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76 Jan 03, 2008 at 03:50 by Anonymous

Maybe people don’t feel like wasting money. People DVR movies and shows, is that gonna be illegal to? that mean you gotta go after all the electronics company’s and cable company’s too.

Stop the fucking war on the middle class dick faces. Or bob lee’s gonna get your asses. Ron Paul for 2008!!

Just my 2 cents. PÉacÉ ôuŤ

77 Jan 03, 2008 at 03:51 by moo moo

Maybe people don’t feel like wasting money. People DVR movies and shows, is that gonna be illegal to? that mean you gotta go after all the electronics company’s and cable company’s too.

Stop the fucking war on the middle class dick faces. Or bob lee’s gonna get your asses. Ron Paul for 2008!!

Just my 2 cents. PÉacÉ ôuŤ

78 Jan 03, 2008 at 04:00 by A

http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/fasttracking-fails-to-beat-the-pirates/2008/01/02/1198949940892.html

79 Jan 03, 2008 at 04:20 by Ali

The people that are saying that they dont wanna go cinema but dont mind paying if they get comfort are just plain stupid. There are plenty of companies that offer renting of movies delivered next day and ordered through the net. its like $20 a month for unlimited movies (2 at a time).

80 Jan 03, 2008 at 06:19 by Warm For Your Form

[quote comment="254356"]http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/fasttracking-fails-to-beat-the-pirates/2008/01/02/1198949940892.html[/quote]
Well I sure am glad I didn’t use my normal online nickname and get associated with torrenting episodes of Top Gear

81 Jan 03, 2008 at 06:26 by Warm For Your Form

[quote comment="254338"][quote comment="254205"]Next, let’s not fault anti-piracy organizations for pursuing their own interests. Everyone pursues their own interests. It’s human nature. If pirates did not pursue their own interests, there would be no piracy.[/quote]
The comment about anti-piracy organisations proctecting their own interests was in reference to groups like the RIAA who keep the proceeds of their winnings in lawsuits to fund themselves and don’t give any to the artists/producers that have been ‘wronged’ by piracy.

By their very nature, RIAA and similar organisations thrive on prosecuting constantly rather than finding a solution which was being discussed. If they stop people pirating information, they stop their flow of revenue. It’s like paying the police per arrest, surely arrests will skyrocket as people get arrested for asinine crimes or even have crimes invented to increase the number of arrests.

They are funded by the industry but give nothing back. If they donated all of their winnings to charity (remember, they’re funded by their industries and don’t need proceeds of lawsuits to survive) then they could stand a chance at being a legitimate organisation, but the fact remains that they just work for profit like any other business.

82 Jan 03, 2008 at 06:52 by kr

The entertainment industry should also learn to scrape and make use of this kind of data. You see crap like Deperate Houswives or Deal or No Deal on those lists? Hell no. The real world is not represented by Nielson families well, everyone has known this for a long time. Shows like Journeyman get cancelled while crap like Battle of the Choirs or whatever it’s called get full season orders. The data is out there, it’s real and it’s free. Come and get it, TV! Maybe at least the advertisers will someday wise up and realize that other data exists. Of course we all know bittorrent download don’t have ads, but that doesn’t mean the numbers do not translate into general interest in shows when they are broadcast with ads. If the advertisers could somehow be made to wise up, we could all have more quality TV and less reality dreck.

83 Jan 03, 2008 at 06:54 by kr

Ah crap. I meant Grey’s Anatomy not Desperate Housewives. Oh well, sometimes I get my useless crap mixed up.

84 Jan 03, 2008 at 15:23 by afitz

[quote comment="253708"] I really do not mind commercials that much as long as they are not ANNOYING like what sci-fi sometimes does with commercials every few minutes. Dozens of them. Keep it to 10 minutes of commercials in 2 or 3 “sets” and I will gladly download it from you.

[/quote]

Speak for yourself. I will never pay for and download TV that contains commercials or DRM for that matter.

85 Jan 03, 2008 at 23:22 by Jennifer

Dont know how many of you here have seen the show or know what is happening to it but Journeymn was in my oppinion the best show of the 2007 fall season and it only got better as time went on. But the ratings are supposedly too low to keep it on the air so NBC is planning on getting rid of it. Well there is a huge fan base out there who are fighting for this show to stay on the air.

So to those of you who like a show that will put you on the edge of your seat wondering what just happened or what will happen next journeyman is the show for you. So please go to nbc.com and watch full episodes of Journeyman. Some people think that journeyman wasnt that good after the first few episodes well my suggestion would then be to watch the episode Emily and Blowback because they are great. But please watch the whole series and if you like it like i think you will the please join the fight to save this amazing show. Please help us save it!!

86 Jan 03, 2008 at 23:41 by JoeC

Just found a great new site, wanted to share it. http://www.Torrentstorage.com The site is set up just like Demonoid, now we just need some uploaders to join and we can have Demonoid back, sort of.

