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   VJ Czar
   Member

   I am just curious, you know....

   Do you download legally or illegally?

   >>>????

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   Karamel318
   Member

   I stream,but it's a habit to be stopped!!

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Mostly Legal, maybe an occasional tv show download. but network tv downloading is right on the boarder of illegal and legal.

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Mostly legal, but things like watching a movie clip on youtube is illegal, but I watch it. I don't blame myself because some artists have become big thanks to youtube.

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. 

   Karamel318
   Member

   Wouldn't the person who posted the youtube video get in trouble rather than you if you watch it on that forum? I know that Youtube is pretty good about taking down illegal clips

   Posted 2 years ago #
6. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   They can't win against the thousand, millions of uploaders anyway...
   If all illegal content was deleted, youtube wouldn't be the big nummer 1 today, that's for sure!

   Posted 2 years ago #
7. 

   Karamel318
   Member

   Haha,yeah, that's true.It's addictive,I'll tell you.I usually hit up tvshack.net and sites like that, but I really have to cut down.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   But artists also earns money of youtube; if you search for a certain band or artist then you want to hear it first before buying. If you hadn't listen to it, you maybe didn't buy it. Youtube makes people famous, if they like it or not.

   Posted 2 years ago #
9. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   I mostly download illegal.Sorry can't afford original stuffz. :(

   Posted 2 years ago #
10. 

    VJ Czar
    Member

    We're the same!

    Posted 2 years ago #
11. 

    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    Most of my downloads are legal, I do get the occasional game or show via semi-illegal means though! Hahaha, I really shouldn't, but I'm a poor student!

    Posted 2 years ago #
12. 

    Karamel318
    Member

    I had a discussion about this in class.The teacher compared downloading to walking down the street and coming to a gas station, and stealing a bag of ice from one of those containers outside.It's just water,right? It's not affecting anyone? Then he compared it to downloading/streaming illegal content,saying it hurts everyone in the production of that movie/music.

    That made me feel a bit worse,because I kind of just imagined a faceless corporation,but I still watch movies online so not sure what that says about me.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    thats a stupid analogy. The ice at a gas station directly hurts the gas station because they paid for it.

    downloading illegal simply doesnt help the artists. it doesnt hurt them though.

    Posted 2 years ago #
14. 

    Karamel318
    Member

    But you aren't buying the material because you are watching it for free,so that has to hurt business.

    Posted 2 years ago #
15. 

    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    But its stuff I wouldn't buy anyways :p

    I only download music, and rarely. never movies, and sometimes tv shows, but i end up buying them anyways for better quality.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    Seems their strategy work then :) They let you view it in low quality (in cinema). After some months they release it in HD, and guess what, you buy it. I'm just the same like you vanquished, I also like clear, crisp movies. :P

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    Nice.

    You can tell the difference in sound too.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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