Comments on: Poll: Why Do You Use BitTorrent?

By: MattSpec

MattSpec — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:03:15 +0000

young people just dont have the disposable income that the movie/music industry wants to take from us. they want to take take take, but you cant get blood from a stone. i have a choice: rent this month or car insurance, if i opt for both i dont eat…

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By: Brrr

Brrr — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:52:59 +0000

It’s definitely all of the above for me. There’s a different reason depending on what it is that I’m downloading.

The “I can’t get it elsewhere” is the most important one though. It’s the biggest reason I would miss BitTorrent if it ever got shut down completely.

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Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:11:22 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:30:25 +0000

good poll

By: Lynxprod

Lynxprod — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:06:51 +0000

Option 5 – Because the entertainment industry is overpricing their product to the point where I simply can not afford to buy the things I want to see and hear. I am not demanding them to give it away for free, but if things were more reasonably priced…

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:45:43 +0000

I would love it to be the case that it’s purely try before I buy, but being a poor college student that’s obsessed with music, this really isn’t the case. I download basically every new interesting piece of music that comes out, and I try to support the more amazing and/or indie artists when I can, but I just don’t have the money. However, it’s not something I would magically have the money to buy if I didn’t pirate it, and many times it increases my awareness of something and I find a way to fit it into my budget (such as the recent computer game The Path). When I get a better job I plan to pay back as many of the great artists as I can, but I already go to as many concerts as I can. I’m a well meaning pirate :)

By: dominionman

dominionman — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:47:46 +0000

What about HD. I DL TV shows cause I want them in good quality and cable is not worth it. Or they don’t come out on Blu Ray.

By: drmike

drmike — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:26:13 +0000

Bittorrenting has allowed me to get material that I would not have been able to get elsewhere at any price.

By: toki_the_collector

toki_the_collector — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:12:23 +0000

I use it because in a few years when my sealed version of halo 2 collectors edition is worth something I can sell it but still enjoy it now while I still own it… and I have a 2 year old that likes shiny objects

By: travis

travis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:27:19 +0000

well i appreciate the breakdown of basically the 4 reasons i use it

By: Balderdash

Balderdash — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:18:29 +0000

I last went to the cinema in 1985, I own 12 music CDs and 9 DVDs. I pay a TV license (for my PC) but don’t have a TV.
So, why do I download music and films?
Because my pension is minimal and without torrents I could not afford any entertainment!
Perhaps I’ll be sent to prison where, I believe, they get free music and TV LEGALLY !!!

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:19:42 +0000

TV , TV and more TV – unaffected by inconsistent broadcast times, international delays and local networks deciding when/where seasons should stop and start. I do buy many of them on DVD but not all.

I also get a little music – the majority of which I have on cassette tape (remember those) in a box under my bed or it’s one song from an album that I don’t like the rest of.

I also grab movies occasionally… usually older movies that aren’t available on dvd or are hard to find. Also, when there’s a month or more between airing in the US and airing here, sometime I’ll watch a cam release and many times see the movie again when it is released. I may even get the dvd… depends how good the movie is. I’ll also grab a movie now and then out of curiosity – something I’d never be caught dead going to see in a theatre and would be hesitant to rent.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:44:36 +0000

LOL @ “because it’s free” winning.

who could POSSIBLY have guessed?

ROFL

By: none

none — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:27:01 +0000

prolly could have ticked all the boxes myself, music for me is try before i buy, however i never buy films nor go cinima i just get them as there free and easily avilible, before bit torrent i never really bothered with films unless they appeared on tv so the way i see it no ones looseing money as i wouldnt have brought them anyways. Tv shows i download as usa are always a series ahead of us in uk and its too tempting just to download and watch rather than wait a year for our country to catch up. i buy ps3 games but pirate the pc ones to avoid crappy drm, software is too expensive and again i wouldnt have brought half the apps at the prices they charge, so while iv gained something for free, no ones really lost any money as i would have used a freeware alternative had a pirate version not been avilible, also since bit torrenting iv discovered comics and now buy and collect graphic novels – so someones making some money they wouldnt have if it wasnt for bt – the same for alot of music artists too that id never heard off untill i started useing bt

By: Kind_Simian

Kind_Simian — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:33:13 +0000

How about an “All of the above” response.

I use bittorrent to share legal content. I use bittorrent to engage in guerilla price adjustment. I use bittorrent to discover new artists. I use bittorrent to acquire music that is no longer in print. I use bittorrent to acquire music from foreign artists since labels can’t grasp the simple idea of doing away with regional borders for commerce.

In short, I use bittorrent for all of those reasons an more.

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By: lsmf

lsmf — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:13:46 +0000

Yarr!

By: TerribleTony

TerribleTony — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:07:24 +0000

All those options suck, I cannot vote in this poll, but I can give you my thoughts.

I very rarely download anything via BitTorrent if I’m brutally honest, but when it comes to the push, it’s TV shows (non-BBC mostly, however, with BBC shows I feel I have the right as I have paid for it already via the Licence Fee). Other channels are supported by advertising, so again the show has already been paid for.

I also download the odd obscure movie, and very very rarely music.

Most of my entertainment is swapped with friends who have external HDs. It’s no different to swapping mix tapes with friends in the ’80s (other than getting more than 90 minutes on one tape).

I seriously doubt that any payment model with ever work with digital media.

By: rusty620

rusty620 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:01:22 +0000

i need ta check off the first 3 since i do all 3, its free since i hardly work bc of the economy n my pay stinks, & artists out there wanna be heard so they’re music is on torrent sites ta be heard n like bittorrent