Posted by Jon Enge at ac9d8402.ipt.aol.com on September 20, 2001 at 15:06:03:
In Reply to: it's all about ethics. posted by Pitstain on September 20, 2001 at 13:28:37:
I agree with you, Pitty. Nobody DESERVES or has the right to entertainment without compensating the people who created it. I would never ever buy a bootleg. (I've had some given to me, though) But it's the kind of thing where if I like it from the "advanced copy" I will go out and buy it. If not, I tape over it. When Napster was about it led me to a CD buying frenzy. I rarely ever bought CDs because I never trusted it enough from what I heard on the radio. I'd have to love every song they played and have a friend who bought the album tell me that the album's even better before I'd think about buying anything. Then Napster came about and I downloaded a bunch of stuff to see if I liked it. Then went out and bought like crazy to get everything.
In the case of DVD it's different too. There are things on the DVD that will not be on a copy from the dubbing house or from the midget in a movie house with a video camera. Plus, I could never truly enjoy a movie that was taped on video from inside the theater, though that's not the point. And anyone who did such a thing... well, I wouldn't really like them. That's just going too far.
On the ethical side... well, I don't think I would download movie stuff. I have patience and am more than willing to wait for the DVD-SE and give Kevin my hard-earned cash. I would feel guilty taking from him. I might download a sound or two, but that's it.
Jon
: do you feel that the person selling the bootleg is a rightful recipient of the money you shell out? if no,
: then don't buy it. as for downloading it on the internet... is it free? will you truthfully buy it when it is
: legitimately released? yes? go ahead. nobody is profitting off the file and you are willing/able to buy
: it for real when it becomes available.
: it's the people who DON'T buy the video when it's officially released that are the problem. the ones
: who say "dude, they have no right to charge that much money for a fricken DVD.. so i'm not gonna buy
: it. they still have all their sheep fans who are stupid enough to buy it at that price, but i'm much smarter
: than them and i know that that is a completely unacceptable price so i'm not gonna pay for it.... i'm
: gonna get it for free." shoplifting without any real risk of being caught.
: i defy anyone who is willing to download a movie/song just to avoid paying for it to try the same thing
: at Tower Records. It's the same thing, but your computer doesn't have a security cam.... yet. keep it
: up and it will.
: : )