tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post4439366268237240273..comments2023-12-29T15:48:55.596-05:00Comments on Samurai Knitter: Yarrr.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-7059947795083937202012-06-21T04:16:52.786-05:002012-06-21T04:16:52.786-05:00Buying stuff illegally is totally not happening bu...Buying stuff illegally is totally not happening but I agree that at times waiting for something so desperately can urge you towards taking such a step.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.austinbazaar.com/" rel="nofollow">Ukulele</a>juliangreenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531577608381468891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-63754766883105268152012-06-04T09:38:09.351-05:002012-06-04T09:38:09.351-05:00BBC America thinks all we want to watch is that id...BBC America thinks all we want to watch is that idiotic car show… over and over and over. Wednesday night only, they show some dramatic series. <br /><br />As many of you now know, PBS picked up [bought the rights to…] the Sherlock series… that's why BBC America doesn't show it. You want an explanation for things not being made available? or available late? Follow the money trail. <br /><br />And don't get me started on Downton Abbey… it was shown on UK TV 6 months before PBS aired it in the USA … after months of articles and spoilers all over the internet. <br /><br />I would rather pay my share for watching or owning, legally, than download illegally.. I think it's only fair that those who make product are paid for their endeavors, but gimme a break. The marketing model being used by TV and Film distribution is absurd, and invites piracy. <br /><br />MimiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-39006947042357628702012-03-12T09:43:28.119-05:002012-03-12T09:43:28.119-05:00I feel the same about American shows...we have to ...I feel the same about American shows...we have to wait at least a year for most American shows to come on over here in the UK. It drives me NUTS.<br />Part of me wants to say "We have to wait for House, you have to wait for Sherlock" but really? I think we should all get them all at the same time.<br />I know WHY they don't do it at the same time- the BBC makes shows for a British audience and doesn't know what will work in America. If it's a success in Britain they release it in America later. Because the release is staggered already they continue the staggering. Annoying but true.Ariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397311968445694214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-56454248069789105142012-03-12T09:42:24.437-05:002012-03-12T09:42:24.437-05:00I feel the same about American shows...we have to ...I feel the same about American shows...we have to wait at least a year for most American shows to come on over here in the UK. It drives me NUTS.<br />Part of me wants to say "We have to wait for House, you have to wait for Sherlock" but really? I think we should all get them all at the same time.<br />I know WHY they don't do it at the same time- the BBC makes shows for a British audience and doesn't know what will work in America. If it's a success in Britain they release it in America later. Because the release is staggered already they continue the staggering. Annoying but true.Ariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397311968445694214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-22518313259480156092012-02-19T16:23:56.530-05:002012-02-19T16:23:56.530-05:00I was going to put the plot spoilers here, but you...I was going to put the plot spoilers here, but you've downloaded it, so won't.<br /><br />1) Whiney entitlement much? <br /><br />2) The US doesn't produce anything that you want to watch? You simply HAVE to see the thing everyone in the UK is watching? I foresee a slight problem in the days ahead. <br /><br />Take some time to read the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment" rel="nofollow">Stanford marshmallow experiment</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-40841013757374274252012-02-09T03:44:53.428-05:002012-02-09T03:44:53.428-05:00As someone who makes her living on e-book sales, I...As someone who makes her living on e-book sales, I SO hear you! E-books get it, have several companies that make the product easily distributable, and people pay money for the product. If the media that is actually MADE for instant distribution--as books originally were not!