“Saw” Director Recruits ‘Army’ to Post Fake Torrents
Written by enigmax on October 02, 2008Are you the director of some high profile movies, feel you have a piracy problem but no longer do business with MediaDefender? Do you want to fail, badly? Then maybe you should follow the lead of Darren Bousman, director of the Saw movie sequels – and ask members of the public to upload fakes files on BitTorrent sites.
Darren Bousman, director of Saw II, III, IV, and no stranger to scenes of slaughter, has been caught up in his very own BitTorrent bloodbath. On the official forum for his up-coming movie Repo! the Genetic Opera, Bousman has been rallying support (pic, since it’s deleted) among his forum fans (known as the ‘Repo Army’) to become some kind of highly motivated, organic peer-to-peer version of MediaDefender.
Bousman details his brilliant plan in the forum post:
People will copy and burn the REPO CD and put it out on the web on something called TORRENT SITES. What this means to the movie is devastating. Basically – those who MIGHT have bought the soundtrack will instead download it for free… Thus hurting the soundtrack, and the movie. So what can you do?
Upload FAKE REPO albums to TORRENT sites under the REPO name. Meaning basically people will go online to a TORRENT site and try to search for REPO. They will find it – but alas it wont be REPO. It will be something else… If enough people do this – it becomes harder to STEAL the album.
Pain, something found in abundance in the Saw movies, was evident in the disorganized battle-plan that followed. Technical discussion began, noting the need for a good fake album to have the same number of tracks as the real version. Other suggestions to thwart the evil pirates include renaming and seeding random songs, and uploading audio recordings which preach the importance of buying the album.
After someone pointed out that people would complain about fake torrents in the comments section of torrent sites, solutions offered included the Army posting its own comments saying that the fake isn’t really a fake, and posting on real torrents to say that they were the fakes. Both techniques were doomed to fail before they began.
One of our favorite posts was the user who offered to spam the Ares Galaxy network on her own, and unwittingly came up with the basis of a usable slogan for the fakes campaign: “Wait a minute, did Darren just ask us to essentially Rick-Roll people in the name of Repo? Hell yes.”
Sadly, even with an army of completely well-intentioned and dedicated fans plus a great slogan, victory isn’t guaranteed. After posting some fake torrents on The Pirate Bay, it didn’t take long for the negative comments from regular Pirate Bay users to build up, and the torrents were removed. Despite many attempts by the Army at countering with some fake comments of their own. The ranks of the general public Repo Army went into battle against just a few pirates but were completely unprepared, and suffered a bloody end that would’ve made Jigsaw proud.
One user seemed to be a bit more aware, posting, “You can keep it secret or whatever method you want, it’s not going to work. You can’t fool a pirate that easy, if we just could get scene access and pre it, so it looks real.”
Right now, the fans have regrouped and are currently marking real Demonoid torrents as containing a virus, in order to get them removed. It doesn’t seem to be working.
The Repo Army doesn’t act purely against BitTorrent, since it had been previously ordered to “Attack YouTube” by messaging anyone on the site who uploads any part of the album, and ordering them to take the clip down. Some fans are even creating Repo anti-piracy videos:
In the meantime the fans have ensured that the soundtrack in question, Repo! The Genetic Opera, is currently at 22 in Amazon’s bestsellers chart, largely thanks to 25 five-star reviews, which currently represent 100% of the total reviews on this album. Apparently it’s easier to fool Amazon than the average BitTorrent site.
Thanks to Charax
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213 Responses
I want my own personal army too!
So it’s just fair for us to strike back at the inflated “User” rating at Amazon. Don’t mess with the interwebs.
Hey guys, I make lotsa money and I want all of you (that make no money) to defend my money! So.. rally up and go spam shit..
Can anybody say Cult?
Oh and uh.. btw.. I didnt ‘f*cking fail’. Im going to download the album (I dont care to listen to it) and share it despite your childish cult following.
Oh and uh.. btw.. sales dont mean more theatrical attention.. idiot.
Great post, enigmax! (although you WILL want to take screencaps of those posts, because he’s been known to nuke threads on the forum once he’s been exposed)
Seriously, they discussed this on a PUBLIC FORUM and didn’t expect to be found out….
Well, should I be afraid or what? Given he actually found a bunch of people to do his dirty work, does this group consist of fans of his movies? If so good luck with those morons.
At least I know now that I’ll never download anything that has REPO as a group tag.
REPO ARMY = FAIL!!!!!!!!!
Oh man. Saw sucked. If I wanted to watch people being tortured for 1.5 hours I would download the real thing.
Should be interesting to see what happens to that five star review album once all them angry TPB users get there devilish hands all over it.
Thanks for the laugh Torrentfreak, its always fun to watch people like them trip all over themselves and fail.
I don’t even know about the title being talked about in the article. I don’t think the average person cares about his stupid army.
what a bunch of queers. don’t f*ck with teh internetz, you “fans” are as bad as the politicians backing the bailout bill. Sheep.
What a bunch of lifeless noobs…
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B001FWXOBO/ref=pr_pb_cm_cr_acr_img?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
arrr pirates. lets give it teh real review mates.
Don’t you dare steal Repo, but it’s ok to steal a Skinny Puppy song to tell people not to steal Repo.
Where can I join?
“You can’t fool a pirate that easy, if we just could get scene access and pre it, so it looks real.”
They’re not going to get fakes on to the scene…
I tried telling them that, Anon – how between Ratings, the Scene and Comments it’s damn-near impossible to get fakes out to a wide audience, but my posts got deleted (one of the remaining posts references it)
Guess they don’t like hearing all their plans are worth less than shit.
yeah i left a bad review. what a bunch of bitches.
There are SO many spelling and grammar mistakes in that youtube video I don’t even want to begin to get started.
We need to start making new reviews on Amazon, then. Anyways, this is just funny. And obviously, people who ever want to do such a stupid thing number very few; (almost) nobody wants to suck up to some self money-grubber.
Roze
http://www.28chan.org/fs/ – (a file-sharing discussion board)
Stupid goth-loving fanBOIS. The worst album and the worst sheep herding forum I have ever seen..
UNBELIEVABLE. Seriously.
i really didnt give a shit until that youtube video pissed me off..
now ima do something about it.
the swarm will deciminate you.
“You can keep it secret or whatever method you want, it’s not going to work. You can’t fool a pirate that easy, if we just could get scene access and pre it, so it looks real.”
Hahaha.
Fanboys & Fangals can be such humongous turds.
not FAKE TORRENTS! Whatever will we do?
Just did a quick search and this is what i found (wihtout even looking too hard)
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1638843/3359829/
When will they learn??
http://i.lulz.at/n8Mx155.jpg
i saw that
I posted a thread at there forum, lets see how long it goes untill its deleted and banned.
http://www.repo-opera.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=2129
Its ok for them to spam torrent sites, but if we protest in there forum.. oohhh thats just an outrage.
they still have posted on some trackers
http://lix.in/-2b8e50
REPO CD TORRENT SITES. MIGHT FAKE REPO TORRENT REPO TORRENT REPO. REPO. STEAL
If you take the capitalized words it spells a code. I think he wants us to put the REPO CD on TORRENT SITES and STEAL it.
