As much as you hated the sound of his belch, I am sure the rest of the theatre would have felt even more strongly about the sound of you pounding your pud feverishly.
Yes, it is plain and simple theft. Just like stealing clothes from the mall was when I was a teenager. But you weigh the odds/consider the costs and you make up your mind.
It's a free country. ( here in the USA )
I am free to commit a crime, they are free to punish me if I am caught. Last time I checked, this system works just fine.
I believe that would be,
Measure, Counter-Measure.
Why haven't they done it already? How can you ask that? I have made a bootleg using my Sony IP5 Camcorder of Spiderman - just to see how it would turn out. The quality was great. However my arm was killing me by the end of the movie.
With a proper digital camcorder or a decent capture setup, a bootleg can be of very good quality, barring the washed out colors which plague nearly all bootlegs.
As for this new protection - I'd say it's a good guess that using a slightly slow shutter setting would circumvent it. I've already used this on my camera to record from Macrovision protected sources. It's also a great way to capture from TV's and Monitors @ C.E.S. so that you don't get the resulting scanlines.
If you were insinuating that there are no better ways. ( when you said "So, why exactly aren't they using the 'better ways' already?" ) You're wrong, there are already better ways, most high quality rips are leaked during post production. Jaxon X, and both American Pie films were leaked with "Insert Credits Here" at the end and a timecode running the full length of the film.
Piracy will never die. Any attempts made at stopping it only result in the inevitable reverse engineering of such. In the end, you can view it as a good thing. This saves me money by allowing me to decide which films I am willing to pay for. This also creates countless jobs for those clever people who continue to re-invent security measures. By learning to circumvent such measures, we all become a little smarter.
Take a look at this.
http://www.pc-cameras.philips.com/manuals/english/ win/pcvc690k/index.html
That is a webcam which is also designed to be used as a scanner, it even comes with OCR software.
"It's fun to violate the D-M-C-A" - Village People Redux
Play a local bar, hand out tapes at shows, stop by your local college radio stations.
or... *GASP*
Practice, develop some talent and find a sound that catches on to the pop masses. Find that "oh so perfect" chorus to complement perfectly predictable lyrics, play such drivel everywhere until you get noticed. Get picked up by a shitty manager who can pimp you out for every dime you are worth.
I believe those are the standard steps to "making it big".
Or, you could always just make a post on/. and hope the geeks of the world start advertising for you.
Looks like you made the right choice!
"The greatest thing that comes with age is "Sincerity". Once you can fake that, you can do anything!" -- George Burns
sure, right now it might be unrealistic. But for how long?
I ripped my first track from a CD to WAV files on my 486sx25. The resulting file was about 70 megs. My harddrive was only 120 Megs. (nostalgic nod to MediaVision who provided a great dos wave file recorder with all their soundcards)
My friends told me I was being an idiot to back up music on a computer. They said the same thing when I got my first video capture card.
I copy my dvd's to vcd's so I can play them in the car now. The resulting files are no longer an issue with the available hard drive space on just about any recent machine.
I emulate games for consoles which are sitting up in my attic.
at this point - I almost sound like I am a law abiding citizen who only backs up things that I own. I could say that I learned this with the intent of only backing up personally owned media.
But as just about everyone reading this knows, that is a half truth. I watch most movies with my friends weeks or sometimes months before they are officially released in theatres, I download music I have no intentions of paying for. I edit video using programs that I would never imagine paying for.
The MPAA is partially justified, they have a good reason to want to change the way things work. But the people who are involved usually lack the p.o.v. to understand why things are the way they are. They don't understand that if media can be played, someone will find a way to record it. If something is encrypted, someone will find a way to break it. Bootleggers have always been around, and arguably it can be said that they even create more buzz for products, and thus increase sales.
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As much as you hated the sound of his belch, I am sure the rest of the theatre would have felt even more strongly about the sound of you pounding your pud feverishly.
It's a movie, she's playing an elf. Calm down.