--does not understand how to distribute a product in demand, they're going to find it distributed for themselves, and out of a whole lot of lucrative opportunities. You are TRYING to give the right people money, but NOBODY is selling the product, and an art that is MEANT to be seen is effectively hidden, and that's not right either.Amy Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885706951931450373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-19184243957217601912012-02-08T16:45:28.959-05:002012-02-08T16:45:28.959-05:00I was so mad when I tried to sign up for HBO's...I was so mad when I tried to sign up for HBO's online service only to find that I can't without having a cable TV plan. WTF? I don't have cable; all of my TV watching is through my <i>paid</i> online services (Netflix and Hulu.) I'm <i>trying</i> to also give <i>you</i> money, HBO--hell I was <i>actively seeking out</i> a way to give you money <i>directly</i> so I could watch Game of Thrones without having to pirate it, but nope. I have to subscribe to outdated technology in order to have access to the current technology. It just doesn't make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-37183231010051612092012-02-08T14:45:56.514-05:002012-02-08T14:45:56.514-05:00She's not talking about dl'ing a tv series...She's not talking about dl'ing a tv series that's out on DVD, she's talking about dl'ing a tv series that hasn't even aired over in the states yet. Hell, it's not even on DVD yet. So, how exactly can a person be stealing an item of monetary value, when said monetary value isn't even applicable at this time?<br /><br />95% of the items I have dl'ed have been items that I have already purchased and wish to have in a portable format, or ones that I plan on purchasing when available. Is that also stealing? I'm paying the monetary value of the items.<br /><br />And for those that don't have a monetary value? Let's use Disney's "Songs of the South" since it has been taken COMPLETELY OUT OF ROTATION. Disney must not want to sell it (do to the racists connotations within the film I would assume) thereby making it an item with no monetary value. How is dl'ing this jem of the movie industry stealing?Teshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09510553178530691931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-24497651119003316742012-02-06T21:46:30.292-05:002012-02-06T21:46:30.292-05:00"I'm gonna go kick a parrot." Ha ha..."I'm gonna go kick a parrot." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-23952837324233187702012-02-06T10:30:47.835-05:002012-02-06T10:30:47.835-05:00Firstly, Sherlock season two airs in May here in t...Firstly, Sherlock season two airs in May here in the US. Secondly, while I normally wouldn't want to pirate anything, and I completely plan to buy S2 on DVD the MINUTE they release it for our region, I simply couldn't go on the internet at ALL without encountering clips, spoilers, theories, and fanart that essentially ruined the hell out of some of the most interesting twists. I've seen season 2 now, but it seems silly that I am willing to give them my money and they simply do not want it in a timely fashion. Either BBC America (or whoever they partner with) was simply SO FAR OUT OF STEP that they didn't plan for a January airing of the series, or their business model is based entirely on deliberate ignorance.wondrousitemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437866592614454544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-80480537615326064262012-02-06T10:13:35.203-05:002012-02-06T10:13:35.203-05:00Sherlock is highly overrated, but to each their ow...Sherlock is highly overrated, but to each their own.Katie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978130678737900234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-89142303243593418532012-02-05T10:22:53.106-05:002012-02-05T10:22:53.106-05:00You think you're getting screwed? Have a look ...You think you're getting screwed? Have a look at Sweden: you first buy a USB memory, buy a tune from - lets say amazon music - put it on your memory, take it to your (public area) workspace, play it there ("in public"), and then STIM and SAMI pays you a visit. The list of people/companies getting paid:<br /><br />1. Copyswede (http://www.copyswede.se/privatkopiering/ersaettningsnivaaer/) gets a fee from the importer of the memory stick. (This includes harddrives, mp3 players and set top boxes among other things) which in turn pays the music distributors (and possible the artist, who knows).<br /><br />2. Amazon, the distributor and the artist. <br /><br />3. STIM, who you are supposed to pay royalties, cause you're playing their music to your customers.<br /><br />4. SAMI, basically STIM2, but representing other artists, but they universally also needs to get paid.<br /><br />(And to make it even more stupid if you played the radio from your iphone/ipod, cause then then you'd also pay a Swedish Radio and Television License fee)<br /><br />Harr Sweden, Harrrrrr! And they wonder why the Piratebay idea came from here.....Skurtannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-80387742140265795602012-02-05T07:23:26.719-05:002012-02-05T07:23:26.719-05:00I had the same problem!