REPOREPOREPO
UPLOAD and share this album everywhere. The real one. Then go to amazon and drop a real review on this bitch.
GREAT FORUM POST http://www.eZee.se!!!
That forum should be taken down.
Time to go 1-star it on Amazon, I guess.
It’ll pull a Spore.
Well I hashed it out for a little while untill there cult deleted the posts. They dont like anything that disagrees with there viewpoint and think its ok to spam anything else.
They also think that every download is a lost sale and that sharing of information is pure thievery.
Let the war begin, our army is a bit more powerful then theres.. lol.
The YouTube video looks like it was made by someone who doesn’t know how to edit very well, and people who bittorrent will figure out what the fake torrents are anyway.
Eh, let them be? They can have their little fancy movie in peace, I don’t want to see it and I don’t want to hear the soundtrack. Fake torrents will get flagged within minutes, they can’t pull off what companies has been trying for years.
was there with ya Despite. They also removed my posts. War is on. This thing need to be buried on Amazon first a foremost. I can because I never have nor will make a purchase from that conglomerate.
Hmmm, got my ass banned from their forum(post deleted) AND their chat :D
5-7 chatrooms, 4 people chatting about “the evil pirates”, kind of funny, do check it out if you have time.
If I were to be evil… i think i would download it from
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1638843/3359829/
then up it on the private trackers just out of spite… but with Paris Hilton in it… its doomed to go down the toilet without me doing anything at all!
Wow. they delete a couple of poss and think they must be doing “GREAT work on torrent sites” – yeah, I’m sure their one, fake, deleted torrent Vs the healthy downloaded-635-times Demonoid torrent is a *major* victory…
Honestly, are these people just stupid?
Just added my review on amazon with a link to this post. Lets see if it actually appears.
Here are some misc. pieces of it.
http://www.fetchmp3.com/search.php?Term=repo+soundtrack&searchbutton.x=0&searchbutton.y=0&Module=YouTube
J.
We should call Anonymous, and rape this fucker
Yeah d0pe i didnt see your posts but before they deleted myn they commented on how they nuked yours.
The funny thing is if they never messed with the torrent community, they would have completely minimized downloads.
Money doesnt rule the world, we are working for a copyright free future that isnt based off of sales. We will consume information and share it with everyone who wants a slice. If the MPAA and RIAA cant defeat us.. how does the repo army seem to think it can?
Saw sucked. If I wanted to watch people being tortured for 1.5 hours I would download the real thing. I Hate These Movies!!!
pls seed stuck @ 1%
oh noez warz on da internetz! >.<
Whomever has a demonoid account, get that data and share it on the pirate bay! (Il do it if you can get it to me)
They posted it on my tracker!
http://lix.in/-2b8e50
Sounds like the desperate cry of GREED to me …
come on, people. this is major LOL. please make more fun of them, this is a open call for rediculing. lets hope they will order tpb to take it down. come on, ppl. make them look even more funny(if thats possible).
this event is stuck in my head anyway, wont download that shit, wont even think about it, and lets just hope i wont stubble on someone connected to them…
I’d like to do a song of great social and political import.
Oh lord, wont you buy me a night on the town ?
Im counting on you, lord, please dont let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh lord, wont you buy me a night on the town ?
If they want to ban people on their forums for view which don’t agree with their anti-piracy stance, well two can play at that game.
Not only should ratings of their albums on Amazon and elsewhere be pulled down as far as possible (as one previous poster said, give ‘em the spore treatment), but any fake torrents they post should be summarily deleted and the uploader banned from the torrent sites.
This still wont affect private torrentsites. I guess most of the traffic is there anyhow.
i believe these stupid fucks deserve a TRUE forum raid.
I went to Amazon.com to give a bad review, but being a broke-ass pirate (Not to be confused with a broke ass-pirate) I don’t buy anything from Amazon… so I cna’t leave one. I gave thumbs up for the 2 bad reviews there, but was dissapointed there weren’t more bad ones… someone needs to get a hold of 4chan… =^P
Its on TPB… this was passed on to me… needs seeds though, know anybody who can help?
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4425291
Fire teh lazors
kill them all…
can I have my own human bots too!!!!
And ofcourse, as always, this will result as attracting peoples attention, and it will get even more illegal downloads than if he had not made that thread.
So yea, let’s just hope that all this wasn’t a plan to get alot of attention though, which he most definitly did.
Also, I sure am downloading this right now :P, so I guesss it worked hah!
Well, it looks like they are not going to post my comment.
What gets me is… wouldn’t inflating your reviews be errrm, fraud, against the Amazon Tos, etc….
J.
I think everyone should download it at least once (more if you can be bothered) and get everyone they know to download it as well. Whether you listen to it or not is irrelevant.. Just get those downloaded numbers up through the roof..
Most Downloaded Soundtrack That Nobody Really Wants Award.
Nice job with the torrent.
Hey they did it to themselves. We dont like fake torrent files or anyone who thinks thats OK. They can be trolls, thats fine, but you take it too far when you post fake files.
what’s wrong with a film creator wanting money for his work? wow
@59
No, it is better perhaps, rather than merely download it, burn it to a CD, and then set it on fire in public, like a small public burning.
“but you take it too far when you post fake files.”
hahaha like it’s some HUUUGE deal or something.
@61 Nothing, its him being a complete tosser we are at issue with.
J.
LOL i posted on their forum over their epic fail and it got deleted and and my account got band in under 10 mins. Ah that amuses me so much lol
Like this will bother anybody there are thousands of fake torrents on the net (on public’s),
so who gives a fuck let them waste there time and bandwidth.
long live the privates
PATHETIC!
Make a good movie and a good soundtrack: people will download it, but also go to the cinema, buy/rent the DVD and buy the CD.
Make a lame movie and a lame soundtrack: people will download it and just forget about it.
The Repo army is totally gay.
Some of you fucking morons. You have no respect for people trying to make a living. It doesn’t matter if they make millions or just a few dollars. Pirating is pirating and anyone doing it belongs behind bars. If you can’t afford something, get a job or don’t buy it, but don’t steal it, you don’t need it bad enough to steal it. Seriously, you people make me physically ill.
Corporate stooges. GTFO
the repo movie is kind of getting fucked over by lionsgate. i’m ashamed of idiot fans but when it comes down to it i support them as a means to an end. generally the company behind a movie is supposed to be backing it up. but instead of lionsgate filling popular sites with movie ads, the director/writer/actors/fans are trying to take that role without having the money to do it in a less annoying manner
if you read up on midnight meat train and what happened with that as well as the switching over of the company’s president, the situation makes more sense
of course, that’s a boring thing to read up on
but i’m trying to say that the main opponent in this game is lionsgate. i want to see repo and bought the album and loved it. i think the fans are annoying. but i want to see the movie so please fuck over their individual lives and not the flick’s chances. haha
the soundtrack sales are going to affect the theatrical release in this situation. the point is to prove to lionsgate that people will spend money on it
Trolls vs Trolls.. in the end both will gain nothing. I wasted some hard drive space and bandwidth.. and they wasted time and effort uploading fake files.
