Comment Re:Imagine... (Score 1) 442
I would now like to direct you to my large DVD collection.
THe point being that those downloads may not have been illegal, but an easier way to get the content in a different format?
I posted above about this, but maybe I want the dang thing in DivX/Xvid format, for my PS2 that I can stream it to from my file server so I don't have to load the disk when I want to watch it. I just browse to one of the movies I ALREADY own and watch it. No fuss no muss, and, NOT ILLEGAL!!!
Who would have thought that downloading something just might NOT be illegal, I certainly wouldn't have pondered that idea...it's amazing what the law's don't cover and what we can get away with even when we have no right to obtain that search warrant due to "no probable cause". Since when did downloading == probable cause? So I download something, I MUST certainly be stealing it. When did our legal system lose our right to privacy and fair use and go straight for the two dollars that the industry "lost". The money they are losing is their own fault. But I digress, and go back to reading my tech books instead of watching/listening to the mindless drivel pumped out of the "entertainment" industry.
I will freely admit one thing, in general, the best entertainment I have been provided as of late is watching the "entertainment industry" die a slow death of their own greed and causal. (Notice I Said in general? Yes I do enjoy some of it, but very little...)
THe point being that those downloads may not have been illegal, but an easier way to get the content in a different format?
I posted above about this, but maybe I want the dang thing in DivX/Xvid format, for my PS2 that I can stream it to from my file server so I don't have to load the disk when I want to watch it. I just browse to one of the movies I ALREADY own and watch it. No fuss no muss, and, NOT ILLEGAL!!!
Who would have thought that downloading something just might NOT be illegal, I certainly wouldn't have pondered that idea...it's amazing what the law's don't cover and what we can get away with even when we have no right to obtain that search warrant due to "no probable cause". Since when did downloading == probable cause? So I download something, I MUST certainly be stealing it. When did our legal system lose our right to privacy and fair use and go straight for the two dollars that the industry "lost". The money they are losing is their own fault. But I digress, and go back to reading my tech books instead of watching/listening to the mindless drivel pumped out of the "entertainment" industry.
I will freely admit one thing, in general, the best entertainment I have been provided as of late is watching the "entertainment industry" die a slow death of their own greed and causal. (Notice I Said in general? Yes I do enjoy some of it, but very little...)