I tried to byt (pay for) ...I had the same problem!<br /><br />I tried to byt (pay for) the game "Heroes of Might and Magic VI - Deluxe digital download" version, but the store would´n let me buy it.<br /><br />:-(<br /><br />In swedish on my blogg (with pictures!):<br /><a href="http://lakonism.blogspot.com/2012/01/idiotiska-ubisoft-och-impulse-forlorar.html" rel="nofollow">Idiotiska Ubisoft och Impulse förlorar pengar</a><br /><br />Smart business model, not!Markus "LAKE" Berglundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08980960829971952719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-53663303212838981502012-02-05T07:17:58.855-05:002012-02-05T07:17:58.855-05:00Huh? You are comparing piracy to rape? You are an ...Huh? You are comparing piracy to rape? You are an idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-84876614707046507262012-02-05T03:16:37.759-05:002012-02-05T03:16:37.759-05:00Some of the mindset behind your words is disturbin...Some of the mindset behind your words is disturbing. It frames the content-makers and providers as some sort of salacious provocateurs who should have known better than to display their wares and not give you the goods the way you want them and when you want them. Therefore, you find it morally negligible to grab it without their permission.<br /><br /> It sounds eerily akin to some of the mindset we deplore about rape.<br /><br /> No matter how much sexual interest her choice generates, if a woman is wearing booty shorts and a tight shirt walking down the street, dancing in a club, or at a concert, it does not give a man the right to grab her ass, cop a feel, smack some flesh, or initiate a sexual encounter without her consent.<br /><br /> True, her choice might have created a much higher potential for such an event to occur, but it does not negate the violation of her being caused by someone who decided to take what they wanted.<br /><br /> Siding with the sentiment that content-providers are the ones responsible for piracy of their content is as disturbing to me as hearing men murmur and make agreement amongst themselves that "she got what she deserved", "it was her fault--dressed like that", "you know she wanted it.", "bitch just needed a good [self-censored]."<br /><br /> It must be said, though, that rape is a physical violation of someone's being and can result in psychic trauma and emotional wounding for the victim that lasts beyond the physical encounter. That is a very grave and saddening destruction that has no analogy in this discussion.<br /><br /> What does is the similarity of mindset I see in your post and that of the physical violator.<br /><br /> At the end of the day...that content is someone's possession. They have been given legal sanctity of choice in how they will share that with someone else. And their choice is protected by rights.<br /><br /> In my eyes, the strength of the allure surrounding their possession does not give you or anyone else the right to take what you want.D. Fledernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-63601574616086642802012-02-04T21:06:12.943-05:002012-02-04T21:06:12.943-05:00The sense of entitlement here is wonderful: everyt...The sense of entitlement here is wonderful: everything I ever want should be available to me all the time, at my convenience: if it isn't I'm going to curse and blame everyone else. And everyone is going to agree with me because it's so self-evidently correct! The very definition of spoiled.Ralph Lavellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813195500126696530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-37710598810986709292012-02-04T18:20:57.337-05:002012-02-04T18:20:57.337-05:00Sigh, you are so right.
Another example where I *...Sigh, you are so right.<br /><br />Another example where I *want* to give a company my money and they just make it so hard that getting it for free is easier and better... WTF!<br /><br />I want to watch a movie on... Netflix, iTunes... *with* subtitles. Paying $4.99 and not having to browse virus ridden illegal pages.... YES, PLEASE GIVE ME THAT.... but no, I can pay for the movie, but getting subtitles is not possible. WTF!<br /><br />....<br /><br /><br />2 mouse clicks away is the same movie, *with* subtitles, for free.... <br /><br />For f*cks sake... I *wanted* to give you my money!<br /><br /><br />So yes, archaic business models like these should expect no better.<br /><br />ceterum censeo, SOPA must dieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-70868927363545579722012-02-04T17:52:00.653-05:002012-02-04T17:52:00.653-05:00It's kind of funny how you're making a big...It's kind of funny how you're making a big deal out of not being able to see a series you like to watch because the BBC doesn't release it in the US for months on end, because typically that's what happens to us on the European market for just about <b>every single American series</b>. I wholeheartedly agree with you, especially since I've got the same problem over and over again. I can either wait for months and buy the stuff on DVD/Bluray hoping that no one spoils anything for me in the mean time, or I can pirate it. I prefer the latter.