Um, do you even realize that what you’re doing…is illegal?
Emphasis on “illegal”.
I can’t believe the gall of some people. To actually call someone out who is trying to stand against ILLEGAL video and audio PIRATING?
Honestly, get a job and buy the damn album. You’re nothing more than common thieves.
what is wrong with stopping illegal downloading? You guys make it sound like the fans are the ones doing something illegal. they dont care if you like the movie or not, they are just trying to keep it from being stolen. why is that bad?
Silly thieves. All of you. Oh no, how dare we want the artists to get paid for their work?
Lazy trolls. LULZ is not going to get you any money in the real world. Get some money instead of stealing tracks. Either buy the album, or just don’t. There is no reason to harass a fan-base just because they’re trying to actually make some money off of what little people besides themselves will be interested in it.
Why harass a minority?
You guys have some nerve …. complaining because we tried to get in the way of you ILLEGALLY downloading something. Way to go. I think you’re the fail here.
I’d like to mention here that stealing is wrong. The artists and those involved in the making of this production put more than time and money into it, and stealing is exactly what you are doing if you download the soundtrack without paying. Buy it. I am a great supporter of Repo, and cannot stress enough how wrong it is to take very needed support away from Repo.
Lets call the Goonsquad out to do battle. They can be rather vicious.
What is wrong with ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING? You have just answered your own question: it is ILLEGAL! The Repo Army are just trying to stop something that should not be allowed to exist in the first place.
I say KUDOS TO THEM!
Here come the “OPMGZFAZGZ THEEFFT” trolls. Did someone mention this page on their little forum?
Because of this, whether I like this Repo thing or not, I will not buy it.
Lol i just snuck into there chat and there apparently really really pissed off.. there rallying up everyone thats a member to spam even harder..
looks like we did the right thing..
haha owned. please lick my sack. im seeding and seeding and seeding.. omg look at the downloads go! hahahaha.. ahahaha.. this is so much FUN!!
Seriously, get out the basement freakos.. you people are seriously demented.
oh and uh owned.. haha.
yes, we are the demented ones, we are the ones who are ripping of a low budget cult movie for the fun of it, we are the ones who are trying to reserve artists right to copywrite. No, we are the ones who, of our own free will, have joined a cause for something we care about. We havent harmed anyone, we havent attacked any one, we are regular people who like a movie and want to preserve it.
God, this feels like talking to a wall…
Seriously. Get a grip. What you are doing is illegal. End of conversation. No “pwnage”. No “lolz”. Nothing.
Get your heads out of your asses and just don’t buy the album if you don’t want to. Go ahead. We won’t mind.
I love that a bunch of THIEVES are mad because they are being hindered in their attempts to STEAL COPYRIGHTED material. If the shoe was on the other foot youd be doing your best to make sure you were compensated for your hard work.
If you guys worked your butts off like the Repo people did and then someone just uploaded it onto the net and then all downloaded it free and you didn’t get a single penny, would you be happy? All the Repo people want is to spend the money to help get the film the wide release it deserves!
All we ask is a compromise: if you don’t like the album, don’t buy it.
it sure is like talking to a wall..
IT DOESNT WORK THE WAY YOU PEOPLE THINK.
Downloads.. dont.. equal… lost… sale.
Sharing is caring. People that download are trying to discover things.. whats to say that if someone were to find this download, they wouldnt want to pay for the movie when it comes out?
You refuse to even acknowledge the possibility. We cant make exceptions when some crazy cult doesn’t want it to be shared. We are using you as an example.
Well, I thank you for answering us intelligently, but the fact of the matter is that whatever your intent, it is still illegal.
ha, because when i download a cd, i go out and buy it afterwards, yes i acknowledge that it will help with publicity, and we thank you for that but you cant say that you will go out and buy the cd after you download it and decide you like it.
Think about what you just did, vs what you could have done.
How many POTENTIAL fans did you just loose? How many would you have gained if you had released it for free and announced it.. read up on Nine Inch Nails latest album.. you will see my point.
Better it is to share, then to keep to yourself. True fans will pay for it, I know I do.
wow i got banned from that lame site/cult/forum/group thing in 5 minutes lol
and to you guys who want the pirates to stop downloading you haven’t even asked the pirate bay to take down any torrents have you? such noobs
Well, to each their own. I’m glad that you have an interest in seeking new music.
However, this is not concerning strictly one fan. This concerns an entire market. If people buy the album, whatever their opinion, then the film will get publicity, good or bad. That is the only reason for selling this album for money. Publicity. Repo fans are extremely devoted to this movie, and make more sacrifices for it than you would probably be willing to make for piracy.
You keep saying ‘because its illegal’.. seriously do you think that stops people?
The laws of copyright are outdated and an absolute atrocity, and until things change, people will keep downloading.
someone should add this to the movie’s wikipedia entry
Doesn’t matter how unfair the rules are; rules are rules. You can complain all you want, but unless a radical new law is passed, my argument still stands.
What if I live in Canada. It’s not illegal to download this. You fanboi trolls keep making Americans look like asses. Not everyone lives in the US.
You think you accomplished something but all you are doing is screwing yourselves. Now there is a load of horseshit attached to the movie and soundtrack.
A+ on loosing loads of fans.
W.
Chargin’ mah lazars! Do these twats know who they’re dealing with here? Never, ever, piss off the internet users ! Let’s destroy these idiots promptly. We need to dig up everything on these idiots. No mercy.
They will be brutally drawn and quartered on the internet for all to see.
If they weren’t utterly full of it they would not have deleted the forum post from the story. They just deleted the whole conversation about uploading fake torrent files.
At least stand up for your own opinion for christs sake. Guess I gotta do dig up the cached page out of my temp folder.
J.
I just luuurve to steal your so-called “low-budget cult film”.
Yes, STEAL!
Yes, ILLEGAL!
(I’ll never watch it, however; it sounds SHITE.)
HTH
HAND
YMMV
IANAL
kthxbai =]
Gheyzors! In spades.
This is the laziest viral jobby evar!
Turd worthy.
testing
Hey guys, someone just forwarded me this site – and I have read everything. First off, let me say this has gotten way out of hand – I have just gone on the REPO boards and asked all our board members to stop spamming torrent sites. Up until recently I didn’t know what Torrent was. Only a place where people could get things free. REPO is a labor of love for all who worked on it. We don’t have a big team working on the film – and almost everything has been grass roots. The album was released and our hope was it would do well enough to turn heads in the higher ups. Then I started getting emails the album could be downloaded for free. As any creator would do I turned to the fans and asked for help. As this movie is seriously my life.
While I don’t agree with everything I read here – I do see a lot of your points – I never would have seen before. Whats important to me is having people see the film – and talk about it. So if you have the album – even if you downloaded it – I hope you enjoy it. And at least give the film a chance.
Anyway, I have asked all the board members to stop with torrent sites.
I hope you understand as a director – and someone who has been trying for almost ten years to get this made – why I was concerned.
Thanks guys,
dlb
I have nothing against the director making money. I am, however, against the director being arrogant and telling others what people can and cannot do with it. People should decide to give money to the director on their own will, not because the director just arrogantly said so.
