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…

By: News Torrents » Poll: How Would You Respond to an RIAA/MPAA Warning?

News Torrents » Poll: How Would You Respond to an RIAA/MPAA Warning? — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:14:11 +0000

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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.

By: Tech Whiz Underground » Poll: How Would You Respond to an RIAA/MPAA Warning?

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

[...] week we ran a poll asking why our readers use BitTorrent. We were really impressed with the feedback with more than 14,000 readers taking the time to vote. [...]

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