I download Stargate SG1 episodes as and when they are broadcast in the U.S. My landlord wont allow use ot have satelite TV, and theres no cable available, therefore I cant watch SG1 on Sky. A shame, as when itvdigital was still arrond (fucking football nerds) I subscribed to sky one no problem.
Instead I download episodes of the net. When they come to DVD, I buy them. I currently own 25 DVD's, each costing between $20-$30, just of Stargate. had I not, all those years ago, downloaded the episodes, I would never have bought dvds to watch on my computer, I would never have bought a dvd player so I could watch dvd's on my tv (after realising the advantage), I wouldnt have bought a widescreen TV, and I wouldnt have bought a Dolby 5.1 Audio System.
Had I not downloaded SG1 episodes a few years ago, I can safely say I wouldnt own ~20 Films ($15-30 each - $500) 3 Thunderbirds disks ($70) 6 Seasons of friends (sorry:( - $500) 4 Seasons of SG1 ($500) Futurama season 1 ($45)
Arround $1600 of DVD's
I would also not own a 28" widescreen TV - $450 DVD Player - $150 Panasonic Amp - $200 Surround speakers - $100
Arround $900 of equipment
to be far, I would own a cheap ($150) TV and a cheap ($100) mini hifi system.
Therefore total gain to industry of my downloading sg1 episodes: $2500
total gain to industry had I not downloaded: $250
By downloading those SG1 episodes, I cost myself $2250. Over 2 1/2 years. As a student. Shit.
You get audiable artefacts when you go to the cinema. Some are funny. I was watching first contact 6 years ago - picard mows down the borg with the tommy gun. Somewhere at the back some guy shouts out "RAMBO!!"
I also love the quotes about 95% of USENET being warez and movies. In file size that is obvious but I would be curious about threads percentage (not counting each piece of one file as a whole post).
No one knows how many are chipped when you are looking at 5% of the market, however if 50% of the market are chipped (which would be known and seen from lack of sales of games vs. sales of consoles, and general hearsay), publishers will notice.
Microsoft sell XBoxes at a loss (and take subsidies off games), same as other consoles. Buying an XBox and no games immediatly causes Microsft a loss. However they can use those figures to get more games to the platform, and more sales, and more money. In the short term Microsoft lose out. In the longer term they regain their losses. In the longest term, well, who knows.
I access the web via a cache along with arround 20,000 other people. Will they be able to get a court order to force my ISP (Exeter university, or Blueyonder), which isn't in the same country, to divulge their logs? Or will they sue the ISP who didnt agree to anything?
Howabout webcaches in botswana, or iran? Will these bow to pressure from the great US of A?
no they didnt lose a sale. They didnt have the sale in the first place. They have potentially lost a sale. I was going to buy a sandwich from shop 'A' today. I then bought one from shop 'B' instead. Shop 'A' havent lost anything, they just havent gained anything. Theres a difference.
P.S. I have a P166 laptop here for sale for $60,000. As you havent bought it I've ost a sale to you. Damn.
Theres no way to proove that someone wouldnt buy it, however theres no way to proove someone would.
If I have a copy of lightwave 3D that I am not licensed to have, would I have bought this $5,000 product. BTW I'm a student with an annual income of arround a $5,000 loan.
No. Thats right. Lightwave inc. havent lost out.
I then buy a $40 book on how to use lightwave, the book publishers (and lightwave inc. via royalties), gain money.
Later (10 years) I have the skills to use lightwave, and therefore when I choose a 3d package for a company, I'll choose lightwave as I know it. Lightwave inc. gets money.
I will say that the makers of "cheapo lightwave", for only $100, may lose out. In my experience It's unlikely though. At uni we couldnt install a dodgy copy of photoshop because they do audits and tell us off. Instead of buying paint shop pro, we installed the gimp. If you cant have the best, then why not have something for Free?
Stealing the PhotoShop CD is 100% guaranteed to cost somebody some money (probably the store that purchased the CD from Adobe, they lost all the money they spent for it and also lose the potential profit from selling it).
No, they dont lose potential profit.
Shop ballance = $1000 stock = 0CD
Shop buys cd from adobe for $100
Shop ballance = $900 stock = 1CD
Someone steals cd
Shop ballance = $900 stock = 0CD
Shop replaces CD with another one from adobe ($100)
Slashdot Mirror
Naah, I usually pump rtf's through unrtf
Fine if I lived in america
I download Stargate SG1 episodes as and when they are broadcast in the U.S. My landlord wont allow use ot have satelite TV, and theres no cable available, therefore I cant watch SG1 on Sky. A shame, as when itvdigital was still arrond (fucking football nerds) I subscribed to sky one no problem.
:( - $500)
Instead I download episodes of the net. When they come to DVD, I buy them. I currently own 25 DVD's, each costing between $20-$30, just of Stargate. had I not, all those years ago, downloaded the episodes, I would never have bought dvds to watch on my computer, I would never have bought a dvd player so I could watch dvd's on my tv (after realising the advantage), I wouldnt have bought a widescreen TV, and I wouldnt have bought a Dolby 5.1 Audio System.
