Don't cry about it now that the pirates are faster, smarter and better at the new media than you and your fellow supporters are. Just as Ford was better, smarter than those horse and buggy makers.
Remember Napster? Remember all the warnings from us "pirates" back then? Remember how we warned you ***** that it was a seven headed hydra that you can't put back into the box... But NOOOOooo the RIAA wasn't willing to work with the new tech - so ***** them, ***** you, and ***** your horse and buggy whip making facility.
Ohh - and I don't need millions, to prove this point. History has already shown me to be correct. - Waiting2awake, on 06/13/2009, -2/+12Yepper, that worked so well for prohibition, and the inquisition..... Damn time passing us by, we'll force the masses to not evolve.....
The fundamental fact is that the recording industry could have been right at the forefront of p2p. But they didn't want to upset the CD thing - who can blame them when it costs a couple of pennies and you can charge $20 a pop for it... Of course when you do that, the market - as it always does - produces a better option....
They are as the horse and buggy makers of years gone by - and just as relevant today as the horse and buggy makers.
They could have been part of it, they should have been part of it - but they chose to extort their customers, and when that failed they will send in lawyers to force people not to adapt to new technologies. That means - THEY made their beds. - Genecalypse, on 06/13/2009, -2/+12Well..your mom
- cygnus2112, on 06/13/2009, -2/+12Socialist? Pardon me?
Sounds like you have a soapbox against piracy. I'm libertarian. I will download something to try before I buy. Not all pirates are all-out thieves. Come on over sometime, and see my collection.
You have morality issues when you want to see people jailed for downloading a song and calling pirates "socialist."
But I'm not surprised that you don't get it. It's misguided and closed minds that keep movements like the RIAA, MPAA, prisons and the War on Drugs very lucrative for corporations and the government. - inactive, on 06/13/2009, -1/+11You really think that they would ever ask you to stop giving them money?
- chroko, on 06/14/2009, -0/+10In my personal experience (and from observing friends over the past ~15 years) - there are three kinds of pirates:
1. Those who download everything because they can. They were never going to buy your music because they don't really like it - and will eventually delete it to make room for something else.
2. Those who can't find it anywhere else. If it was never released in their country, or is out of print and not on the digital stores. This is the producer's fault for failing to support the market. Every launch should be worldwide in the digital age - and your back-catalog belongs on iTunes.
3. Those who couldn't afford it, but want to keep up-to-date. Stern letters aren't going to increase their disposable income. But there's a chance they'll buy the next album - try sending them a money-off coupon instead. - samard2002, on 06/13/2009, -5/+14This is what you're doing with your life. Sitting and watching stuff even you think is garbage. Isn't the two hours of your life worth more than the cost of a movie?
- tehpwnerofn00bs, on 06/14/2009, -0/+9Here you go.
- jeremymccurdy, on 06/14/2009, -0/+9You sir win this duel. *tips hat*
- MCA2142, on 06/13/2009, -1/+10Proxy
- Waiting2awake, on 06/13/2009, -1/+9You realize of course the majority of the bandwidth isn't being used for downloading movies, it is the youtubes, and streaming porn that does it....
Ohh, and isn't strange that, at least where I am, those that are complaining the loudest about having to throttle because of bandwidth limitations - also offer video on demand services, which compete directly with bit torrent.
This isn't about piracy, it is about an outdated distribution method being forced on the populace which clearly doesn't want to live in the past, combined with television companies not wanting to upset their revenue stream.
It is just easy to blame pirates, for their own short sightedness and greed. - PopcornDave, on 06/14/2009, -0/+8So a message in a bottle might be a better approach?
- b1kerguy, on 06/13/2009, -0/+8"you give me four copies of a letter, and ill send out my four fastest ships, one in every direction, the dread pirate roberts is often near florence this time of year"
- cygnus2112, on 06/14/2009, -1/+9Galt's just grasping at straws. I guess he hasn't 1) realized that Ron Paul is a Republican 2) that I'm a Canadian and wouldn't ass suck an American politician 3) that political belief does not drive opinion on software usage and 4) that his vapid attacks are just making him look more the fool.
Intellectual property rights will always be on the losing side of battle. Innovation, progression, ideas and science are not advanced by squabbling idiots who want to retain ownership. Suggest any innovation, great mind, or inventor within the past 200 years and I will show you how it was built upon the work of others. Discovery is just following the footsteps of others. Intellectual property rights? haha Sort of humorous this guy would use it as a basis of capitalism. Free market and free society do not recognize patents.
To the whole debate, all I have to add is this:
"If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it."
- Thomas Jefferson - S1ngular1ty1, on 06/13/2009, -0/+8Oh noez, pirates aren't obeying words on paper. Whatever will we do now?!?!?
- jeremymccurdy, on 06/13/2009, -2/+10Little know fact: stiff letters don't do much against cannon balls.
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