Yes, it is plain and simple theft. Just like stealing clothes from the mall was when I was a teenager. But you weigh the odds/consider the costs and you make up your mind.
It's a free country. ( here in the USA )
I am free to commit a crime, they are free to punish me if I am caught. Last time I checked, this system works just fine.
Who cares if he is a thief? So he cost someone a measley 7 dollars. Arguably he probably wouldn't have spent money on the movie in the first place.
Do you speed when you drive? Great, you cause accidents. Think of all the money that gets spent due to speeding.
Either way, it's breaking the law. Sodomy is still illegal in many states, but you can find Amyll Nitrate (Rush) and Lube in almost any sex shop.
Get off your high horse.
I believe that would be, Measure, Counter-Measure. Why haven't they done it already? How can you ask that? I have made a bootleg using my Sony IP5 Camcorder of Spiderman - just to see how it would turn out. The quality was great. However my arm was killing me by the end of the movie. With a proper digital camcorder or a decent capture setup, a bootleg can be of very good quality, barring the washed out colors which plague nearly all bootlegs. As for this new protection - I'd say it's a good guess that using a slightly slow shutter setting would circumvent it. I've already used this on my camera to record from Macrovision protected sources. It's also a great way to capture from TV's and Monitors @ C.E.S. so that you don't get the resulting scanlines. If you were insinuating that there are no better ways. ( when you said "So, why exactly aren't they using the 'better ways' already?" ) You're wrong, there are already better ways, most high quality rips are leaked during post production. Jaxon X, and both American Pie films were leaked with "Insert Credits Here" at the end and a timecode running the full length of the film. Piracy will never die. Any attempts made at stopping it only result in the inevitable reverse engineering of such. In the end, you can view it as a good thing. This saves me money by allowing me to decide which films I am willing to pay for. This also creates countless jobs for those clever people who continue to re-invent security measures. By learning to circumvent such measures, we all become a little smarter.
Take a look at this. http://www.pc-cameras.philips.com/manuals/english/ win/pcvc690k/index.html
That is a webcam which is also designed to be used as a scanner, it even comes with OCR software.
"It's fun to violate the D-M-C-A" - Village People Redux
Play a local bar, hand out tapes at shows, stop by your local college radio stations.
/. and hope the geeks of the world start advertising for you.
or... *GASP*
Practice, develop some talent and find a sound that catches on to the pop masses. Find that "oh so perfect" chorus to complement perfectly predictable lyrics, play such drivel everywhere until you get noticed. Get picked up by a shitty manager who can pimp you out for every dime you are worth.
I believe those are the standard steps to "making it big".
Or, you could always just make a post on
Looks like you made the right choice!
"The greatest thing that comes with age is "Sincerity". Once you can fake that, you can do anything!" -- George Burns
But my wife says size doesn't matter. Damn that poolboy sure is dedicated.
sure, right now it might be unrealistic. But for how long?
I ripped my first track from a CD to WAV files on my 486sx25. The resulting file was about 70 megs. My harddrive was only 120 Megs. (nostalgic nod to MediaVision who provided a great dos wave file recorder with all their soundcards)
My friends told me I was being an idiot to back up music on a computer. They said the same thing when I got my first video capture card.
I copy my dvd's to vcd's so I can play them in the car now. The resulting files are no longer an issue with the available hard drive space on just about any recent machine.
I emulate games for consoles which are sitting up in my attic.
at this point - I almost sound like I am a law abiding citizen who only backs up things that I own. I could say that I learned this with the intent of only backing up personally owned media.
But as just about everyone reading this knows, that is a half truth. I watch most movies with my friends weeks or sometimes months before they are officially released in theatres, I download music I have no intentions of paying for. I edit video using programs that I would never imagine paying for.
The MPAA is partially justified, they have a good reason to want to change the way things work. But the people who are involved usually lack the p.o.v. to understand why things are the way they are. They don't understand that if media can be played, someone will find a way to record it. If something is encrypted, someone will find a way to break it. Bootleggers have always been around, and arguably it can be said that they even create more buzz for products, and thus increase sales.