Evilbore's views on piracy?

[Ichirou]

Just curious what the consensus on the Bore regarding piracy is, after my discussion with Himu.

[Powerslave]

option 2

[Mr. Gundam]

I went with option three. I download unlicensed anime (Gundam 00) and buy it when it's released here. However, I do import unlicensed music and games from Europe and Japan.

Overall, I'm anti-piracy, even though I download my weekly Gundam 00 fansub.

[Madrun Badrun]

I'm poor. 

[CajoleJuice]

If I really like something, I will support it.

[Himu]

Option 2. I only pirate music and anime. If they're good I'll buy them. However, if I really really like something, like Radiohead...I already know I don't need to pirate in order to know it's good, I'll like it either way.

[Powerslave]

^ya same

[Himu]

Yeah there are some things I'll dl and I like but not enough to the point where I'd buy it!

[Vizzys]

usually 2/3, most of the time I never get around to spending my money on the stuff I get later tho

Anime wise I download fansubs pretty often, hellsing ultimate for instance takes months to get here after being released in japan and the fansubs are out in a week otherwise Id have to wait even longer

geneon is fucked now so they might not come at all

as for other stuff yeah Im an evil pirate mostly

[Joe Molotov]

Option 3.

I hardly ever pirate stuff anymore, but I did recently download a bunch of DVD screeners for movies that weren't playing around here, as well as the entire MST3K series, most of which still isn't out on DVD.

[Shins]

Between 1 and 2, though not for moral reasons. Downloading music is such a simple task at this point that its my standard practice, and I rarely if ever dole out money after the fact. Games are a more complicated process, so I never got into that. Same with movies. I assume that if I never took the time to become more efficient or knowledgeable about pirating, I would never pay for anything.

No excuses for it. I do what I do because I can.

[Mr. Gundam]

Yeah there are some things I'll dl and I like but not enough to the point where I'd buy it!

Yarrr.

[demi]

I don't pirate, it's morally wrong

[Beezy]

I'll continue to pirate music and anime until I get a job that pays well. I've never pirated a movie or TV show before.

[TVC15]

I have about 700gigs of video, lol.  Most of it is either television not available on DVD, or things not readily available in America.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I pirate as often as possible.  Especially when my friend's mother goes to China and comes back with Photoshop CS3 for $10.

I don't pretend that I'm some revolutionary that feels that all information deserves to be free.  Personally, I'd rather buy bootleg software from a Chinese merchant who will buy a bag of grain than buy the $700 Photoshop suite where most of the money goes to marketing, fancy box art work, and enough money to land on the CEO's desk so he can buy fake tits for his 18 year old mistress called Kandi or Eva or whatever.

I'm a fucking humanitarian.

[TVC15]

Also, 1080p Star Wars?  Only through the magic of piracy.  We'll be lucky if Lucas even CONSIDERS an official HD release in the next 5 years.

[Human Snorenado]

With new shit I'll try it out and if I like it I will purchase it from a fine online retailer and have it shipped to my beachside domicile. 

With older shit, tho, like previous gen games, I will pirate the everliving fuck out of it.  Most of the time it's shit I bought for the Genesis or snes anyhow.

[Joe Molotov]

I don't pirate, it's morally wrong

demi is Evilbore's moral compass.

[Beezy]

With older shit, tho, like previous gen games, I will pirate the everliving fuck out of it.  Most of the time it's shit I bought for the Genesis or snes anyhow.

Oh yeah, I forgot about games. All old stuff will get pirated. I don't pirate new games, but I think that will change when I get a PSP.

[demi]

All old stuff will get pirated.

Stop buying VC games

[Powerslave]

Bandwith exceeded, upgrade to Pro today!

[Beezy]

All old stuff will get pirated.

Stop buying VC games

I tried Sin & Punishment on a PC and it's unplayable. I bought Beyond Oasis because I had 800 points left over.

[Trent Dole]

Combo of 2/3. I'm a bit of a poor atm so I don't buy as much crap as I ought to. 

[Mr. Gundam]

Along with it being morally wrong, I'm too lazy to seek out pirated materials online and then download them. I'd rather just to go a store or website and give someone money to buy the real thing.

[TVC15]

Also, there was no fucking way I was paying money for What the Bleep Do We Know or that fucking Master of Disguise movie.

