It would be interesting to see what would actually happen if entertainment companies actually did cut prices as he suggests. Would people stop pirating? I have my doubts. I suspect it would probably cut into the used market more than anything. Which btw, imo is a reasonable solution to not having to pay so much for things. I don't buy any new video games anymore.

I dunno HV, not everyone has a computer. And, good luck trying to get any of your songs in any movies.

 

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It's stealing, but he does raise a number of points that I agree with, even if I don't agree with pirating.

Point 1: The sad part is there are still times where I would gladly pay for something but the content creator has left me no choice but to download it.

This is incredibly obnoxious. I hear a song I like on Pandora, I go to Amazon to buy it (fk iTunes, I don't want your crap format or your crap DRM). It's not there, or it's available only if you buy the physical disk. I check other music outlets and they're either too disreputable to risk putting a CC# into, or they don't have it. Why do you hate money?

Point 2: Those other options also mean I'm not going to entertain your thoughts of using special playback mechanisms to enjoy your music. I will not install some special software just to play your CD. I will not install iTunes. I will not use Windows Media Player. I'm going to convert your CD to flac and mp3 and put it on any device I want. I want my music free of DRM and free of licensing restrictions for personal use. Another thing I'm not going to tolerate is when you offer special tracks through one particular retailer. Like when you make an album with 15 songs and then offer a special 16th song that is only available if you buy from Walmart. I'm definitely going to pirate that 16th song and I'm going to consider pirating the whole thing. Do you want my money or not?

This is another excellent point. I loathe having to install software just to use a product, and every time I hear one of you bitch about Origin I know you do too. It's asinine, and it leads to lawsuits - like Microsoft's anti-trust for bundling IE with everything possible.

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However, the main problem with the article is this: I didn't try to convince you I'm too poor to buy products

You didn't have to. Half the article was spent bitching that stuff costs too much. Really, a dollar for a DRM-free MP3 is too much? A video game that cost millions of dollars to produce should be $30? Do you subsist entirely on ramen? Your other points were undermined by constant complaining about how much everything you want to have, costs. I don't go stealing Aston Martins and mansions because I can't afford them.

 

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stealing is the weak way to resolve a problem.

DE is, of course, correct.

 

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In most instances, I don't pirate something that is available in the marketplace.

I subscribe to cable TV, if I miss recording a show for some reason, I don't feel bad about downloading it before it's available on HULU or OnDemand. If these services were as on the ball as pirates, 90% of my piracy would stop. This goes doubly for UK shows that I want to watch, but BBC America seems to think all we want to see is Top Gear, Being Human, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

Beyond that they regurgitate our own TV at us, nice of someone to be playing SciFi though, since SyFy can't be bothered to show it anymore.

 

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Man, that level of entitlement (and the need to write so much about it) is what is wrong with modern America.

I could write just as much as he did about why I disagree, but some of the points are just baffling. He downloads because he wants to judge it, like books, after the fact? Caveat emptor. Risk is part of any purchase, lol. So what if he doesn't find that acceptable? Just throw the law and the content creator's rights right out the window because you want something? What a child.

 

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I'm not weak I'm lazy and enjoy stealing

Why not?

Risk is part of the purchase? since when?

When I create graphics for a company and I come up with three options, they don't pay for all three, just the one they pick.

 

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