Comments on: Buying The DVD: Unhelpful And Unethical http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/ Torrent News, Torrent Sites and the latest Scoops Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:34:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: nightshift http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-324115 nightshift Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:02:10 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-324115 this is a really good article. this is a really good article.

]]> By: BrainaicX http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-323979 BrainaicX Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:24:33 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-323979 If the moguls put as much effort into finding the big paying advertisering partners and working with BT instead of against it, they could harness more profit from the audience that never has and prob never will purchase HBO. Nobody wants the low res clip crap that media companies seem to think is internet distribution. When it is clearly an attempt to keep people watching TV from a TV provider. Embrace BT or be left behind and forgot!!! If the moguls put as much effort into finding the big paying advertisering partners and working with BT instead of against it, they could harness more profit from the audience that never has and prob never will purchase HBO.

Nobody wants the low res clip crap that media companies seem to think is internet distribution. When it is clearly an attempt to keep people watching TV from a TV provider.

Embrace BT or be left behind and forgot!!!

]]> By: backus http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-305055 backus Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:42:59 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-305055 Which reminds me, because of your comment I'm off to download another 50 or 60 album discography. The DVD should make a nice gift for somebody, and I'll have to sell a few copies as well to recoup losses and make a buck. When you start selling things like that at a decent price I may consider it, but like that would ever happen,hahaaa Which reminds me, because of your comment I’m off to download another 50 or 60 album discography. The DVD should make a nice gift for somebody, and I’ll have to sell a few copies as well to recoup losses and make a buck. When you start selling things like that at a decent price I may consider it, but like that would ever happen,hahaaa

]]> By: Backus http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-305049 Backus Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:36:52 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-305049 [quote comment="295468"]What of bunch of nonsense. The reality is that no matter how easy the entertainment companies made it for us (no DRM, cross-compatibility, etc), as long as it isn't free, most people will get it illegally from TPB etc. It's because we're thieves, and all this self-righteous rambling is just smoke and mirrors.[/quote] You sound like you have a sudden case of self-guilt. Read "RIAA confederate/crony/thug/obsessive" If you're really that brainwashed by propaganda you can believe it, but not the rest of us. I wouldn't buy them no matter how cheap they were, because YOU'RE all thieves and i don't support criminal orgs. I'd rather pay the pirates who are non-profit. [quote comment="295468"]What of bunch of nonsense. The reality is that no matter how easy the entertainment companies made it for us (no DRM, cross-compatibility, etc), as long as it isn’t free, most people will get it illegally from TPB etc. It’s because we’re thieves, and all this self-righteous rambling is just smoke and mirrors.[/quote]

You sound like you have a sudden case of self-guilt. Read “RIAA confederate/crony/thug/obsessive”

If you’re really that brainwashed by propaganda you can believe it, but not the rest of us.

I wouldn’t buy them no matter how cheap they were, because YOU’RE all thieves and i don’t support criminal orgs. I’d rather pay the pirates who are non-profit.

]]> By: goobimama http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-302219 goobimama Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:40:43 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-302219 I would love to pay the creators of the stuff I download. Just don't want to end up paying for packaging, shipping, advertising, and all that whatnot. I would love to pay the creators of the stuff I download. Just don’t want to end up paying for packaging, shipping, advertising, and all that whatnot.

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]]> By: AIMEEbaby http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-298199 AIMEEbaby Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:47:36 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-298199 We are very excited to announce that the Global job search engine has been released! <a href="http://www.perfectsea.com" rel="nofollow">perfectsea.com</a>is the first website that includes all jobs related to a lot of countries that speak English. There are over 8 countries and/or areas jobs on PerfectSea.com. It searches over thousands job sites and provide millions jobs to our customers. We use total automatic Robot technology to collect tons information from website, do analysis. So perfectsea.com provides the unique job search environment to our customers, let them have a place to search all jobs in the world. This is one site solution. Let people just come to one website and search the job, whatever where the job is, what kind of job the user wants. Job seeker can get great benefits from it. People don't need to go to different website for looking for job. This is one stop solution. Perfectsea.com will change the way people looking for the job. We are very excited to announce that the Global job search engine has been released!
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]]> By: prodigydancer http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-298142 prodigydancer Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:58:11 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-298142 [quote comment="297657"]The grammar, demeanor, and language of this column [/quote] Who cares about grammar in the news? As for the language - it's actually good that for once here is an author who doesn't use slang in every other line. Remember that TF is an international resource and not people are native English speakers. (For example I'm not.) [quote comment="297657"]make it harder to be taken seriously by the bureaucrats you so hope to convince[/quote] Convince? Newsflash for you: we're in war with them. Besides are really dumb enough to seriously think that *any* news column could convince bureaucrats of anything? This makes me laugh. Stop watching TV, pal, it has turned your brain into a mess. In this world it takes either cash or guns to be convincing. And our opponents got all the money, which kinda narrows it down. [quote comment="297657"]The grammar, demeanor, and language of this column [/quote]
Who cares about grammar in the news? As for the language – it’s actually good that for once here is an author who doesn’t use slang in every other line. Remember that TF is an international resource and not people are native English speakers. (For example I’m not.)