[Powerslave]

what the bleep was such a shitty failed wannabe smart movie. I felt like punching that dumb woman in the face the entire time

[Eric P]

i only pirate what isn't freely available

like old comics

[Van Cruncheon]

i believe it's morally wrong, but i do little morally wrong things every day, so what the hey. i buy all my games, movies, and music -- eventually -- but if something is unavailable in a conveniently purchasable format (meaning i don't need to jump through a ridiculous number of hoops or pay an obscene ebay price to procure it), or if it is something that i intend to purchase when released, i'll pirate the hell out of it.

or, as tvc said, it's something i'd NEVER pay for, but want to listen to/view/play so i can mock it on the intarweb.

[Himu]

Oh yeah. I have never payed for a copy of photoshop or illustrator ever.

arrrr!!

[CajoleJuice]

Oh yeah. I have never payed for a copy of photoshop or illustrator ever.

Congratulations. You and a million other people on the internets.

[Ichirou]

I had to leave to go to the doctor's office so I didn't get a chance to fill in my option, which was 3.  I admit that I d/l stuff that would otherwise be unavailable to me (for example, fansubs of really old anime like Ideon and Dancougar, or stuff that will likely never see R1 release like Turn A Gundam).  If something is available in Region 1, though, I WILL buy it.  I also refuse to pirate games, since I basically live in the gaming mecca of the world.

That said, if/when Ideon, Dancougar, and Turn A become available on R1 DVD, I am there.  I'm a collecting whore.

[TVC15]

The only games I really pirate are PS1 games, the majority of which I probably already purchased in the past.

If there's a PSP game I want, and it leaks before release, I will pirate it and then buy it when it is available.  The last few PSP purchases I have made are still in their wrapping, actually.  If it's a shit PSP game I am playing to see how terrible it is (re: Brooktown High), I won't pay for it.  You don't get the money if I want to play your game for purely ironic purposes.

[CurseoftheGods]

For gaming, I tend to only pirate PSP games. Playing a game (ISO) through your memory stick just has too many advantages (shorter and faster load times, saves battery life, easier to swap games, etc.). I usually purchase DS titles, but I sometimes download roms to try before I buy.

[Ichirou]

I dunno, I weirdly feel sorry for Sony regarding the PSP (they actually made a quality portable and it's like they're being punished for it by the fans who pirate everything), so I have bought tons and tons of PSP games.

[Mupepe]

I dunno, I weirdly feel sorry for Sony regarding the PSP (they actually made a quality portable and it's like they're being punished for it by the fans who pirate everything), so I have bought tons and tons of PSP games.

QFT

Perfect fucking handheld and Sony is getting fucked over on it.

I really try not to download anything, but the temptation is way too great.  I buy things that I love though and I don't pirate games unless they're old and I can't find them.

Music seems to be my biggest problem.     Although I definitely buy the cd if I really like it because the volume/quality sucks too much when I download it most times.

[Ichirou]

I just use iTunes so I never pirate music.

[drew]

I'd pirate everything if it was easy enough.  I steal all my music, buy games (although I feel I'm being raped), and watch movies on joox all the time.

I really really wish I knew someone who pirated 360 games.

[Bloodwake]

ARRR MATEYS

I SAIL ON THE SS PIRATE SHIT

LOOK, AN ALBUM, LOAD ME UP WITH RUM AN' LETS PIRATE IT ARRRRRRRRRR

[TVC15]

I dunno, I weirdly feel sorry for Sony regarding the PSP (they actually made a quality portable and it's like they're being punished for it by the fans who pirate everything), so I have bought tons and tons of PSP games.

Actually, not at all.  Look at it this way:  Sony has been trying to get their shitty, shitty memory stick format to take off for almost a decade.  What was the thing that finally made it so memory sticks are ALWAYS sold out at my local Circuit City?  Yep.

Sony makes bank on the systems, and they make EVEN MORE on the memory stick market.  Sony could have squashed the homebrew market by now, but they really have little reason to.  I think anyone with half a brain knows that nothing on the PSP is going to be a sales legend.  Piracy *is* their market.

[Vizzys]

I'd pirate everything if it was easy enough.  I steal all my music, buy games (although I feel I'm being raped), and watch movies on joox all the time.

I really really wish I knew someone who pirated 360 games.

you can find people selling backups for 5-7$ each on sell.com
thats an option if you want to fuel the pirates

[Ecrofirt]

There's certain things I'll pirate without any regard, and there are certain things I'd never pirate.

[Ichirou]

Feel sorry for Sony so buy original PSP games?
How about feeling sorry for those cokeheads who have their asses raped in porno movies? Buy their shit instead

Gay Boy doesn't deserve my sympathy.

