Everything posted by Hurlshort
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Piracy or not?
Are you aware that Netflix, Amazon, Hulu is not available to more than 6 billions of people living on this planet? You are really missing the point. More than half of those people live in poverty. Is their access to the latest Game of Thrones episode really the most important issue? We are talking about entertainment. Stop trying to make it into some grand social justice issue.
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Piracy or not?
That's pretty much the way HBO works, they make their content a rather large pain to get a hold of legally. I've had issues with that as well. Thankfully there are these books that cover the basics of the plot, so I don't have to worry about people spoiling the storyline for me. It's just not much of an excuse though. There are plenty of times where I really want to watch something, so I check out Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. If I can't find it, I give up and go watch something different. My life isn't really dramatically different because I didn't get to watch the Mountain fight the Viper.
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Piracy or not?
Well that settles it,t he next time my favorite show gets cancelled, I'm going to kidnap the cast and crew and make them shoot new episodes.
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Piracy or not?
That was a fantastic analogy Gromnir.
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Piracy or not?
If you set your bar on humanity on such things as copyright violation I feel sorry for you, I would be more interested how did you act against mining companies which plunder your country? Maybe I am wrong but i think you did nothing against it - but I know, its easy to talk on forums about morality than actualy do something meaningfull Whaaaa?
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Piracy or not?
Well I guess not everyone in the world is as perfect as you. Seems reasonable enough that people would look more favourably at alternatives if they feel the 'legitimate' retailer is just screwing them. So they'd buy cheaper pirated DVDs, etc. You are setting a pretty low bar here for humanity. Is it really that much to ask people to have some perspective on the value of entertainment? I think your argument would hold more water if there wasn't a huge plethora of entertainment available for free all over the internet. That should be the alternative, not piracy.
- The NHL Thread.
- What are you playing now
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Piracy or not?
Most likely dangling something attractive in front of their noses and having the audacity to charge money for it. I'm pretty sure that we both know very well how the music industry (as a very obvious example) has been treating both consumers as well as artists, in that light I can't help but feel that your interpretation of my words is rather disingenuous. We are talking about entertainment products here, right? Not like food and water? If I can't feed my children because of greedy corporations, I might take matters into my own hands. Listening to the latest pop sensation, not so much.
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What are you playing now
Been playing it as well. I know folks are all about Watch Dogs right now, but SR4 is just on a different level from all the other sandbox games.
- The NHL Thread.
- The NHL Thread.
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The Funny Things Thread.
I got the same thing. We are language bros.
- The NHL Thread.
- The NHL Thread.
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What are you playing now
I didn't even bother starting the BF4 SP campaign. I bought it strictly to deforest islands with a chaingun in multiplayer.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
My poor pip boy bobblehead sits on my desk decapitated.
- Hoops 14-15
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Piracy or not?
Eh, most of my ebooks aren't much cheaper than when I bought physical copies. The benefit is I can buy them in the middle of the night or whenever something strikes my fancy, and I can carry around quite a few of them on one device. So yeah, it's a bummer that I can't share the latest book I bought with my wife without giving up my device, but life is full of trade-offs.
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Piracy or not?
Bester I don't think you are taking the scourge of Pirating seriously It seems like you are justifying it ...... My wife is a Unity developer and while she sells her stuff on Asset Store, she also uploads all her products (to which she holds all rights) on torrents because it's just how we are. You'd never understand. I am very surprised that your wife is in the industry and yet you guys seem fine with Pirating. So yes I probably won't ever understand I wouldn't really put too much stock in anything Bester reveals personally. He's playing a character here. His anti-kickstarter material is fantastic, but I think he's been a bit heavy handed with the piracy thing. His intention is to elicit a reacting, hence the jumping to porn when the thread started to slow down. Back to the scenario, there are plenty of creative people who put their content up for the masses. That is a wonderful part of the internet. I actually think that is a good argument against piracy. There are so many free books, games, and video out there, you really have no justification to take something from a creator who wants to be paid. This is entertainment, you can live without the stuff from big companies just fine.
- Hoops 14-15
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Piracy or not?
I can't believe your friends are too cheap to drop $5 on a book. That's the price of a coffee at Starbucks.
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What you having for dinner tonight?
Not true. Many years ago I ate a cheeseburger at McD's and got violently ill for about a day. My wife and daughter were sharing a hotel with me at the time, and my daughter has never bothered me for McD's since.
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What you did today
The biggest benefit from those local honeys is they will help with allergies. Consuming all that local pollen is a fantastic way to build up immunity.
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What are you playing now
Started Saint's Row 4. Holy moly, they really keep ratcheting up these introductions. Volition is amazing.