Wow, it seems like a bunch of Repo idiots are coming here flooding the comments. Perhaps we might have an interesting conversation (or fight) in my discussion board 28chan.org/fs – anyways, this just shows that there are a lot of idiots in this world. Lol “P2P is stealing” – what idiots.
is this real? ^^^
Hey, too all those people squeaking about this is “illegal” and blah blah blah.. Remember, the internet is a World Wide thing. There are some good books out there like ” Internet for Dummies ” Might be good to start with that one.
America isn’t the world ok, infact, it’s becoming less and less important to the world.
Ahh, the latest in fandom wankery!
As usual with ‘editorials’ such as the one above, facts have been rather misrepresented.
1. The main reason the director originally asked fans to try to get rid of leaked or full soundtrack songs is because… think about it, guys. This is a post-apocolyptic, horror/comedy/drama ROCK OPERA.
…Don’t you think it’s already fighting an uphill battle?
2. Yes, I’m aware people will probably scoff at this, however: pirating is illegal. If you pirate a song, you’re breaking the law. Assuming you’re a marginally intelligent soul, you’re aware of this.
So are you SERIOUSLY whining about a few fakes? REALLY.
Look, the fact is that Repo! is, as of this moment, getting an EXTREMELY limited release. The fans of the movie want to be able to see it in theatres, they want the performers to be recognized. They want the work that these people have spent over a decade doing to mean something.
Why do you guys think that you’re entitled to take that away? It seems to me that calling someone a “money grubber” for trying to protect what is legally his from people trying to steal it is just a little hypocritical.
Whatever. This is pathetic.
FUCK YES I made that video!!!
Glad you guys are giving it so much publicity.
Now! Anyone got a problem with it?
Who cares?
Yes, things are going to be pirated, blah blah blah, it’s the internet, wtf ever.
Now, if no one cared about this, why are there a hundred replies?
If you don’t like it, ignore it, douches.
As for this idiot:
“There are SO many spelling and grammar mistakes in that youtube video I don’t even want to begin to get started.”
There are SO many grammar mistakes in your sentence, too.
If you would like to see my review of the film and soundtrack, written in perfect AP (that’s Associate Press, if you didn’t know), you’re more than welcome to ask for it.
We weren’t recruited to do something we didn’t want to….The reviews on the Amazon listing are not us making things up. It is our opinion of something we truly love. We are not asking you to like the movie/music, just to respect us. Plus, why on earth would you download and spam and torrent something you don’t like…? Isn’t that kinda….helping us?
Oh, by the way,
does ANYONE here realize that TALKING about the movie in ANY way is giving it more publicity?
So in the end, y’all can bitch about my lovely “five-minutes-in-movie-maker” video all you want (oh, and it’s tracked to a SKINNY PUPPY song, NOT a REPO! song) but you’re just helping the movie out more.
Because people are going to come along, see this and become interested in the film, regardless of what’s being said.
He’s right, the amount of releases is something like 15 theaters, and its total bullshit because its an amazing thing, but the only way we can get the movie a wider release is to attract attention to it, by, selling the music. So the more music we sell the better a chance for a wide release. But hey if you pirated the music, its cool, i’ve pirated before, but please do something for us to. But 1 song from Itunes, check out the site, post a banner somewhere, sign the petition or hell just tell your friends about REPO! Why you ask? Why are we doing this for some film we have never seen? Well you downloaded the soundtrack. You should know.
Krondore
Lauren,
You’re right, your comments are pathetic.
Nothing is taken away from the fans. They can still go an see it in theaters.
Piracy in the true sense is illegal. But that’s not what’s happening here. If you ant to experience piracy, go for a sail around Malaysia.
Copyright infringement is what I believe you are trying to say. Bit of a difference. Might take a bit of research on your part, but, I think you are one of those people that get told what reality is by media corps. and not find out the truth by yourself. Spoon fed sheep.
Oh, and one last note: sheep rock.
…BAAAAH!
@103 “is this real? ^^^”
No its Memorex.
@103
Yeah, it really is DLB. He was in chat tonight talking about the site. I was the one who sent him the link.
While I am a downloader some times, this is a film I really respect and want to see and will support it. I bought the CD from amazon and a few itunes songs to hold me over. Just buy a few songs, anything to support the film. It’s a $10 CD for crying out loud
Paul,
I researched what Lauren said and it was true. The thing is, whether or not this movie will be shown in more than the 15 theaters it has been given is based on the soundtrack sales and buzz. The fans WON’T get to see it if the soundtrack doesn’t sell well or if buzz isn’t built up about it. While I don’t agree with them trying to bomb torrent sites with fake downloads, people shouldn’t get mad at them for trying to prevent the soundtrack from being stolen. I also don’t agree with those people that spammed 1-star ratings on Amazon simply because of this. The fans that rated it 5 stars truly enjoyed it enough to give it that rating. They weren’t just giving it 5 stars to make it look good; they really enjoyed it. Whether anyone likes it or not, the soundtrack did peak at #13 on the bestseller list.
I urge you to go check out the website or soundtrack like I have and then give your opinion on the matter.
Ryan,
Ok. Point taken, but the fans have just gone about it the wrong way. It’s now going to be a shit fight so to speak. The fans have done much more damage by trying to go all vigilante against something that bites back so hard you will not know what hit you.
Fans should be glad people are downloading it, if it’s good, other people will find out. If it’s worth it, people will start paying. It’s rather simple.
Not every download is a lost sale. Content makers need to stop being so damn tight and stop acting like a 3 year old who has just got a new toy in the playground. Sharing, is a good thing to do, and helps the little known artists.
Ryan,
Ok. Point taken, but the fans have just gone about it the wrong way. It’s now going to be a shit fight so to speak. The fans have done much more damage by trying to go all vigilante against something that bites back so hard you will not know what hit you.
Fans should be glad people are downloading it, if it’s good, other people will find out. If it’s worth it, people will start paying. It’s rather simple.
Not every download is a lost sale. Content makers need to stop being so damn tight and stop acting like a 3 year old who has just got a new toy in the playground. Sharing, is a good thing to do, and helps the little known artists.
@Convulsion, you sound like a sheep being violated by some farmboy…
What you from Repo! dont seem to understand is, had you just released your stuff and not tried to interfere with us by upping fakes etc we would have for the most part left you alone.
Someone or the other and their pet is releasing a new album or movie, and for the most part… who gives a F?
What we DO mind is when people try to control us like the content industry (RIAA/MPAA/MAFIAA) and the iron tight grip on information and free speech, had we followed your example we should/would have deleted all your ‘pro’ comments like you have been doing on the repo site right? I was there 2 minutes and just wanted to talk and I was banned, not that i minded really because i just fired up a proxy and came right back, but its that kind of attitude that irritates us.
The other thing is the whole cult-ish thing, its just creepy.
In all honesty, I think you guys got caught up in something far bigger than what you know, kind of like a baby playing with matches.
Dont try to “take on the pirates”, because the ‘pirates’ have been fighting people with farrrr bigger guns than your little peashooters for a looong time without giving in inch, but taking yards.
Sure, RIAA propaganda says differently, but do a little *independent* research and see for yourselves rather than being spoonfed by the media goons.
