All this technology is useless anyway... Throw all the money you want into it.. it WILL be pirated. I'm willing to bet anyone any amount of money on it.. might as well spend the money making better media..

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Originally posted by psychosomatica All this technology is useless anyway... Throw all the money you want into it.. it WILL be pirated. I'm willing to bet anyone any amount of money on it.. might as well spend the money making better media..

i think the value of intellectual property is being redefined through piracy. the cost of something non-tangible seems to be more relative these days..

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Sony spent $2B usd on putting piracy protection on audio cds way back when.. the work around was to take a permanent marker and write over a certain part.

I think there's only one type of anti-piracy method they haven't cracked yet.. and it will be done in due time. They're offloading the costs of piracy onto everyday consumers by making you buy all this crap which WILL be worked around in weeks.. if not months.. I think it's a losing battle for the entertainment lobby groups.

To be perfectly honest.. I believe that guys at the MPAA and RIAA could price piracy out.. I mean.. the marginal cost of distribution of media is a joke..but they're hanging onto the good ol' times with ridiculous margins on their products. I'm not saying they can't do that.. but hey.. you can't live in lalaland forever..

edit: why i originally replied.. yes desidel i agree.. intellectual property has more perceived value nowadays.. that being said.. they're fighting a losing battle

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Last edited by psychosomatica on Aug-29-2006 at 04:04

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Originally posted by psychosomatica To be perfectly honest.. I believe that guys at the MPAA and RIAA could price piracy out..

Here you are wrong.

The truth is that 60% of the cost of $10 CD goes into production and album marketing (ads + payloa). The remaining 40% goes into the media costs and distribution channel (which includes retailer marketing).

iTunes sells tracks for $1 each and people still steal.

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i've always wondered whether downloading something you have no intent to buy is stealing. i mean, by definition i suppose it is, but in the true sense one has not denied another the right to own that piece of intellectual property. if i download a Britney Spears album, that I wouldn't otherwise have bought whether it was available on the internet or not, does it do Britney any harm? If anything she might actually benefit through the free distribution of her music thus making it more popular. I might even like it enough to eventually go see her in concert. I'll admit, I actually buy music that i thoroughly enjoy to support the artist. But at the same time there's so much crap out there that I wouldn't even pay a dime for.

anyways, i think i went off on some tangent here.. the original topic of this thread was about pirated DVDs being sold, this i agree is theft in probably the worse sense..

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker iTunes sells tracks for $1 each and people still steal.

I know I'd use iTunes more if the damn Mp3s weren't protected! Being forced to use iTunes or WMP really ticks me off and kills my desire to spend that dollar. I've gone w/o music for far to long bc of this annoying factor!

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Originally posted by dEsidEL anyways, i think i went off on some tangent here..

I enjoyed your provoking rant. ^5

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Originally posted by dEsidEL i've always wondered whether downloading something you have no intent to buy is stealing.

That is like saying: taking a chocolate bar from the corner store with no intention to eat it is not stealing.

Bottom line - one is taking something of value from the creator without paying for it. Theft.

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Originally posted by Jem_hadar I know I'd use iTunes more if the damn Mp3s weren't protected! Being forced to use iTunes or WMP really ticks me off and kills my desire to spend that dollar. I've gone w/o music for far to long bc of this annoying factor!

Your license allows you to burn it to a CD and enjoy it with whatever media player (or hardware) you choose.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker That is like saying: taking a chocolate bar from the corner store with no intention to eat it is not stealing. Bottom line - one is taking something of value from the creator without paying for it. Theft.

true, although I'm referring to something intangible here. if i download a track i hav no intent to buy, whether it's available for me to download on the internet or not, i'm not preventing anyone else from buying that track.

the same cannot be said about that chocolate bar.

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Originally posted by me@t k@tie I JUST got back from the P mall with my Lukey!! <3 We looove going there...there is this place in the food court that has the BEST sweet and sour chicken on rice! mmmmmmmmmmmm and i always stock up on men's pocky sticks and lychee candy when we are there!

bahahahahhah I thought of you when I opened this thread.