<br /><br />I wish these idiotic distributors would accept the fact that there is a whole world out there that they can cater to. It would mean a lot more money for them so I don't understand why they don't...must be since a series that has proven ratings will sell for more. Yet still niche series like Stargate: Universe had to make all their profits in the US and Canada and when they didn't, Syfy pulled the plug. If they'd sold and broadcast it all over the world, this series would still exist...NMenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-3163513976479208542012-02-04T17:09:51.085-05:002012-02-04T17:09:51.085-05:00As a UK resident paying my hard earned money for a...As a UK resident paying my hard earned money for a TV License which goes to fund the bbc, and provides the capital for them to make shows like sherlock, I have to say that when I hear stories about these shows being pirated I think "Hell yeah, you go download the fuckers!". I don't have any choice (yeah I know, I could chuck out my TV) about whether I want to fund the bbc, why should they have any choice who watched the shows. In fact, I didn't watch sherlock, so I hereby gift you my authorisation to watch sherlock. There we go, everything's above board now :)DinosaurHunterhttp://www.failblog.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-48406738321223888392012-02-04T15:28:37.259-05:002012-02-04T15:28:37.259-05:00Disney not selling their stuff ? Bad for them. If ...Disney not selling their stuff ? Bad for them. If I don't buy it now, I'll buy it never. So they lose. Easy. The same goes for the rest. No release ? No sale. Never.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-47081040557450102552012-02-04T11:43:58.976-05:002012-02-04T11:43:58.976-05:00Hi,
Sherlock is a co-production with Masterpiece ...Hi,<br /><br />Sherlock is a co-production with Masterpiece (which I think is WGBH Boston). As a co-production the US co-producer gets all rights in perpetuity in the US, and the BBC keeps the rest - this is how the BBC gets as much for its licence fee as possible - co-pros with other companies. There's a huge co-production deal with Discovery for the natural history stuff.<br /><br />If Sherlock isn't showing yet in the US, have a word with WGBH Boston, as they control the rights and windowing of the programme, not the BBC.011010100010100https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886251979463333409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-22620058546964093022012-02-04T07:06:53.052-05:002012-02-04T07:06:53.052-05:00Will commenters equating these examples to stealin...Will commenters equating these examples to stealing please explain to me how one could steal something which is not available for sale? <br /><br />Sure, I could steal the apples you did not mean to sell; but that's bad because you just lost your apples. That argument does not apply to copying bits, however, if nothing can be shown to be lost.<br /><br />In general, some form of lost revenue argument is used to explain why piracy is bad. But if something is not for sale this argument seems mute to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-38819156041109884022012-02-04T04:50:07.603-05:002012-02-04T04:50:07.603-05:00I came across this nice rebuttal to those who try ...I came across this nice rebuttal to those who try to characterize copyright infringement as being somehow equivalent to “stealing”, like shoplifting: if the shop isn’t selling something, that means it doesn’t have it in stock, so how I can I be stealing from the shop?<br /><br />Lawrence D’OliveiroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-81167130433653794102012-02-04T04:25:42.916-05:002012-02-04T04:25:42.916-05:00What up with the same anonymous guy being contrari...What up with the same anonymous guy being contrarian? I like how the guy who has the _law_ on his side chooses to hide behind pseudonymity...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-67502078949936913442012-02-04T03:59:51.576-05:002012-02-04T03:59:51.576-05:00What you describe are exactly the same reasons why...What you describe are exactly the same reasons why I've been known to torrent the odd show. It's not available Right Now when the net is abuzz with spoilers, and when it does come out a year late it's dubbed. Or it's never available in my region, enforced with DVD region codes (easy to bypass) or just not in my iTunes store (annoying to bypass). Or yes, the Disney thing, which I dodged by finding a bricks&mortar store that must have over-budgeted their Disney purchase and buying the whole shelf for the Son&Heir.<br /><br />However, we also have to call out the people who take this to the extreme and download everything. I blogged about this topic <a href="http://riotnrrd.posterous.com/on-piracy" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Amusingly, I found the same pirate image you did...RiotNrrdhttp://riotnrrd.posterous.comnoreply@blogger.com