In closing, personally, I think its just bad karma for having Paris Hilton in whole thing, I’m sure some real talented person was shafted and instead the role went to her… so now its your turn to get shafted.
Who knows, maybe she can go down on a few more people and bail you out with a few million!
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1638843/3359829/
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4425291/Repo__The_Genetic_Opera_Full_Soundtrack
“I urge you to go check out the website or soundtrack like I have and then give your opinion on the matter.”
Wow, a person with some SENSE to them.
If you’re going to BOTHER to bitch about something, you better know all sides of the story.
Yes, those of us who DID enjoy it GAVE it 5 stars.
NO WHERE did Bousman “instruct” people to give the soundtrack high ratings or lie about it. Just buy it if they want to and say what they think.
Bousman has been quoted in NUMEROUS interviews stating that it doesn’t matter if you hate it or LOVE it, ANY sort of conversation about the movie is giving it publicity.
You say you hate something, there’s a good chance someone else is going to investigate as to why, which may turn them into a complete fan(atic.)
…by the way, who the fuck cares what a bunch of free-loaders on some piracy site are laughing about..?
Today it’s Repo!, tomorrow it’s some other bullshit.
Get over it, let the Repo fan base be.
@Convulsion, you sound like a sheep being violated by some farmboy…
What you from Repo! dont seem to understand is, had you just released your stuff and not tried to interfere with us by upping fakes etc we would have for the most part left you alone.
Someone or the other and their pet is releasing a new album or movie, and for the most part… who gives a F?
What we DO mind is when people try to control us like the content industry (RIAA/MPAA/MAFIAA) and the iron tight grip on information and free speech, had we followed your example we should/would have deleted all your ‘pro’ comments like you have been doing on the repo site right? I was there 2 minutes and just wanted to talk and I was banned, not that i minded really because i just fired up a proxy and came right back, but its that kind of attitude that irritates us.
The other thing is the whole cult-ish thing, its just creepy.
In all honesty, I think you guys got caught up in something far bigger than what you know, kind of like a baby playing with matches.
Dont try to “take on the pirates”, because the ‘pirates’ have been fighting people with farrrr bigger guns than your little peashooters for a looong time without giving in inch, but taking yards.
Sure, RIAA propaganda says differently, but do a little *independent* research and see for yourselves rather than being spoonfed by the media goons.
In closing, personally, I think its just bad karma for having Paris Hilton in whole thing, I’m sure some real talented person was shafted and instead the role went to her… so now its your turn to get shafted.
Who knows, maybe she can go down on a few more people and bail you out with a few million!
Paul,
Thank you, I agree with you. Like I said, they shouldn’t have tried to take anti-piracy into their own hands. I also agree with the last paragraph. I download songs and if I don’t like them, I delete them. If I do, I buy them eventually.
in the end none of this matters. the people who will see it will see it and if enough people like it then it will spread. whatever. piracy ftw
“@Convulsion, you sound like a sheep being violated by some farmboy…”
Actually I’m a little Repo! loving goth girl who happens to show livestock, too.
Hence “sheep for the win.”
It should have been a better idea to release the OST for free themselves.
That should have generated more good buzz.
Hmm… I’m actually thinking, maybe all movies should be released freely on p2p first. Give it time to become popular. In time, the most popular will then be shown on the big screen where people can pay to see it in it’s big screen glory.
I know I would go see some films on the big screen that I have only seen via torrents. I never go to the theater first, there are just too many terrible movies out there.
Maybe everything in the world should be free? Then we just buy what we THINK is worth it, and the Gov’t pays back the people who make it?
Oh wait, that sounds familiar? Kinda like Commies.
Commies? Who but someone over 60 years old still uses that term?
Your comments are just silly scrappy, either be constructive or don’t bother. The U.S way of capitalism is dying fast, times are changing.
@122
No, more like private property respect. When one buys a copy of something, one should be able to do with it what one wants, because it is one’s private property rights. Copyright is violating this private property right saying that one can’t do certain things with one’s private property, like copy it, etc.
I know many people might not even see this, but I’d just like to say a few things.
I’m a hardcore REPO! fan and I hope the movie ends up getting a wide release. I just recently posted on the Repo website on how I did not agree with how Darren had his army act. I’m an avid fan of torrents, but I also don’t agree with the way TorrentFreak publicly called him out on it.
Sure, it wasn’t the greatest thing to do, but TorrentFreak could have contacted him and talked to him beforehand.
All I ask is that you give the movie a chance. Please don’t go and ruin it’s reviews in a blind rage. At least give it a chance, look into it a bit, learn more about it. It’s a great movie and I would sincerely hope both parties can get over this little blunder.
This is easily the most entertaining
online war in recent internet history.
I will do my best to thwart the efforts
of the online Cult known as the Repo!
Army to help prove the point that ‘You’
are not going to force anybody to *Buy*
anything, not anymore.
We will choose to buy it or not if we
like it. Crappy music is dead, and I
along with millions of others will no
longer buy music without listening to
it first.
Death to the corporate music industry!
Fuck up this army
What a pompous arse. Saw is a stupid movie anyways.
Jiff
http://www.privacy.es.tc
…talk about epic.
Pirates (for the most part) aren’t stupid. It’ll be easy to find out whats what. And including virus is a BAD idea and gives the director a bad name and will probably get him in a lot of trouble.
Saw’s a shitty series anyway.
Boie, how they can be so stupid?
“Right now, the fans have regrouped and are currently marking real Demonoid torrents as containing a virus, in order to get them removed. It doesn’t seem to be working.”
That’s why demonoid should be invite only, it’s not hard after all to get invite there…
http://repo-opera.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=2152
cool
Quote: “Ryan,
Ok. Point taken, but the fans have just gone about it the wrong way. It’s now going to be a shit fight so to speak. The fans have done much more damage by trying to go all vigilante against something that bites back so hard you will not know what hit you.
Fans should be glad people are downloading it, if it’s good, other people will find out. If it’s worth it, people will start paying. It’s rather simple.
Not every download is a lost sale. Content makers need to stop being so damn tight and stop acting like a 3 year old who has just got a new toy in the playground. Sharing, is a good thing to do, and helps the little known artists.”
I am a huge Repo! fan and have been trying to help with letting it be known as much as I can, but I also agree that the torrent method that some of the fans chose to utilize was not the right way to go about it. I do want to point out that none of the Repo! fans nor the director are trying to force anyone to buy or listen to anything for that matter, but are just trying to get the word out in hopes of collecting new fans and hopefully get a wider release, since the major company that is supposed to be backing the Repo! project isn’t.
I also agree that sharing CAN be a good thing in some ways, but I’m surprised that no one pointed out that there are full length samples of some of the songs and clips from the movie on both the official site, and their official myspace site; So, in a way, some of the free downloading could be seen as pointless and could be potentially harmful to Repo!’s sales.
Although this will sound like a petty statement, I would like to apologize that things got so out of hand, for none of us Repo! fans meant anything negative to come out of it. I respect the thoughts of both sides of the arguments here, but I plead with everyone to remain open-minded on this issue and remain respectful to each other. Internet arguments will get things nowhere, and when someone’s life work is riding this, I would really hate to see things get ugly over a mistake that fueled frustration and reckless retaliation. Thank you.
