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Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
« Reply #30 on: January 18, 2009, 12:58:07 AM »
you can "pirate" movies without breaking the law... just wait for them to show on TV! :)

Sorry but since that other topic I decided to brush up on some law...you are only allowed to tape off tv for the purpose of "time-shifting" i.e to watch it at a more convenient time, then erase it...

So all those tapes you have from a few years ago? Just as illegal as downloading music.

What tapes? who said anything about tapes?

I meant you could watch it from the TV.



Besides- that makes the whole idea behind a Personal Video Recorder against the law.
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Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
« Reply #31 on: January 18, 2009, 01:15:36 AM »
you can "pirate" movies without breaking the law... just wait for them to show on TV! :)

Sorry but since that other topic I decided to brush up on some law...you are only allowed to tape off tv for the purpose of "time-shifting" i.e to watch it at a more convenient time, then erase it...

So all those tapes you have from a few years ago? Just as illegal as downloading music.

What tapes? who said anything about tapes?

I meant you could watch it from the TV.

Besides- that makes the whole idea behind a Personal Video Recorder against the law.

Ah, I guess I assumed, but generally, pirating is creating your own copy, yeah? So watching it once, legally,with ad's, isn't piracy at all.

and yes it would make it illegal, but it is true, true and stupid  ::)

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Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
« Reply #32 on: January 18, 2009, 01:33:14 AM »
they make up new laws so quickly they don't even realize that they are making perfectly legitimate business producing such things as PVR's and PVR software vigilante operations.

oh well. It's better then if I made the laws.


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"Henceforth when one wishes to view or listen to televised video beyond the original broadcast date it will be required that they have at least four pets and overcook at least 2 turkeys that wiegh at most 15 pounds each, within a 48 hour period previous to the intended time of viewing. Note that this does not apply to those people who have not filed for divorce in the last 5 years or have been involved or otherwise witness a serial murderer eating crackers. If said person has witness a serial murder eating crackers, an exception will only be made if said murderer was also sharpening an axe,had the said person tied and bound to a chair and also had a cage-ful of rabid hedgehogs in a lemur cage within the room. Note also that according the the rules stated in Sect....


several more pages of limitations...


So in Conclusion, as long as the subject has not seen at least four of the Rocky movies previous and has also not engaged in the kinky *censored* activities outlines in section 45-B, then they will be permitted to  duplicate only the number of movies equal to the number of rocky movies they have viewed subtracted from four. The limitation applies however when at least one of the mammals outlined in section 13-B has been within 40 feet of the subject and was also infected with tuberculosis...


and so you see- this is why it would be best if I DIDN'T become a politician.
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Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
« Reply #33 on: January 18, 2009, 02:08:58 AM »
Here's another neat idea:

the next time some aging group wants to tour and sell concert seats for $300 US, don't buy any.


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    Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
    « Reply #34 on: January 18, 2009, 04:59:03 AM »
    Possibly just for the purposes of debate i'll stick my oar in. You've seen how madonna lives right? Let me describe myself. I'm a student, i live on loans and a very underpaid part time job. I don't have money to splash on records, even less to buy expensive concert tickets.

    Someone in my situation may resort to piracy out of necessity, or in some vein attempt to correct the injustices of capitalism.

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    Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
    « Reply #35 on: January 18, 2009, 05:01:25 AM »
    but... if people keep pirating music... artists won't be able to afford their solid gold humvee's and diamond studded swimming pools. now whose dishing out injustice?  ;)
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    Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
    « Reply #36 on: January 18, 2009, 10:21:04 AM »
    i herd that some companys want people to pirate their things because its good publicity for their product

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    Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
    « Reply #37 on: January 18, 2009, 04:03:11 PM »
    Perhaps not consistent with the last few posts:

    Metalica put more money into copyright protection and preventing pirating than any other music artist known.
    Know what happened?
    It got annoying for some, and the artist made very little money, being as they spent so much of it trying to keep pointless things going.

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    Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
    « Reply #38 on: January 18, 2009, 05:03:38 PM »
    thats why i couldnt download them on zune pass!

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    Re: So here's a neat idea guys...
    « Reply #39 on: January 19, 2009, 01:12:26 AM »
    Perhaps not consistent with the last few posts:

    Metalica put more money into copyright protection and preventing pirating than any other music artist known.
    Know what happened?
    It got annoying for some, and the artist made very little money, being as they spent so much of it trying to keep pointless things going.


    I thought they ended up prosecuting some people.
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