Had I not downloaded SG1 episodes a few years ago, I can safely say I wouldnt own
~20 Films ($15-30 each - $500)
3 Thunderbirds disks ($70)
6 Seasons of friends (sorry
4 Seasons of SG1 ($500)
Futurama season 1 ($45)
Arround $1600 of DVD's
I would also not own a
28" widescreen TV - $450
DVD Player - $150
Panasonic Amp - $200
Surround speakers - $100
Arround $900 of equipment
to be far, I would own a cheap ($150) TV and a cheap ($100) mini hifi system.
Therefore total gain to industry of my downloading sg1 episodes: $2500
total gain to industry had I not downloaded: $250
By downloading those SG1 episodes, I cost myself $2250. Over 2 1/2 years. As a student. Shit.
You get audiable artefacts when you go to the cinema. Some are funny. I was watching first contact 6 years ago - picard mows down the borg with the tommy gun. Somewhere at the back some guy shouts out "RAMBO!!"
I also love the quotes about 95% of USENET being warez and movies. In file size that is obvious but I would be curious about threads percentage (not counting each piece of one file as a whole post).
Thats right, 95% of posts on usenet are spam
I predict that in 12 months time my prediction will be prooved right!
The major difference between DAB and DTT is that DTT is directional (not good for cars/walking), DAB is omnidirectional.
Tell them you are blind, and you'll sue them if they dont give you a text copy for your screen reader.
Public funded institutions must since september, not sure about large companies, but the bad publicity wont be good.
So grab a gun and head for Colorado!
;)
"Once again authorities are asking los-angelinos not to fire their guns at the visitng spacecraft, you may inadvertently start an intersteller war"
24 hours later. Boom.
Fscking yanks and their guns
No one knows how many are chipped when you are looking at 5% of the market, however if 50% of the market are chipped (which would be known and seen from lack of sales of games vs. sales of consoles, and general hearsay), publishers will notice.
Microsoft sell XBoxes at a loss (and take subsidies off games), same as other consoles. Buying an XBox and no games immediatly causes Microsft a loss. However they can use those figures to get more games to the platform, and more sales, and more money. In the short term Microsoft lose out. In the longer term they regain their losses. In the longest term, well, who knows.
so the x10 camera i put up in my bathroom can be twarted by anyone with a laser??? what a jip
:(
As can the X10 camera I put up in your bathroom
Damn you, Stallma- ... Hey, are we losing altit-
Stallman?!? A dream come true, the world is now safe from GNU/Methane!
I access the web via a cache along with arround 20,000 other people. Will they be able to get a court order to force my ISP (Exeter university, or Blueyonder), which isn't in the same country, to divulge their logs? Or will they sue the ISP who didnt agree to anything?
Howabout webcaches in botswana, or iran? Will these bow to pressure from the great US of A?
pedantic twat
How about "Mega-Expensive-Software 1.0".
lol
Clippy: "It looks like you are trying to scrub your air...."
hurrah, 1mbit is worthy of a slashdotting, on three...
Is it just me or did Tux [bbc.co.uk] gain weight ?
Yes, the suns just come up in antartica and the first feast of the year has hit penguinkind.
larceny: The unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner; theft.
...with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same
Not copyright infringment
theft:
Perhaps I might steal profits (although very dubious), however I dont steal the information
no they didnt lose a sale. They didnt have the sale in the first place. They have potentially lost a sale. I was going to buy a sandwich from shop 'A' today. I then bought one from shop 'B' instead. Shop 'A' havent lost anything, they just havent gained anything. Theres a difference.
P.S. I have a P166 laptop here for sale for $60,000. As you havent bought it I've ost a sale to you. Damn.
See, doesnt work.
The hardest part is getting past "What's the catch?" when I tell them that an Open Office license has no cost attached to it.
:)
you can still resell it, as long as you include the code. Just tell them it costs 1 pint of beer for unlimited copies
Tell me, did you receive a cellular phone via FedEx
He would have done, but morpheous forgot to take the "9AM guarenteed" option, and itdidnt get there until too late.
Theres no way to proove that someone wouldnt buy it, however theres no way to proove someone would.
If I have a copy of lightwave 3D that I am not licensed to have, would I have bought this $5,000 product. BTW I'm a student with an annual income of arround a $5,000 loan.
No. Thats right. Lightwave inc. havent lost out.
I then buy a $40 book on how to use lightwave, the book publishers (and lightwave inc. via royalties), gain money.
Later (10 years) I have the skills to use lightwave, and therefore when I choose a 3d package for a company, I'll choose lightwave as I know it. Lightwave inc. gets money.
I will say that the makers of "cheapo lightwave", for only $100, may lose out. In my experience It's unlikely though.
At uni we couldnt install a dodgy copy of photoshop because they do audits and tell us off. Instead of buying paint shop pro, we installed the gimp. If you cant have the best, then why not have something for Free?
You have nothing to lose but your dignity!
Well, certainly not your virginity!
No, they dont lose potential profit.
They lose $100, not $150.