I think many people have yet to realize that a basic change has taken place in the world. Copyrights on digital property are a thing of the past. When the babyboomers start dieing off there will be no one left to sell a cd or dvd to. Time to change your profit structure now. Even an army of 10,000 people faking files will always lose to the 100,000,000 and rising internet junkies. The idiots who do not realize this could spend their money more efficiently on time machine construction than lawyers. They could then live permanently in the 1990s. It will only get more ridiculous from here on out.
I think this shows that, to go against potential customers is a very bad move, by anyone.
What the fans should have done is comment on the torrents out there, say stuff like, hey if you like this, help us out by going here or doing this! Just get the word out. Let people see why you like it.
What’s happened here is the fans have said, we don’t want anyone to see or hear this unless they pay money first. Anyone who is slightly interested should be punished because they are thieves.
Way to go fans. You might just have ruined something for this guys that might have worked if you supported sharing! how ironic hey.
saw is gay i hated all of them.
your stupid gung-ho wanna be army fanpeople aren’t going to stop us from downloading our torrents.
Let’s simple bycott any movie by Darren Bousman.
yes, because the thing i was thinking when i was at the mall was “oh hey let me go download saw 5 when i get home since i see that it is out in my local theatres at the mall!” these saw movies are not even worth the trouble to download. for certain, the director is over-reacting and should get that egotistical mind out of his ass and face reality that the only reason we go see those movies is because House of Wax was the latter, or that we had to find a way to get the girl, hoping this movie would set the stage. im off to go read stories instead of watch them with fake screams that have been used since the early 90’s. seriously, if you are going to use a sound board……do it with some updated noises for pete’s sake. the terror scream is so outdated i laugh when the girl is getting her feet chopped off. enjoy your 10 minute in the making film douche bag……ill go watch army of darkness to clear my mind from final destina…i mean saw 5 L:D
/b/ is not your perso- oh wait wat
…
“Well you fucking failed” No, you.
“The survive of this movie” wat? Fail faggot.
“Repo! the Genetic Opera”?! I wouldn’t download that piece of shit even if Darren Bousman paid ME.
lame
“if we just could get scene access and pre it, so it looks real.”” < Clueless guy.
quote: ” I think this shows that, to go against potential customers is a very bad move, by anyone.
What the fans should have done is comment on the torrents out there, say stuff like, hey if you like this, help us out by going here or doing this! Just get the word out. Let people see why you like it.
What’s happened here is the fans have said, we don’t want anyone to see or hear this unless they pay money first. Anyone who is slightly interested should be punished because they are thieves.
Way to go fans. You might just have ruined something for this guys that might have worked if you supported sharing! how ironic hey.”
that’s all anyone needs to hear on this topic. a few ignorant fans ruined it for the rest.
Sorry guys, we made a mistake, please forgive us.
What’s the point of being an Army if you’re not going to fight a war?
Darren made a stupid mistake – Repo! fan escalated that stupid mistake, Torrenters retaliated against that stupid mistake, and Repo! fans are cowering now that they’ve seen the retaliation that comes from attempting to disrupt BT.
Putting up a HQ version of the soundtrack would probably have got them a hell of a lot of publicity, but the rabid “Pirating (it’s piraCY, fuckwits) is bad!” attitude blinded them to the marketing potential and now they’re screwed.
I’m all for this little Repo War lasting as long as it takes. Darren’s actions were reprehensible (especially the targeting of Youtube users) and – rather than just asking people to discourage others from piracy, he had them go out and disrupt a whole distribution medium. Testify!
They just don’t understand that expose = sales, and torrents = massive FREE exposure that otherwise would not exist.
Torrents are the single best way of accumulating publicity (FOR FREE << NOTE THAT YOU GET GREAT PUBLICITY IN HUGE AMOUNTS FOR FREE WHEN DONE CORRECTLY.) that the world has ever seen.
Hopefully, one day everyone will understand
Long Live our brand of Pirates.
what a bunch of fuckin losers….thats what i want to do all day is bombard torrent sites with fake albums cause some rich asshole is trying to be the next Lars Ulrich(Metallica/Napster) who commands a bunch of web dorks to attack torrent sites. WAKE UP YOU WEB DORKS, THIS GUY DOESNT GIVE TWO SHITS ABOUT YOU WHILE HE’S SITTING ON HIS ASS IN HIS MILLION DOLLAR MANSION. Get a fuckin hobby…find a friend and get laid for christ sake!!!
Well, that piqued my interest enough to download it.
It’s good to read funny news in the morning, been laughing for 5 minutes allready.
It’s just hilarius to read about complete morons hiring total idiots to do their bidding and resulting in an EPIC FAIL! I mean come on, if mediamorons with their million dollar budjet and vast computer networks cant succesfully flood torrent sites with fake torrents and fake reviews then how could a bunch of idiots do it? The bunch of idiots might have more common sence than mediamorons but they just cant do it.
LOL
these rediculous methods they put their time and effort into, are always funny.
have they yet to crack a good way to make money by using the internet? dang, just had the strangest de javu.
also the way people seem to think “being a pirate” is somehow cool, and ok. very funny. although, wrong.
with all the things happening in the world?
come one people. focus!
Hello Darren Bousman
I wanna play a little game!
You turn mindless people into an motiveless army to try to make peoples lives worse to your gain.
you will see that at the moment a living ticking time bomb of pirates is downloading and destroying your retirement fund, and you have little time left.
let the games begin.
lol
????, ?????? ??????, ???? ????? ?????? ?? ???? ????????.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4425291/Repo__The_Genetic_Opera_Full_Soundtrack
Horray!
TEE HEE HEE!
Darren Bousman, if you’re reading this, good. You will *never* stop downloading. You hearing me, man. There are so many ways to download, that it’s not funny. I can download *any* “Saw” movie in a minute. ANY. So go away and cry to Mommy. Go on, cry. Or, adapt and face the new/real world.
Well, let’s put this nincompoop in one of the scenes from his own movies. Then we can force him to download a scene where his penis gets chopped off and fed to hungry pigs. Whaddya think?
haha time for someone to modify the wiki page lmao
I know this phrase is getting be a cliche but I do believe it is indeed a : EPIC FAIL
This makes me laugh, all the fanboys getting stressed out and thinking they are stopping the downloading of the cd.
Guess what, I bet you havent stopped a single download, in fact, I bet a whole load of people who were going to buy the cd/film are now going to download it out of spite for the moronic director and fanboys efforts.
Youve actually stopped sales, lol.
LOL YOU ARE NOT ‘SCENE’ BECAUSE YOU CAN PRE.
106 Oct 03, 2008 at 04:05 by Darren Bousman
Hey guys, someone just forwarded me this site – and I have read everything. First off, let me say this has gotten way out of hand – I have just gone on the REPO boards and asked all our board members to stop spamming torrent sites. Up until recently I didn’t know what Torrent was. Only a place where people could get things free. REPO is a labor of love for all who worked on it. We don’t have a big team working on the film – and almost everything has been grass roots. The album was released and our hope was it would do well enough to turn heads in the higher ups. Then I started getting emails the album could be downloaded for free. As any creator would do I turned to the fans and asked for help. As this movie is seriously my life.
