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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) [Locked] |
Reapist  Title: Official ACF HIOFI Poster
Posts: 4,367
Registered: 2001-12-20 03:56:16
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
You know, sometimes I get wind of a group I have previously not heard of then use Grooveshark to listen to their stuff and have bought several CDs as a result. It hink this guy pretty much nailed it. I however don't do any pirating, but I still think he is completely right. I have considered writing a book and oferring it for free on the web I think is akin to free advertisement.
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HeartView Title: Be right back...
Posts: 1,209
Registered: 2001-12-20 08:11:56
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
Music wouldn't cost so much if we could buy directly from the artists. I bet someone could create a music-straight-from-the-artist service using Amazon's cloud for cheap, giving the artists the bulk of the profits and still make a good living.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
Reapist posted:
You know, sometimes I get wind of a group I have previously not heard of then use Grooveshark to listen to their stuff and have bought several CDs as a result. It hink this guy pretty much nailed it. I however don't do any pirating, but I still think he is completely right. I have considered writing a book and oferring it for free on the web I think is akin to free advertisement.
My point of view almost exactly. I don't pirate things, but I agree with almost everything he said. Especially games and books costing the same as the physical copies. Or DVDs making it an absolute PITA to back up your stuff.
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Reapist Title: Official ACF HIOFI Poster
Posts: 4,367
Registered: 2001-12-20 03:56:16
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
Maybe so HV, but the artists themselves would have a harder time promoting it in all the places they needed to.
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I'd feel bad for Satriani but he got himself into it. - allmightybob_MLF
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Nestor_II  Title: I Would Walk 500 Miles
Posts: 160
Registered: 2002-1-31 07:03:29
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
I can see the guys point of view, the music/movie/game industry is stuck in their ability to adapt to the changing market. If they could shut down Apple and Amazon's mp3 stores, they would, also they sure would love to have Microsoft and Apple write some serious anti-copy stuff into their OS's.
Have i done stuff before ? Yes
Will I continue to do so ? Most likely
Why ? Who knows
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TickyAtack Posts: 1,303
Registered: 2001-10-23 15:46:32
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
Sounds like excuses.
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HeartView Title: Be right back...
Posts: 1,209
Registered: 2001-12-20 08:11:56
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
Reapist posted:
Maybe so HV, but the artists themselves would have a harder time promoting it in all the places they needed to.
True enough, but with the way the Internet works today, promotion is easier with a few YouTube videos, free samples, and/or a "pay what you feel it's worth" model. If the site I suggest was done well enough (Kickstarter would be a good example) then it could be used as a promotion tool as well.
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Hiakisha  Title: Newbcakes
Posts: 337
Registered: 2003-8-5 18:25:36
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
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i usually pirate things to see if ill like it and then if i do like it generally buy it. Thats what i do with anime mostly but thats because its 100 bucks for 10 episodes
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Jezza_Belle Title: =^.^=
Posts: 2,771
Registered: 2001-2-24 02:29:30
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
HeartView posted:
Music wouldn't cost so much if we could buy directly from the artists. I bet someone could create a music-straight-from-the-artist service using Amazon's cloud for cheap, giving the artists the bulk of the profits and still make a good living.
such things already exist
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tillsb Title: me
Posts: 463
Registered: 2003-7-24 20:45:26
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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I don't care to justify myself. If I think I can get away with it I will pirate whatever I want. No excuses for my behavior required.
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