Torrents?

[LazyLion]

That is just where you are wrong. The original author does lose something, because less revenue will come from advertising/subscription fees resulting from lower viewership when the movie is licensed to SABC or DSTV.

You say you get annoyed - I get annoyed when pirates claim that they are not stealing anything. You see, the difference between you and me is that I am a content producer while you are a content consumer. If one day you too have to earn a living from creating content, your opinion on piracy will very quickly change. It sucks (for me) that my work is so easy to steal. But that is not your problem. As long as there is little chance of getting caught, the victim is not one of your friends or somebody you know, and you can continue to convince yourself that you are doing nothing wrong, then piracy is perfectly OK. Right?

The only way to successfully combat piracy is through pricing and distribution.

 

[giovannidc]

C'mon try illegal torrents.. I know you want to.. All the cool kids are doing it..

 

[BarnettE]

While I agree with most of what you said, take a look at this:

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/68978-p2p-file-sharers-buy-more-music-than-non-users.html

That data can be interpreted in many different ways. The way I see it is, very simply, that people who enjoy and consume more media are more likely to use p2p. That does not tell you very much.

Another thing that baffles me is that Entertainment Groups (for lack of a better term, referring to the music/movie industry) moan so much about piracy etc, but year in and year out post about the billions and billions of dallahs they made -sometimes "Record Breaking!"

Yea, the larger media companies seem to be in a better position to deal with piracy than smaller companies.

Just because a show/movies/music is available to download, doesn't mean I was going to go buy it. In fact, I've gone and bought many movies, music, games, etc, after downloading -just because it was THAT good. So if I didn't download it, I would not have bought it.

Look, I don't want to have a debate about all the different ways people justify their piracy to themselves. Besides, I have heard it all before.

The point is that as the creator of something you should be allowed to decide how and on what terms you want to make your work available. If an author thinks that he can get better sales by giving it away for free, then there is nothing stopping him from doing so. (Some musicians for example do make their work available for free.) But when an author does not want to make his work available for free, then really you should respect that. If you don't like the fact that you can't have if for free, then take "your business" somewhere else. But stealing it is not cool.

 

[Sl8er]

That data can be interpreted in many different ways. The way I see it is, very simply, that people who enjoy and consume more media are more likely to use p2p. That does not tell you very much.



Yea, the larger media companies seem to be in a better position to deal with piracy than smaller companies.



Look, I don't want to have a debate about all the different ways people justify their piracy to themselves. Besides, I have heard it all before.

The point is that as the creator of something you should be allowed to decide how and on what terms you want to make your work available. If an author thinks that he can get better sales by giving it away for free, then there is nothing stopping him from doing so. (Some musicians for example do make their work available for free.) But when an author does not want to make his work available for free, then really you should respect that. If you don't like the fact that you can't have if for free, then take "your business" somewhere else. But stealing it is not cool.

I get where you're coming from and in your case, agree, but you're not a multi-million dollar music/content giant right now, are you?
All I can say is there has been media that I've come across and thought to myself, "Self, thank fck you didn't go out and waste your money on that!"

Like I've said though, I go out and buy the GOOD stuff.

 

[BarnettE]

I get where you're coming from and in your case, agree, but you're not a multi-million dollar music/content giant right now, are you?

No, whenever I see someone taking my work without paying for it, I know there is nothing I can do about it.

All I can say is there has been media that I've come across and thought to myself, "Self, thank fck you didn't go out and waste your money on that!"

Like I've said though, I go out and buy the GOOD stuff.

Looks like you have justified your piracy to yourself very well.

 

[Sl8er]

Looks like you have justified your piracy to yourself very well.

Especially when I go and buy it, hey?

Anyways, moving along....

 

[Roelie]

You say you get annoyed - I get annoyed when pirates claim that they are not stealing anything. You see, the difference between you and me is that I am a content producer while you are a content consumer. If one day you too have to earn a living from creating content, your opinion on piracy will very quickly change. It sucks (for me) that my work is so easy to steal. But that is not your problem. As long as there is little chance of getting caught, the victim is not one of your friends or somebody you know, and you can continue to convince yourself that you are doing nothing wrong, then piracy is perfectly OK. Right?

I do feel for the small guy trying to make a living out of producing art of whatever format - and I understand that downloading could potentially undermine his/her income. However I will buy music that I like, even if I have it downloaded somewhere, and that CD will probably be played once or twice because the digital format is just so much easier to use, but I buy to support the artist.
I also spend a fair amount of money on concerts.
What I do find is that I discover a lot of art through downloading, and I will support the artist if I like the art.