Anyone who has bought a copy of the film Song of the South on DVD-R at the flea market, sold by someone ignorant of copyright term extension acts who thinks U.S. copyright on works published under the Copyright Act of 1909 still lasts 56 years as it did when they were published.
Or anyone who bought a copy of the album All Things Must Pass by George Harrison. A court ruled that the song "My Sweet Lord", which appears on this album and accounted for the supermajority of this album's airplay, was an infringing copy of "He's So Fine" by Ronald Mack, which the Chiffons had popularized.
let's rephrase grandparent post to what he actually meant, "who PAYS for pirated material ONLINE?"
a well known fraudulent debt collector sent me a letter claiming i owed ~$600 for an old phone bill. i replied via registered letter that this was a fraudulent claim and they were fully aware as such and that i had also sent copies of our correspondence to my state attorney general and that any further attempts at contact by them would result in legal action. never heard from them again.
I'm sure some people would still pirate things, but if you gave people an "ABC.com downloader" app that did bittorrent from your own commercial-filled seeds 90% of users would never try anything else.
forgot to mention it, but i'd be more worried about spyware in an "abc.com downloader" app than anything from a reputable release group.
would you rather download the known-good episode at high quality directly from the virus-free source immediately when the episode is broadcast via traditional channels, with a few commercials, or download a possibly fake, possible virus-ridden, unknown-quality/language/subtitles copy 2-12 hours later without commercials?
huh? when i download shows via bittorrent, they are available immediately after airing. maybe a bit longer for HD stuff, but i just grab SD releases. also, if you're worrying about fakes/viruses, you need to find a new tracker.
i don't care what his point was nor was i trying to prove him wrong in any way. i'm just saying he could probably drive if he wanted to, he's just too lazy.
do you know how extradition works? we didn't "go grab him." we ask another government if they'd kindly send someone over here as we have an issue to discuss with the person.
perhaps he should have moved to a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the united states. (estonia has since 1935.)
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just like a space alien found on earth wouldn't be an extraterrestrial being, it'd be a being of extraterrestrial origin..
Who PAYS for pirated material?
Anyone who has bought a copy of the film Song of the South on DVD-R at the flea market, sold by someone ignorant of copyright term extension acts who thinks U.S. copyright on works published under the Copyright Act of 1909 still lasts 56 years as it did when they were published.
Or anyone who bought a copy of the album All Things Must Pass by George Harrison. A court ruled that the song "My Sweet Lord", which appears on this album and accounted for the supermajority of this album's airplay, was an infringing copy of "He's So Fine" by Ronald Mack, which the Chiffons had popularized.
let's rephrase grandparent post to what he actually meant, "who PAYS for pirated material ONLINE?"
it's arguably more retarded. however, both ideas are extremely retarded, so it's not even worth arguing.
a well known fraudulent debt collector sent me a letter claiming i owed ~$600 for an old phone bill. i replied via registered letter that this was a fraudulent claim and they were fully aware as such and that i had also sent copies of our correspondence to my state attorney general and that any further attempts at contact by them would result in legal action. never heard from them again.
where's -1 Irresponsible Idiot when you need it.
absolutely. "professionally" made porn is only good for having a laugh at how ridiculous and absurd it is.
you're wrong on all points.
I'm sure some people would still pirate things, but if you gave people an "ABC.com downloader" app that did bittorrent from your own commercial-filled seeds 90% of users would never try anything else.
forgot to mention it, but i'd be more worried about spyware in an "abc.com downloader" app than anything from a reputable release group.
would you rather download the known-good episode at high quality directly from the virus-free source immediately when the episode is broadcast via traditional channels, with a few commercials, or download a possibly fake, possible virus-ridden, unknown-quality/language/subtitles copy 2-12 hours later without commercials?
huh? when i download shows via bittorrent, they are available immediately after airing. maybe a bit longer for HD stuff, but i just grab SD releases. also, if you're worrying about fakes/viruses, you need to find a new tracker.
this is like someone putting fliers under your windshield wiper and then asking you to pay for them after you read it.
naturally!
all the effects wouldn't be immediately obvious. there is a chance that by the time we know all the effects, it would be too late to reverse them.
uh no, it actually happened. (newspapers, not magazines)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkWebP2Q0Y
hell, i'm 27 and i'm still not mature enough to be considered an adult.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiFKm6l5-vE
this spoof is better than the actual movie.
what? you appear to have missed my point.
i don't care what his point was nor was i trying to prove him wrong in any way.
i'm just saying he could probably drive if he wanted to, he's just too lazy.
i've seen people without arms drive cars. i'm sure you could drive if you wanted to.
the source code is actually a program written in whitespace
same as there is a western hemisphere. it's arbitrary.
huh? when you run the updater for FFxiv it clearly shows your download AND upload speed in the panel. if that isn't obvious, i don't know what is.
probably not, but you could sue the world for making you addicted to money.
i'm hoping it's galaxy quest!
huh? today is 10/8/9..
do you know how extradition works? we didn't "go grab him." we ask another government if they'd kindly send someone over here as we have an issue to discuss with the person.
perhaps he should have moved to a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the united states. (estonia has since 1935.)
this is what i did too. it really pissed a few people off.