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#301 2013-03-09 15:35:48
- 16Skittles
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
owetre18 wrote:
I downloaded $4,000 USD of music at $.99 a song for free.
It was my collection of legally-bought discs that I was too lazy to rip.
I'd assume that's not wrong.
I also pirated Portal 1 and Half-Life, because I had Orange Box for PS3, but it got a shock treatment from a thunderstorm.
Legal? Probably not. But you definitely have the moral high ground here, although you could save some trouble by just ripping them (how many discs are you talking about, here?)
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#302 2013-03-09 15:39:54
#303 2013-03-09 15:45:29
- LeDerpy123
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
HotCocoa28 wrote:
I never pirate anything, if I can't afford it, then I can't afford it dang it!
Me too. If I don't have the money for it, there is probably a reason for it!
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#304 2013-03-09 15:46:29
- PonyoPenguin
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
Does streaming count? Because I use some not-so-legal streaming sites on occasion to watch anime/leaked Gravity Falls and Adventure Time.
Also, I don't understand why you'd torrent. It gives away your IP address, doesn't it? And I've tried it before (once with Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, another time with the Keroro Gunsou movie) and it took forever and you have to have special software to open it.
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#305 2013-03-09 15:48:27
#306 2013-03-09 16:20:55
- SeptimusHeap
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- Registered: 2010-02-01
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
PonyoPenguin wrote:
Does streaming count? Because I use some not-so-legal streaming sites on occasion to watch anime/leaked Gravity Falls and Adventure Time.
Also, I don't understand why you'd torrent. It gives away your IP address, doesn't it? And I've tried it before (once with Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, another time with the Keroro Gunsou movie) and it took forever and you have to have special software to open it.
Torrenting is faster than a normal download and just uses a torrenting client. Also, going to a website gives out your IP address to ad firms and a bunch of other places. It's not exactly private...
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#307 2013-03-09 16:58:00
- GeonoTRON2000
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
I pirated a couple of songs without knowing it was pirating (MP3 Search Engines seem pretty legal,) but then I got caught in a computers class... not a fun lecture.
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#308 2013-03-09 19:58:19
- 16Skittles
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
PonyoPenguin wrote:
Does streaming count? Because I use some not-so-legal streaming sites on occasion to watch anime/leaked Gravity Falls and Adventure Time.
Also, I don't understand why you'd torrent. It gives away your IP address, doesn't it? And I've tried it before (once with Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, another time with the Keroro Gunsou movie) and it took forever and you have to have special software to open it.
First of all, torrenting isn't by itself illegal, piracy over BitTorrent is.
It is faster than normal downloads, and is really the most reliable way to get what you want. Also, normal HTTP downloads will still give web sites your IP, and companies can't go after every downloader. You most likely won't have agents showing up at your door unless you seed (distribute) content. That's where the big lawsuits come in, and where companies will try to stop piracy. (Note that your ISP may take action as well, so don't think that I approve these methods)
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#309 2013-03-09 19:59:27
- veggieman001
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
Also, they only take forever if there aren't many seeders. If there are a lot (like on Linux distros), an hour-long download can quickly turn into a 7 minute one
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#310 2013-03-09 20:52:16
#311 2013-03-09 21:41:45
- soupoftomato
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- Registered: 2009-07-18
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
veggieman001 wrote:
Also, they only take forever if there aren't many seeders. If there are a lot (like on Linux distros), an hour-long download can quickly turn into a 7 minute one
Before I knew what a torrent was my friend pirated Monty Python and The Holy Grail while I was over at his house and I just thought he had a freaking amazing internet connection.
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#312 2013-03-09 21:57:19
- HotCocoa28
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
PonyoPenguin wrote:
Does streaming count? Because I use some not-so-legal streaming sites on occasion to watch anime/leaked Gravity Falls and Adventure Time.
Also, I don't understand why you'd torrent. It gives away your IP address, doesn't it? And I've tried it before (once with Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, another time with the Keroro Gunsou movie) and it took forever and you have to have special software to open it.
That I do say I am a bit guilty of, but it's because I don't have anyway to watch gravity falls otherwise. THERE IS NO WAY.
Streaming TV SHOWS is certainly less bad then pirating a movie or a game because a movie or a game you downright go and buy while TV shows depend on views, and ads, which doesn't really work as well.
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#313 2013-03-10 17:02:20
Re: Pirating - your opinions?
16Skittles wrote:
owetre18 wrote:
I downloaded $4,000 USD of music at $.99 a song for free.
It was my collection of legally-bought discs that I was too lazy to rip.
I'd assume that's not wrong.
I also pirated Portal 1 and Half-Life, because I had Orange Box for PS3, but it got a shock treatment from a thunderstorm.Legal? Probably not. But you definitely have the moral high ground here, although you could save some trouble by just ripping them (how many discs are you talking about, here?)
Well, if I add my mom's, my dad's, and the rest of my family's, including the ones in storage (yes, I downloaded those, too) we're talking somewhere around 2 thousand cases, some of them having up to 5 discs in them.
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#314 2013-03-10 17:05:46
- epicepicman
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
PonyoPenguin wrote:
Does streaming count? Because I use some not-so-legal streaming sites on occasion to watch anime/leaked Gravity Falls and Adventure Time.
I'd say that watching leaked episodes is illegal, but other streaming is okay I think.
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#315 2013-03-10 20:34:30
- jji7skyline
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
veggieman001 wrote:
Also, they only take forever if there aren't many seeders. If there are a lot (like on Linux distros), an hour-long download can quickly turn into a 7 minute one
That depends how good the HTTP download is. If HTTP transfer speed > Your ISP's Download Speed, then Torrenting the file will give you the same or similar speed, but if you have awesome download speeds like 100Mbps, then a torrent with hundreds of seeders will give you a much better download rate than the average HTTP download.
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#316 2013-03-11 03:15:38
Re: Pirating - your opinions?
I used youtube-mp3 converters for a while but I don't use them now.
Are they legal?
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#317 2013-03-11 09:42:42
#318 2013-03-11 10:42:33
- AnimeCreatorArtist
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Re: Pirating - your opinions?
YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A PURSE
YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR
PIRATING IS ILLEGAL!!!
carry on.
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#319 2013-03-11 12:35:58
Re: Pirating - your opinions?
Also, I used to use an R4 card - but it didn't work on my DSi.
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