Illegal Downloading

[Pyroka]

I like to think of it as, it's not a crime unless you get caught. ;D

[DrLacero]

lol at this. DONT DOWNLOAD ILLEGALLY >;l
If the FBI cracks down on the site you downloaded from, it can get the IP you downloaded it with, they can track your computer, find where you live, and slap you with a fine of up to $100,000. Don't do it.

I lol'd

You can probably find PS3 ROMs And Emulators somewhere on the internet.

I lol'd even harder

I have over 5000+ Songs and movies uploading on limewire...

You guys are going to have to stop, I'm going to pop a lung if I keep laughing like this.

I download a lot, I'll admit that. I also occasionally buy what I have downloaded if I think the creator deserves support. The annoying thing about all the propaganda put out there is that people are losing money because of it, not true. The way they work out all this "we have lost x billion this year because of piracy" is buy thinking that everyone who downloaded their movie would actually have bought it if they couldn't download it (even then it doesn't add up so they must be lying too), I wouldn't have done for most of the movies on my computer, nor music or TV Shows or software. I'm not going to stop ever, there is not one thing I can think of that I would stop me.

Also lololol @ everyone here who uses Limewire.

[Daphne,]

As far as movies and songs go, that's never going to stop. It's just the logic; people don't see why they should wait to buy a whole album when what they really want is to get that song asap and not have to pay anything.
Teenagers these days work for their money and rarely enjoy parting with it.


As long as it's not effecting too many people in a really negative way, the issue isn't pressing enough for huge action to be taken.

[JackBuddy]

I like to think of it as, it's not a crime unless you get caught. ;D

Aren't your parents in the police force!?!

Typical thieving scouser.

[e5]

Yeah, it's fine tbh Free stuff is good and like it's barely a big law you break soz lol

[JackBuddy]

Yeah, it's fine tbh Free stuff is good and like it's barely a big law you break soz lol

Well it is when you think about the billions of pounds worth of files that are downloaded illegaly.

[DrLacero]

Well it is when you think about the billions of pounds worth of files that are downloaded illegaly.

See:

The way they work out all this "we have lost x billion this year because of piracy" is buy thinking that everyone who downloaded their movie would actually have bought it if they couldn't download it (even then it doesn't add up so they must be lying too)

Not even close to billions.

[jrh2002]

I have been having a think about this and wanted to know if all those against downloading films are also against recording them on sky+/dvd recorder/vcr ?

I imagine most people record a film off tv so what is the difference in me recording a pretty new movie off sky or downloading it off the net? Recording anything is surely theft through copyright laws but im pretty sure if its for personal use then its overlooked.

[Misawa]

Nope, because you're paying for your Movie channels, and that covers the cost of Sky's rights to air the films. If you were to unsubscribe from Sky Movies, your Sky+ recordings of those channels would automatically delete.

[jrh2002]

Nope, because you're paying for your Movie channels, and that covers the cost of Sky's rights to air the films. If you were to unsubscribe from Sky Movies, your Sky+ recordings of those channels would automatically delete.

As soon as you get sky+ activated again all of those films/recordings are available again they just stop access to them when sky+ subscription is removed. Ok take out sky+ and if i use my dvd recorder to record a film nobody will ever bother me about it so i personally cant see the difference of downloading the film off the net instead. (I just get the films and not the rubbish dvd extras)

EDIT: The person who said piracy is costing people billions a year I believe that they really mean they are not gaining billions a year If I download a good film and like it I will go and see future sequals etc at the cinema without downloading i would have never given half the films i have a second glance otherwise so in my case they are making money out of me through my downloading.