While I don’t agree with everything I read here – I do see a lot of your points – I never would have seen before. Whats important to me is having people see the film – and talk about it. So if you have the album – even if you downloaded it – I hope you enjoy it. And at least give the film a chance.
Anyway, I have asked all the board members to stop with torrent sites.
I hope you understand as a director – and someone who has been trying for almost ten years to get this made – why I was concerned.
Thanks guys,
dlb
Dirty, Nasty, FilthyRichmond.com
“saw” movies suck anyway, what a moron!
what a fucking cunt
“LOL YOU ARE NOT ‘SCENE’ BECAUSE YOU CAN PRE.”
Why would we wanna be scene? Being exclusive does not make it preferable, just hypocritical.
And on topic: Boondock saints never got released in theaters, and it did really well on dvd. They didn’t change their mind and go back and release it in theaters. What Repo”!” wants is not gonna happen, but you did generate publicity (mostly for pirates, although some for yourself).
Saw Sucks and isnt worth downloading anyways.
http://www.anonweb.eu.tc
EVERY LAST ONE of the REPO Army has downloaded something and not paid for it. Don’t lie, b*tches. I know it’s true. You are a bunch of self-effacing emo/goth/makeup phags. THAT in and of itself, is enough to warrant your shunning. But to soap-box about illegality– you are only impressing yourselves.
Wow, this is wacky.. Well, this movie has had more exposure than it could ever have hoped to get. Funny how it all works out, isn’t it?
Well, the ones who would never buy it, won’t and the ones who didn’t know about it before, and who likes it might buy the film and/or the soundtrack.
I might watch it, but I won’t have the money to go see it, so yeah that means a download. A download, and maybe if it’s good, i’ll tell people I know about it. They might buy something from it.
is this article locked for responses now?
First and foremost: congratulations Torrent Community. You have ammassed quite an army of your own – have been for years. You have battled with the fat-cats you hate and for the most part are wearing your in-the-lead hats well.
The Repo fans conceded their mistakes: they shouldn’t have tried uploading fake torrents. They understand that.
I personally had nothing to do with the Torrent strike because I guess I don’t have the technical stuff down. I’m an artist and my brain just isn’t wired to know how all that works. If that makes me an idiot sheep, then I’m sorry, but I’ll call out my color. Baaah. I would like to point out, though, that I am not a basement-dwelling alter-creating “fanboi” – I happen to be a nicely rotund married woman, in fact. I have a full-time job, I participate in AV productions at my church, and I have a house and dog.
Now, I’ve read all the comments this morning and NO ONE has mentioned that 7 full tracks of the soundtrack songs have been available, for free, in multiple places. That they were offered with that feel-good, “sharing is caring” motto you are all repeating in your own version of “Baaaah”.
http://repo-opera.com/secretdownload/ ring any bells?
It’s not like that “passcode” is a secret. It’s on peoples blogs and on comments all over the web – apparently only the places where stupid people look like MySpace and YouTube, right?
You can listen to AND download the tracks there.
I did.
I pass out that info to ANYONE who wants to SAMPLE the soundtrack.
What I, as an anti-”copyright-infringement” repo fan am upset about, is the threat to the full OST, and therefore, the film. I am an artist myself, as I stated, and deal with bohemian trappings in my life I’d rather not have to embrace.
I don’t know what to say to your claims of free advertising. Like I said, I don’t know much about torrent sites or its users. My initial reaction was, “oh come on, if you download it, would you really buy it?” But many of you claim to do just that, and I have no choice but to take you at your word. I sincerely hope that most of the torrent community operates this way, but I also worry that my naive thinking will prove wrong. I hope not, but… eh, what can I do to change that? Not one thing.
So people in my area have a street team. We put our OWN money and time and efforts into spreading the word about how awesome Repo is. With permission, I put 3 tracks on a sample CD that we hand out and tell people all about it every chance I get. That idea may seem crazy to you. I’m sorry if it does. I happen to think Repo’s worth it.
I understand that you don’t worry about seeing the film, because you all can download it when someone decides to make it available. That’s great. But I love the music and I want to experience the FULL effect of the film where it was meant to be played – in a theater with full surround sound and a nice big screen. Preferably with my Coke and Jiffy Pop.
And I AM sorry if I seem a bit snarky – it just seems like an all-out flame war is ridiculous. I sincerely doubt none of us are stupid, just passionate about our own causes. I had nothing to do with the production of Repo, but I can understand the makers’ passion, and Darren is telling the truth. REPO has been 10 years in the making. That kind of dedication deserves a reward, in my opinion. If you disagree, that’s fine. I accept that not everyone has my views or tastes.
Thank you.
Even after Darren’s “apology” it looks like some Repo Army fucks haven’t got the message:
http://www.repo-opera.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=2086&start=20#p46743
“Thats disgusting!!! F*?!*ing bigheaded cyber freaks doing this out of pure spite and boredom??? How can we do something about it? Im gonna bombard them with “fake” posts. Damn idiots.”
Let’s make them hurt…
and @179: Funnily enough, Repo fans STILL commented on the pre-surgery sampler torrent on Demonoid, complaining that people should have got it from the official site instead. Some people just bitch for the hell of it.
Another factor to consider is the cock-up on Itunes and Topspin – what if someone bought the album from there and ended up with missing/corrupted tracks? Should they wait until the problem EVENTUALLY gets resolved, or should they go and download the tracks they’ve paid for but couldn’t get?
Fakes will never appear on private trackers. Why even bother?
want a personal army? Go to /i/.
that was meant to be @180, not @179
@184
sorry, i’m not sure what /i/ means… clarify for me please?
This is so idiotic that I wont even
bother pirating his crap .
@180: I’ll be downlaoding and not paying any money to anyone. That’s just how I roll with all media, regardless of whom it’s from.
I prefer to steal stuff and put myu money to other purposes. I suspect the majority of people who download are like me.
WTF? Amazon deated all but 8 negative reviews.
Don’t worry too much about Amazon – they’re always going to come out in favour of positive reviews because good reviews = more sales = more money for Amazon.
Just keep downloading/seeding/creating legit Repo! torrents, and keep Digging this news to inform about what Darren tried (and failed spectacularly) to do. Perhaps if film studios see the extent of his stupidity, they’ll stop hiring him.
I wonder if MAGnetic Attraction on the Repo! forum still thinks this reaction means they were doing “GREAT work on torrent sites”…
Would be interesting to see what 4chan would do with this. Anyone want to post over there?
Things have calmed down a little, and I’d like to take this time to ask both parties to make sure we’ve learned something from this. The Repo! community has publicly come out an apologized, what we did wasn’t fair.
Now I’m hoping (as part of the torrent community myself) we can put this behind us. No more doing things out of spite. If you wanna download the soundtrack, no one is going to stop you, but maybe look into the movie a bit more, give it a chance. You never know, you might find something you like!
I hope all the best to both parties and I hope we can both put this behind us.
SAW sucks anyway.