87 Jan 04, 2008 at 00:16 by Scott

[quote comment="254422"]The entertainment industry should also learn to scrape and make use of this kind of data. You see crap like Deperate Houswives or Deal or No Deal on those lists? Hell no. The real world is not represented by Nielson families well, everyone has known this for a long time. [/quote]

There is a disproportionate number of shows targeted to young adult males aged 18-35 on the list of top torrented shows because young adult males aged 18-35 are those most likely to torrent files. I mean, look at Battlestar Galactica. Certainly not one of the most popular shows on television by any stretch of the imagination.

88 Jan 04, 2008 at 01:16 by Scott

[quote comment="254416"]
The comment about anti-piracy organisations proctecting their own interests was in reference to groups like the RIAA who keep the proceeds of their winnings in lawsuits to fund themselves and don’t give any to the artists/producers that have been ‘wronged’ by piracy.

They are funded by the industry but give nothing back. If they donated all of their winnings to charity (remember, they’re funded by their industries and don’t need proceeds of lawsuits to survive) then they could stand a chance at being a legitimate organisation, but the fact remains that they just work for profit like any other business.[/quote]

So? The RIAA has no obligation or precedent for giving money back to artists who have been wronged by copyright violation. It’s not the RIAA’s job to compensate artists; it is the RIAA’s job to represent recording companies. Recording companies can do as they like.

89 Jan 04, 2008 at 08:11 by Warm For Your Form

[quote comment="254874"]So? The RIAA has no obligation or precedent for giving money back to artists who have been wronged by copyright violation. It’s not the RIAA’s job to compensate artists; it is the RIAA’s job to represent recording companies. Recording companies can do as they like.[/quote]
The RIAA doesn’t give any money from lawsuits to Recording Companies either.

I guess it’s like me noticing that a company is pouring toxic waste into my local beach and I sue them for damages as a local resident and then take the money I win and spend it on a vacation in the bahamas.

What does that achieve?

90 Jan 04, 2008 at 08:46 by 亚森

and how did they miss “The Bourne Loser”….

we’re in it for some rare hard-to-find materials. fuck mainstream bullocks. go chart pop shit

91 Jan 04, 2008 at 16:31 by KARMA

YOU ARE ALL THEIVES! WOULD YOU WALK INTO A GAP AND TAKE A SHIRT JUST BECAUSE YOU LIKED THE COLOR. THE STUDIOS ARE DEVELOPING A SUPER VIRUS THAT WILL DESTORY YOUR COMPUTERS AND INTERNET CONNECTIONS. THEN THE ISPS AND STUDIOS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL THAT YOU HAVE DOWNLOAD ILLEGALLY, AND BRING ON THE FULL STRENGHTH OF THE LAW AND MAKE YOU PAID.

92 Jan 04, 2008 at 17:00 by oneplusone

[quote comment="254084"]I personaly dont download movie for the simple reason ITS WORSE THEN ANYTHING ELSE..
They are really looking for people who pirate movies over games and songs..

I did once download the first 10% of I am Legend just to get mediasentry’s IP into my peerguardian so I could Slap them with that IP slapping program lol
But then I quickly deleted all contents from my computer and had peerguardian and my Antivirus running.

ALSO I could see WAY AFTER I turned my Bittorrent off they were still trying to hit me through peerguardian.. Newbs…
Even if they got through peerguardian I use a number of safe ways to hide my info…[/quote]

I’m buying aluminum shares after that one…

93 Jan 04, 2008 at 17:04 by oneplusone

[quote comment="254102"]“it’s more about availability than the fact that it’s free, as illustrated by the huge number of downloads TV-shows have”

Is that true? Didn’t Radiohead offer its album online, payable by credit card, without a record company? I’d say that’s the peak of availability, and yet 60% of its customers chose to acquire that album for free from the Radiohead website.

I’d say FREE really plays into the equation here!![/quote]

I agree… CDs have to be viewed as what they are… A multimedia flyer to an upcoming show. The record companies would have us believe the disc itself is the Holy Grail. I for one am not that gullible.

94 Jan 04, 2008 at 17:29 by oneplusone

Why is my post awaiting moderation?

There are people on here talking DDos and guns and shit and you’re modding MY posts? What??!

95 Jan 04, 2008 at 17:31 by oneplusone

It was…

I agree… CDs have to be viewed as what they are… A multimedia flyer to an upcoming show. The record companies would have us believe the disc itself is the Holy Grail. I for one am not that gullible.

96 Jan 04, 2008 at 17:39 by ANON

I must say, it is all about convience. The fact that theaters are nickle and diming the public to see a film is silly. I mean c’mon, why would I want to see a film in a theater and spend anywhere from $7-12 per ticket to sit in a crowded theater where the seats are uncomfortable, the people around you either smell, talk, or all of the above…the picture isn’t digital and most of the time the audio track is too loud.

I think the theater concept is going to die within the next decade anyways. I would rather have access to a newly released film from my cable provider in the form of PPV or something of the sorts…geez, the home theater systems and tv’s are more advanced than the theaters anyways…better viewing and more relaxing IMO.

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