[TVC15]

Also, ripping a DVD you bought for someone is not piracy.  It is recycling.

[xnikki118x]

I'm between the first and second option. I'm not going to refrain from buying anything forever, but I also don't buy everything I like either.

I own all the Hanson albums, the majority of my Billy Joel albums are legit, but probably half of my Less Than Jake discography is burned. Everything I have from Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin, and Reel Big Fish is burned. I love all those bands.

I have all the Grey's seasons on DVD, but my season 2 was on DVD-R's for a long time until Ecro got me the legal version for my birthday. None of my Star Wars movies are legal copies, and though I FUCKING LOVE them, I don't plan to buy legal copies.

I'd might buy more legit CDs if I had more disposable income, but the artists really don't get that money anyway. I'd probably sooner spend the money on t-shirts or concert tickets, which the band sees more profit on anyway.

[Ichirou]

Don't feed the Lucasfilm machine until it releases remastered versions of the un-fucked-with original trilogy!

Praise nikki!

[xnikki118x]

Don't feed the Lucasfilm machine until it releases remastered versions of the un-fucked-with original trilogy!

Praise nikki!

When I saw that you had responded, I thought you were going to make fun of my music. I'm glad you didn't, AND I'm glad for this AWESOME STATEMENT.

The other day, my best friend told me that she thinks the Greedo shooting first thing adds to Han's badass character. WTF IS THAT.

[brawndolicious]

I've pirated TV shows but I just got a DVR and now it's really easy to record what I want.  It's like going into a supermarket where everything is free..after a week.  While torrents are like going to a flea market where there's a guy with bad english who you're having trouble understanding if he has exactly what you want and how fast he can get it.  it's the same same shit, but with different sacrifices.

For music, I honestly don't pirate that much since I'm not into listening to music by itself very much for some reason.  For movies and TV shows, I have pirated a lot that I would consider worth renting but I buy the ones that I would buy if I didn't have access to torrents.

[Ichirou]

Lucas is a fucking dick. "Oh, hey, you guys really want the unfucked OT? Here ya go, I'll release it as a bonus on this limited DVD set - whups, too bad it's the same laserdisc transfer from 1993 and non-anamorphic!"

FUCK YOU LUCAS

I bought the original OT set and I was totally gonna double dip on the new LE with the real original trilogy till I found out it was using shitty old masters and wasn't even anamorphic.

[Shuri]

I read somewhere that a bunch of fans did their own awesome underground release of the original trilogy that was actually better than the legit retail release.

[Ichirou]

TVC has it! 1080p versions of the OT!!!

[T-Short]

Or maybe he meant the x0 project?

http://www.x0project.com/welcome.php

[Eric P]

 but probably half of my Less Than Jake discography is burned.

i've been listening to hello, rockview and losing streak over and over and over at work

[abrader]

Piracy is absolutely disgusting and should not be tolerated.

As a previous recording artist and a supporter of the RIAA I say cease your evil ways!

No really - get a job or stop stealing and just take what you can afford.

[Powerslave]

Feel sorry for Sony so buy original PSP games?
How about feeling sorry for those cokeheads who have their asses raped in porno movies? Buy their shit instead

omg I'm never downloading porn again 

[Shins]

No really - get a job or stop stealing and just take what you can afford.

no

[abrader]

^^ good luck then.

[TVC15]

Piracy is absolutely disgusting and should not be tolerated.

As a previous recording artist and a supporter of the RIAA I say cease your evil ways!

No really - get a job or stop stealing and just take what you can afford.

The RIAA is the only org I don't feel even a little pang of hurt about stealing from.  The retail music industry is so fucking crooked that it would require the equivalent of the French Revolution to make me consider buying a CD from a recording artist again.  Even worse, the RIAA's harmful pricing practices have even affected the price of non-RIAA CD prices, since record stores are aware they can mark up, say, Dischord releases to RIAA prices, and Johnny Record Buyer wouldn't notice.  Fuck the RIAA.  Steal from them.

[Eric P]

dischord states the cost of the album from the discord site on each release

or at least they used to

so you could tell when someone was tacking on additional money

[TVC15]

dischord states the cost of the album from the discord site on each release

or at least they used to

so you could tell when someone was tacking on additional money

Back when I cared about such things, it was a blanket 10 bucks per CD, I think.

And I just checked, that still is the price.  And how many times has the price of major label CDs gone up in the past 17 years?  And Dischord not once?