[quote comment="297657"]make it harder to be taken seriously by the bureaucrats you so hope to convince[/quote]
Convince? Newsflash for you: we’re in war with them.

Besides are really dumb enough to seriously think that *any* news column could convince bureaucrats of anything? This makes me laugh. Stop watching TV, pal, it has turned your brain into a mess.

In this world it takes either cash or guns to be convincing. And our opponents got all the money, which kinda narrows it down.

]]> By: Gred http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-297657 Gred Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:07:46 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-297657 Who wrote this? Jamie King? While I agree with the tone and message, it was written horribly. Keep directing 'documentaries,' don't write columns, sir. The grammar, demeanor, and language of this column is sure to poison Torrent Freak's reputation as a decent source of news. More articles will ruin the esteem of this site and make it harder to be taken seriously by the bureaucrats you so hope to convince. Who wrote this? Jamie King? While I agree with the tone and message, it was written horribly. Keep directing ‘documentaries,’ don’t write columns, sir. The grammar, demeanor, and language of this column is sure to poison Torrent Freak’s reputation as a decent source of news.

More articles will ruin the esteem of this site and make it harder to be taken seriously by the bureaucrats you so hope to convince.

]]> By: Kyle Brady: A Blog » Blog Archive » Dr. Linksalot von Koeppenhausen http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-297645 Kyle Brady: A Blog » Blog Archive » Dr. Linksalot von Koeppenhausen Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:39:49 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-297645 [...] “Buying the DVD” [...] [...] “Buying the DVD” [...]

]]> By: prodigydancer http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-297389 prodigydancer Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:10:57 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-297389 [quote comment="296112"]"Blargh blargh TV is shit WATCH THE WIRE WATCH THE WIRE WATCH THE WIRE Blargh blargh DVDs are a ripoff." Gee, that was an insightful article! Way to go, torrentfreak![/quote] [quote comment="296113"]I think torrentfreak needs to un-welcome Jamie King until he gets his head out of his arse and writes some open-minded articles that make a bit of sense.[/quote] If you don't like the article, then what are you doing here? Go watch your cable and don't forget to buy some DVDs after that. The way I see it, there are some people who enjoy being fucked in the ass by media industry so much that they're paying for it on a regular basis. And you're one of them. [quote comment="296112"]“Blargh blargh TV is shit

WATCH THE WIRE WATCH THE WIRE WATCH THE WIRE

Blargh blargh DVDs are a ripoff.”

Gee, that was an insightful article! Way to go, torrentfreak![/quote]
[quote comment="296113"]I think torrentfreak needs to un-welcome Jamie King until he gets his head out of his arse and writes some open-minded articles that make a bit of sense.[/quote]

If you don’t like the article, then what are you doing here? Go watch your cable and don’t forget to buy some DVDs after that.

The way I see it, there are some people who enjoy being fucked in the ass by media industry so much that they’re paying for it on a regular basis. And you’re one of them.