I myself am a REPO fan and had a feeling nothing good would come with this lmfao Its a bit sad that Darren is now looking a damn fool over this but I can’t help but laugh at the events that took place… Just know that not all repo fans were part of this “cult” or whatever you want to call it, in fact most were probably watching on the sidelines laughing xD
Like people actually download those shitty movies anyways.
lol, hmm, so if anyone gets busted downloading a real copy of this, good defence might be claiming they were following directors instructions, only wanted to check it was real so they could put ‘real’ pirates off by then posting comments saying it was fake?
And, how long before the *aa’s with their (notoriously) accurate methods of data collection sue a few ‘fans’ who are seeding fakes?
there is a need for an update:
http://www.repo-opera.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=2152&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
quote:(by Darren Bousman)
“Guys, I just read a article from a torrent site. I believe called torrentfreak.
It’s eye opening. And while I don’t agree with everything they say. I do understand their views.
Please be respectful, and don’t force your views on others who might have different views.
My goal with this site and this message board was to let everyone know of REPO.
I don’t want it turning into an all out war.
Thanks in advance guys for understanding.
Darren”
respect
@ kragit
I didn’t get a chance to read your posts until this morning, but I wanted to thank you for coming to the boards and speaking with us rationally.
You mentioned you probably wouldn’t be back, so when I saw your reply on here, I thought I’d say hello. :)
@ ASH: I agree. Some people will complain for the hell of it.
This is the only place I’ve discussed the whole issue except the Repo board myself. Everyone’s calming down, which is nice, but I’m sure you see that both sides will have the hard-cores they have to deal with – that always seems to be the case, no matter the subject matter, no matter the parties involved.
I’d like to think we can all speak to each other respectively, even after all the nonsense from last night/this morning.
Oh, and ASH – thank you for your own polite response. I appreciate it.
This is the admin at the Repo site. I wanted to extend our apology here and ask for forgiveness on our misguided actions. Please take this as what it truly was, people wanting to protect what they love from potential harm. Cult? No, at least not in my eyes. Devoted to something fresh amidst rehashed remakes and sequels? Yes.
I know see the other side of this and for those who use this medium to get a feel for something then go out and buy it thats a great thing, but when its done out of not wanting to “waste” your money on music or movies, no I dont agree with that, its art, its their craft, they deserve to be paid for it. I hope that some can see that aspect of this as well.
We have tried our best now to put this to rest and respectfully ask that others do the same.
This film is fighting for its life, abadoned by the studio that funded it for the most part (if you can call the ridiculous budget for such a film “funding”) and left on its own, we the fans have taken a grassroots effort to do our best to give it a chance to be noticed. It really is what its being described as, the next Rocky Horror for lack of better description, it is so unique that hearing it almost doesnt do it justice, I am one of the fortunate few who have seen it (Austin film fest 3 times) and hope that it gets beyond the cage like release the studio is tryingt to cram it into.
I implore you to show your heart here and let this issue dissolve.
It was a bad call man, a bad call. (Love to all who get the line!)
damn typos, what did i do for four years while getting me english degree?
“me english degree” Crap now I sound like a pirate, arg. lol
Shiver me timbers.
I also wanted to thank everyone who registered at the site to discuss the situation and not just spam and antagonize.
I feel its time to forgive the ‘repo army’ fellow pirates as they know not what they do (did), or for better words ‘attempt to do’. They have very little understanding to even how the technology of file-sharing works, let alone the beliefs and ideals we all share as digital freedom frontier fighters.
I for one began yesterday to haunt their boards and after today reading and following the entire ‘webz war’ and uncovering apologies and explanations I am more then ready to put this at rest ( and have). They were fighting for something they believe in, granted the mother of all wrong ways, but they were.. just as we do..
R.I.P.
@198
In actuality, you cannot have anything that comes from the “grassroots” if you are going to support copyright. Copyright is in opposition to the grassroots.
@156: what a bunch of fuckin losers….thats what i want to do all day is bombard torrent sites with fake albums cause some rich asshole is trying to be the next Lars Ulrich(Metallica/Napster) who commands a bunch of web dorks to attack torrent sites. WAKE UP YOU WEB DORKS, THIS GUY DOESNT GIVE TWO SHITS ABOUT YOU WHILE HE’S SITTING ON HIS ASS IN HIS MILLION DOLLAR MANSION. Get a fuckin hobby…find a friend and get laid for christ sake!!!
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who are you to say that someone makes too much money? there’s probably some mexican somewhere that thinks YOU make too much money. fucking communist…
I don’t pay for any movie, music, website (think pr0n pics), magazine (usually) or book (usually) that I LIKE …
… SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD I PAY FOR THIS REPO OPERA CRAP.
:D
Bend Over Boy.
@204 Oct 04, 2008 at 09:25 by Anonymous
quote: I don’t pay for any movie, music, website (think pr0n pics), magazine (usually) or book (usually) that I LIKE …
… SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD I PAY FOR THIS REPO OPERA CRAP.”
you are mentally handicapped anyway so it is pointless to explain to you why to pay for things you like if you can. go fuck yourself.
WHY this man has an army I will never know.
Saw IV can suck my fat hairy balls.
I fucking HATE SAW movies, some of the worst horror movies ever fucking made, but that is just my opinion and I only bring it up to state that I will personally make it a new fucking hobby to to take his stupid media and spread it around for free. Yay!! I’m thinking 100s of gigs. BTW if your movie rocks and i downloaded it for free and it is worth paying for, I round up all my friends and folks and we go see that movie- in other words the studios owe me money for publicity and promotion they could never make happen themselves.. And it happens because i screened the flick and became hyped to see it on the big screen in big sound with the whole gang there. Oh, and i also go on forums and talk about how great the film was ( i know, the studios do this too with fake posts but they are pretty easy to see through). BTW if you are int his repo army or what ever stupid thing you think you are a part of, ya might wanna learn to plan clandestine operations in secret ya buffoons.
Another loser blaming his failures on BT
Yeah, good post. What am I, page 10?
There’s no end to the GREED !
I remember long ago I was working in at a BK and like everyone there I used to take a nugget or 2 while at work, considering it’s not really an easy work with the heat and standing while working so I guess it’s really nothing a nugget or two
But this manager started prohibiting everyone and talking like if you calculated all the nuggets been eating like this in all BKs that’s a fortune. For God sake man !
1st of all they are not that good and God knows are they healthy or not ! so I am taking a risk there like always you find this paradox the product to start with is not that great to shell out $$$ for it
2nd of all, they nuggets in BK case cost them in the negative ! for real , I did the calculations! in fact they should be giving you money with your order! (same as having the product dirt cheap)
In the case of SAW , I dread the day I went (how dumb of me) to the movies and payed hard earned money on that crap of a movie!
Darren Bousman, should be paying me money to go for a session or two to a psychologist to reverse the damage !
And I know, at least in my case, that anyone who value a product will sooner or later buy it/ pay for it simply cuz this is our nature of saying thanks buddy good job you deserve $$$ (well if you have that $$$)
http://www.idolornot.net
whatever next … bunch of idiots
Marked down every 5 star, marked up every 1 star. I actually like the film (music wasn't so great), but you just shouldn't fuck with the internet community.
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