Downloading movies: theft or not?

[Erik]

well then "art" stopped about 800 years ago. look to the Renaissance, lots of great art. a lot of those dudes did that to eat. getting paid for your craft is nothing new.

in·dus·try
n. pl. in·dus·tries
1. Commercial production and sale of goods.
2. A specific branch of manufacture and trade: the textile industry. See Synonyms at business.

 

[lurch70]

well then "art" stopped about 800 years ago. look to the Renaissance, lots of great art. a lot of those dudes did that to eat. getting paid for your craft is nothing new.

oh yeah ... you painted a chick naked, as you knew the payment for your work would be some great poonani ... no paying that night

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

OBVIOUSLY downloading makes an impact into rental/movie retail places' incomes BUT it's utterly preposterous to, like the MPAA is doing, claim that every download equals a "loss of money". It simply ISN'T so.

yeah, well, to play the devil's advocate (because I hate those fuckers and know that they are lieing through their teeth). Just as often as I meet people like me who 'try then buy'... 50+ people (always non-metalheads) call me stupid for buying an album when i could download it for free!!!

 

[NAD]

in·dus·try
n. pl. in·dus·tries
1. Commercial production and sale of goods.
2. A specific branch of manufacture and trade: the textile industry. See Synonyms at business.

i think the Catholic church commissioning all sorts of artists would fall under this definition.

 

[Erik]

I said it = loss of money when someone downloaded IN PLACE of renting a movie they WOULD HAVE RENTED/BOUGHT had the free download not been available.

Yes, but you cannot possibly say, for any given case, that this is true.

It's completely a moot point anyway because the free download is available.

 

[Erik]

i think the Catholic church commissioning all sorts of artists would fall under this definition.

Yeah, so fuck them.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I also don't believe in downloading music IN PLACE of buying it outright. To sample? Sure, but if you decide you like it and don't buy it then? You're a fucking thief.

 

[NAD]

oh yeah i burned my first copy of a Netshitz DVD last week, Brazil. if i watch it more than twice i'll buy that $47 Super Fun Happy edition because i support all things Terry Gilliam and many things The Criterion Collection too.

 

[NAD]

Yeah, so fuck them.

hahaha

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I go through 8-10 Netflix DVDs a month, and don't even burn any of them. Obviously, I'm a jackass.

 

[NAD]

JACKASS.

i go work now. catch you fagz on the flip side.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

To sample? Sure, but if you decide you like it and don't buy it then? You're a fucking thief.

100% bonified correct. however, not all of us have $18,000 bucks lieing around to buy metal CDs. Some of us don't have $100 bucks to spare to buy CDs.

 

[Erik]

I also don't believe in downloading music IN PLACE of buying it outright. To sample? Sure, but if you decide you like it and don't buy it then? You're a fucking thief.

No, you're not, you're guilty of copyright infringement, a wholly different crime altogether. This is you:

I also don't believe in rape. You rape someone? You're a fucking murderer.

 

[lurch70]

for the 2 years I had Netflix ... I burned about 10 dvd's ... ali g, chapelle show type of shit ...

i have to say, netflix did bring down my "buying" of DVD's tremendously ...

we should start some CD rental website

 

[Ellestin]

Do you often watch a movie more than once a decade? I mean, except for "Holy Grail"?

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

All the time. All the movies I own, I watch at least once a month on average.

 

[Henrik Main]

No, you're not, you're guilty of copyright infringement, a wholly different crime altogether.

Yes. This is not even debatable, unless American law is the complete opposite of Scandinavian law when it comes to the definition of theft (which I doubt).

/ Henrik Main, law student

 

[Erik]

Nothing I say is really debatable, but people sure do try!

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

debatable topic: Mittens; awesome or not?

 

[Erik]

Mittens or gloves, which is warmer!