]]> By: Troc Ster http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296716 Troc Ster Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:04:42 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296716 damn, I was going to comment on your perceptive and accurate description of p2p vs tv/dvd. Then I realised that you were involved with 'Steal this film N' : were N is a real number. Steal this film 2 is superb. You are so right, ads on tv are insidious, pernicious and weapons grade. Even the BBC goes ott with their in house promo-rubbish. p2p just makes for a better quality of life. I love the wire, like lost, and think 'the shield' is great. All other TV i left behind since I lost interest in voyager and got affected by the incessant attempts at manipulating my wants and opinions. Fucking marketing/branding/pr publicity assholes spoilt it for me and I recon are fubar the world with their twisted aims and means. p2p's renumeration problem will be partly solved when ppl realize the potential of the internet. Once they see the possibilities of unlimited and customized access I'm sure they will be happy to pay for it in a new way too. Like most of the developed world does for health care, transport infrastructure, education and defense; to name but a few. The problem then becomes (re)distirbution, but that is what democracies are for no ? damn, I was going to comment on your perceptive and accurate description of p2p vs tv/dvd. Then I realised that you were involved with ‘Steal this film N’ : were N is a real number. Steal this film 2 is superb.

You are so right, ads on tv are insidious, pernicious and weapons grade. Even the BBC goes ott with their in house promo-rubbish. p2p just makes for a better quality of life.

I love the wire, like lost, and think ‘the shield’ is great. All other TV i left behind since I lost interest in voyager and got affected by the incessant attempts at manipulating my wants and opinions. Fucking marketing/branding/pr publicity assholes spoilt it for me and I recon are fubar the world with their twisted aims and means.

p2p’s renumeration problem will be partly solved when ppl realize the potential of the internet. Once they see the possibilities of unlimited and customized access I’m sure they will be happy to pay for it in a new way too. Like most of the developed world does for health care, transport infrastructure, education and defense; to name but a few. The problem then becomes (re)distirbution, but that is what democracies are for no ?

]]> By: Glenn http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296651 Glenn Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:26:25 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296651 I strongly object to the bozo who referred to 'Top Gear' as quality output from the BBC. For those who don't watch programme, it is literally a bunch of public schoolboy types being paid a million pounds ($2m) a year of public money a year to drive new cars around. Thats it! They (the BBC) then have the balls to sell this programme on DVD and people buy it! When I move out of my current apartment I will leave the tv here and will never even think about buying a new one! I've spent the last year downloading every decent show ever made and have enough to last me a lifetime - thanks Bit Torrent. PEACE! I strongly object to the bozo who referred to ‘Top Gear’ as quality output from the BBC.

For those who don’t watch programme, it is literally a bunch of public schoolboy types being paid a million pounds ($2m) a year of public money a year to drive new cars around. Thats it!

They (the BBC) then have the balls to sell this programme on DVD and people buy it!

When I move out of my current apartment I will leave the tv here and will never even think about buying a new one! I’ve spent the last year downloading every decent show ever made and have enough to last me a lifetime – thanks Bit Torrent.

PEACE!

]]> By: KingStone http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296483 KingStone Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:55:51 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296483 I don't know if my words will get the rings about this article, it was a good read and I enjoyed it, for me in Kuwait it was harded to get showes like Deadwood and Heroes, most of us learned about a lot of shows by downloading via P2P or reading classic articles like these around the internet or some blogs of fans who devoted a full website for a show from here to there, we've seen how a show like Jericho got saved because some fans couldn't stop supporting it and sent a big amount of Peanuts to ABC to keep it up and coming. in anyhow talking too much doesn't help specialy with my poor english, still I'd love to know about hit shows in the air nowadays so I could follow up about it all, because its never will be knowen if not for those who these big suits tring to hunt and stop! its P2P that made most shows so famous specialy Prison Break which is here is followed by a lot even they don't watch that much of tv. thanks and good luck in next articles.. I don’t know if my words will get the rings about this article, it was a good read and I enjoyed it, for me in Kuwait it was harded to get showes like Deadwood and Heroes, most of us learned about a lot of shows by downloading via P2P or reading classic articles like these around the internet or some blogs of fans who devoted a full website for a show from here to there, we’ve seen how a show like Jericho got saved because some fans couldn’t stop supporting it and sent a big amount of Peanuts to ABC to keep it up and coming.

in anyhow talking too much doesn’t help specialy with my poor english, still I’d love to know about hit shows in the air nowadays so I could follow up about it all, because its never will be knowen if not for those who these big suits tring to hunt and stop! its P2P that made most shows so famous specialy Prison Break which is here is followed by a lot even they don’t watch that much of tv.

thanks and good luck in next articles..

