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That's a pretty good price.
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9 months after I could torrent it for nothing.
They aren't losing money because of "pirates".
They are losing money because they suck at knowing how to make it.
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Sure they are. I know I could torrent it.
I could shoplift too, if I wanted to.
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This isn't about copyright infringement and it's moral short comings (if any).
It's about sucking at providing a service people are willing and eager to pay for. If someone is willing to pay you for something today, but you wont deliver till next year, and they can get it for nothing right fricken now....you are an idiot if you bitch about them doing so.
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Ptilk has a point. 
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No, he has a rationalization.
Stealing is stealing no matter what line of bullshit you sell yourself.
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iTunes, Amazon, and etc... have saved the music industry because of their ability to get the consumer the product quickly and at a decent price. People don't mind paying 99 cents for the one song they like, rather than paying $12 for 1 song that they like. Those services continue to generate a ton of money, even though the end user could pirate the songs.
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HBO delivers top notch programming. Deadwood, The Sopranos, The Wire...I would feel like a slug if I stole from them.
Sure I had to wait. But I also got to keep my integrity intact and I don't have to tell myself some crappy story about how they didn't make it available soon enough.
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I recorded them on my PC from my TV by playing them from Comcast On Demand, then burned the episodes to DVD. I'm a fair use pirate!
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The few times I have pirated I went out and bought the game/video.
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vn_nnanji posted:
The few times I have pirated I went out and bought the game/video.
I have an HBO subscription, is it really pirating?
The only thing I really pirate is UFC events.
The only show I DL is Merlin, because it is on in England like 6 months before it makes it to the US.
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So Badger do you think Abstinence works for teenagers?
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I think it would have worked for your parents.
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I pay for HBO.
If I want to watch shit I already paid for without waiting 9 months to pay for it again, I will.
If you think that "damages my integrity"....you were never a punk and the Ramones would spit on your corporate ball licking ass.
Just saying....
Back to reality. People have no problem paying for stuff they want, even on the interweb. But don't ask them to wait months and months to pay for shit they can get today for nothing....then cry about "pirates". Your own stupidity cost you the money. They didn't steal from you, they acquired an additional copy of your product that they already paid for (and thus endorsed your work) via a means that wasn't hopelessly outdated and stupid. Unlike the means you endorsed, which was both slow and pathetic.
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So you concede Ptilks point 
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Ptilk posted:
I pay for HBO.
If I want to watch shit I already paid for without waiting 9 months to pay for it again, I will.
If you think that "damages my integrity"....you were never a punk and the Ramones would spit on your corporate ball licking ass.
Just saying....
Back to reality. People have no problem paying for stuff they want, even on the interweb. But don't ask them to wait months and months to pay for shit they can get today for nothing....then cry about "pirates". Your own stupidity cost you the money. They didn't steal from you, they acquired an additional copy of your product that they already paid for (and thus endorsed your work) via a means that wasn't hopelessly outdated and stupid. Unlike the means you endorsed, which was both slow and pathetic.
I can see why you would be angry and defensive. That usually comes when you are dishonest with yourself.
If you think Punk was about stealing crap you're dumber than you look.
I get it. You place convenience over integrity. Go you.
Maybe if you explain your rationalization once more I'll buy your bullshit too. 
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I will go buy it.
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I have it and guild wars 2 on preorder with amazon
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If you think copyright infringement is stealing.....your sweaters are getting too tight over your gut.
Buy a bigger size man, It's ok. 
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$34.99 is a good price, that's blu ray. I don't like Best Buy but Fry's wants $60 for it.
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Ptilk posted:
If you think copyright infringement is stealing.....your sweaters are getting too tight over your gut.
Buy a bigger size man, It's ok.
Now we move from rationalizations to semantics.
You sure have to do a lot of wiggling to make your points.
Mine is rather simple. If something costs money and I take it for free then I stole it.
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vn_nnanji posted:
Sure they are. I know I could torrent it.
I could shoplift too, if I wanted to.
I'd recommend shoplifting, the penalties are much less severe.
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I'm a tad ashamed to say that I made a little career out of it when I was younger but that was long ago and far away.
And before they had electronic buzzers, cameras and "we prosecute" policies.
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I shoplifted and changed price tags a few times when I was a young kid.
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That show was awful.
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March 6th. Cant wait!
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cobane posted:
That show was awful.
Say it ain't so!
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http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones
All I can say is, 
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Isn't Game of thrones on HBO on Demad in Hd?
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Yep.
Bitching about the fact that some disabled guy in Romania can spend 18 seconds and provide shit that people actually want, when they want it...as "stealing" from the "owners" is silly.
Learn how to operate in a world that wants its shit right now......or shut the fuck up.
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