Caught Illegally Downloading

timroth

In Canada I dont the internet providers are allowed to give your info to the authorities unless they think your doing really bad stuff...kiddie porn, terrorists etc. I could be wrong but that is my understanding.

timroth

EquallyWorthless wrote:

This is why torrents suck.

how do you download if you dont use torrents?

mca47

timroth wrote:

how do you download if you dont use torrents?

Yeah, I don't get that either.

Download sites only last so long before they are shut down. It's a lot harder going after torrent sites as they re-direct their IPs in 1000 different directions.

Maybe they just use straight-up peer to peer. If that's the case, then that's dumb.

Fahka

wow.. i can't believe they are still nabbing people with this! So insane.. its like trying to nab people for pot (everyone is just fucking doing it!)

But yeah.. thats messed up.. you should say no to torrents and use a news leeching service like Newzbin.. (it's twenty bucks a month but WELL worth what you get for it and you can't get nabbed)

riffrandall

Good. You should get caught. If you know it's illegal, yet continue to do it anyway, you should pay the price of being a pirate.
Would be nice to see someone made an example out of once in a while.

You don't take money out of the artist's pocket- you take money out of the pockets of people who work in the industry, people you don't even know, who help put that together.

Next time pay for it like the rest of us, don't be a cheap ass.

eyedclaar

riffrandall wrote:

you should pay the price of being a pirate.

What, the scurvy and puffy shirts aren't price enough? You're cruel. Stay away from my vessel.

TheDecline13

riffrandall wrote:

Good. You should get caught. If you know it's illegal, yet continue to do it anyway, you should pay the price of being a pirate.
Would be nice to see someone made an example out of once in a while.

You don't take money out of the artist's pocket- you take money out of the pockets of people who work in the industry, people you don't even know, who help put that together.

Next time pay for it like the rest of us, don't be a cheap ass.

I consider most bands/performers out there now a days to be thieves them selfs. Putting out full cds worth of shit asking 15$. I say download it if you listen to it more then 3 times then go out and support them!

mickeyrat

OOOHHH now we're getting into TMT terratory. Such a fun, happy place that.

DOSW

riffrandall wrote:

Next time pay for it like the rest of us, don't be a cheap ass.

Uh... I think you're not as much in the majority as you think.

Danimal

I know a dude who did 3 years for this...

riffrandall

TheDecline13 wrote:

I consider most bands/performers out there now a days to be thieves them selfs. Putting out full cds worth of shit asking 15$. I say download it if you listen to it more then 3 times then go out and support them!

Doesn't matter what you think. These bands are the artists, they produce their work, and they deserve to get paid to do it. If you steal it, you should get caught.
Really there's no argument.

Jason P

riffrandall wrote:

Doesn't matter what you think. These bands are the artists, they produce their work, and they deserve to get paid to do it. If you steal it, you should get caught.
Really there's no argument.

I give you the "Weezer" argument.

The only problem I have is when I grew up in the 90's, the music industry inflated the price of CD's where I had to pay $19 to listen to 29 minutes of horrible Weezer songs (blue album is an exception).

Weezer, you owe me at least $60 or four free future albums!!!

sourdough

riffrandall wrote:

Doesn't matter what you think. These bands are the artists, they produce their work, and they deserve to get paid to do it. If you steal it, you should get caught.
Really there's no argument.

I actually agree. That said, I download music, tv shows and movies. Not in huge quantity, but I am guilty and knowingly pirate. Odd cause downloading aside, I'm a pretty big square when it comes to acting according to fairness etc.

We all have choices to make and if you think you're getting ripped off by artists who make bad overpriced albums, we have a choice to not buy their stuff or buy the individual song from itunes etc. We are not entitled to free stuff. IF I did get busted, I would not be happy about it but wouldn't contest it or complain.

I hereby confess that I download but would be lying if I said that I am going to stop anytime soon.

TheDecline13

riffrandall wrote:

Doesn't matter what you think. These bands are the artists, they produce their work, and they deserve to get paid to do it. If you steal it, you should get caught.
Really there's no argument.

It does matter what I think, its my money. And its not the bands who are going after the money its the record company's. I buy from the bands i like. Sampling the record before i buy it is not stealing. And EVERYBODY downloads music/movies/tv shows. If you say you don't ur fucking lying!

pjoasisrule

riffrandall wrote:

Doesn't matter what you think. These bands are the artists, they produce their work, and they deserve to get paid to do it. If you steal it, you should get caught.
Really there's no argument.

Fuck that, when you buy these records.......you are giving minimal to the artists and more to the asshole record industry execs that keep throwing shitty trends in our faces. If he wants to pay the artist, he can give money to them by seeing a concert or buying a shirt.

Heineken Helen

LeatherMandi wrote:

wow.. i can't believe they are still nabbing people with this! So insane.. its like trying to nab people for pot (everyone is just fucking doing it!)

But yeah.. thats messed up.. you should say no to torrents and use a news leeching service like Newzbin.. (it's twenty bucks a month but WELL worth what you get for it and you can't get nabbed)

it's just easy money for them!

Heineken Helen

TheDecline13 wrote:

It does matter what I think, its my money. And its not the bands who are going after the money its the record company's. I buy from the bands i like. Sampling the record before i buy it is not stealing. And EVERYBODY downloads music/movies/tv shows. If you say you don't ur fucking lying!

Agreed... you get to try on clothes before deciding if you like them... anything in a shop you can SEE and even touch before deciding to buy. Buying music is sometimes like a lucky dip... unless it's your favourite band some people like finding new music... and that's hard to do without spending a lot of money.

muppet

pjoasisrule wrote:

Fuck that, when you buy these records.......you are giving minimal to the artists and more to the asshole record industry execs that keep throwing shitty trends in our faces. If he wants to pay the artist, he can give money to them by seeing a concert or buying a shirt.

I think it's very easy to demonize the record industry and make them seem like a couple of filthy stinking rich Americans sitting around smoking cigards. But this is an entire industry with jobs which vary widely.

I doubt the rise in illegal downloading is going to cause mass unemployment in this particular industry or anything (but who knows?). But I occasionally illegally download, and I know what I'm doing is wrong. I guess it's the fact that it's so easy and 'everybody is doing it.' When you get down to it, it's stealing. There's no escape from that.

I will say this though - the record industry is pretty outdated and if it wants to go to extreme methods to stop piracy (didn't they sue an old lady for thousands of dollars?) then they should at least buck their ideas up and realise the value of the internet.

eyedclaar

riffrandall wrote:

Doesn't matter what you think. These bands are the artists, they produce their work, and they deserve to get paid to do it. If you steal it, you should get caught.
Really there's no argument.

You sound like the veritable life of the party. We should hang out sometime...

dontloseyourheat

Update:

The complaint came from NBC Universal for illegally downloading/sharing an episode of a television show.