]]> By: h33t.com http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296470 h33t.com Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:27:03 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296470 welcome J.J. King, great article get your feet under the desk now tackle some of the real issues welcome J.J. King, great article

get your feet under the desk

now tackle some of the real issues

]]> By: Jamison http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296403 Jamison Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:53:42 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296403 I don't know how it works in the UK, but "The Wire" specifically is distributed by HBO, which is a channel you pay to see. Every episode of The Wire is aired free of adverts, which is why I always felt HBO was worth the extra ten bucks. Same goes for Weeds and Californication (Showtime, the Pepsi of Premium TV). Besides DVD sales (and itunes, i guess), this is the ONLY way those creators make any money. It's why HBO and Showtime can only support a couple of good shows at a time. I agree that the networks are circling the bowl worse than ever, but you're not doing any favors to the guys who work on these shows by downloading them. Of course it's all relative. I don’t know how it works in the UK, but “The Wire” specifically is distributed by HBO, which is a channel you pay to see. Every episode of The Wire is aired free of adverts, which is why I always felt HBO was worth the extra ten bucks. Same goes for Weeds and Californication (Showtime, the Pepsi of Premium TV). Besides DVD sales (and itunes, i guess), this is the ONLY way those creators make any money. It’s why HBO and Showtime can only support a couple of good shows at a time. I agree that the networks are circling the bowl worse than ever, but you’re not doing any favors to the guys who work on these shows by downloading them. Of course it’s all relative.

]]> By: -the Queef- http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296333 -the Queef- Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:30:17 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296333 I agree,but if you think that people in the UK or US have crap on their tv think agian.Overhere in Holland we are "proud" to have the worst tv system in the world. There is a public system which brings you nothing but "talking heads" and religion.It's a total waste of time, money and effort.Watching paint dry is more entertaining. There are also the commercial channels and they are the real stinkers.They really don't give a shit what they're putting on,reallity-tv like idols,dancing stars,cooking with stars,walking the dog with stars,and so on,movies like beverely-hills cop prt. 1(was on more then 15 times, and cops chasing crooks. If you want so see if tv makes people dumb, take a look at my country. In total in an average week with ten channels there is no more then one hour a week watchable televion(the simpsons). If anyone wanders why I got more than 400 TB (downstream) traffic a year just read the above. cheers, -the Queef- I agree,but if you think that people in the UK or US have crap on their tv think agian.Overhere in Holland we are “proud” to have the worst tv system in the world.
There is a public system which brings you nothing but “talking heads” and religion.It’s a total waste of time, money and effort.Watching paint dry is more entertaining. There are also the commercial channels and they are the real stinkers.They really don’t give a shit what they’re putting on,reallity-tv like idols,dancing stars,cooking with stars,walking the dog with stars,and so on,movies
like beverely-hills cop prt. 1(was on more then 15 times, and cops chasing crooks.
If you want so see if tv makes people dumb, take a look at my country.
In total in an average week with ten channels there is no more then one hour a week watchable televion(the simpsons).

If anyone wanders why I got more than 400 TB (downstream) traffic a year just read the above.

cheers,

-the Queef-

]]> By: cc http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296134 cc Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:40:03 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296134 horrible written article . too much emotional than fact . horrible written article . too much emotional than fact .

]]> By: Halitherses http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296129 Halitherses Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:24:43 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296129 Most TV and DVD's are absolutely worthless. I watched "A Beautiful mind" yesterday. Which was "inspired by the events" of John Nash's life. According to wikipedia there are quite a few glaring historical inaccuracies. Now if they are going to misrepresent the the historical events in John Nash's life so much then what right have the got to use this man's name in the movie? Hollywood should stop trying to rewrite history and manipulate peoples conception of reality. Most TV and DVD’s are absolutely worthless. I watched “A Beautiful mind” yesterday. Which was “inspired by the events” of John Nash’s life. According to wikipedia there are quite a few glaring historical inaccuracies. Now if they are going to misrepresent the the historical events in John Nash’s life so much then what right have the got to use this man’s name in the movie?

Hollywood should stop trying to rewrite history and manipulate peoples conception of reality.

]]> By: Anonymous http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296113 Anonymous Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:56:17 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/buying-the-dvd-unhelpful-and-unethical-080221/#comment-296113 I think torrentfreak needs to un-welcome Jamie King until he gets his head out of his arse and writes some open-minded articles that make a bit of sense. I think torrentfreak needs to un-welcome Jamie King until he gets his head out of his arse and writes some open-minded articles that make a bit of sense.

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