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oh it's not a valid excuse for piracy, piracy is always wrong but it's an explanation of why I pirate. I do buy films and TV shows when I can (I paid $80 for a
by citricsquid 16y ago
oh it's not a valid excuse for piracy, piracy is always wrong but it's an explanation of why I pirate. I do buy films and TV shows when I can (I paid $80 for a boxset of The Wire last week (excellent show btw)) but often I can't find the films I want in store so my choice is to either go without or pirate. I have no problem paying, but the availability is a problem. If there were a service that I could pay for and stream movies when I wanted to and they were available I'd have no problem paying for and using.
For example, last week I wanted to watch the latest Season of Dexter which had just finished, I'd have had no problem paying for it but I couldn't, it's not available, so I pirated it.
- SimonPStevens 16y agoSo you think piracy is wrong, but you still do it anyway. As you seem to be willing to pay, why not pay? Just post a cheque to the publisher, or by the DVD later when it comes out. I'm guessing the answer is convenience. I suppose that makes sense.
- sfphotoarts 16y agoBecause the price of the DVD reflects a whole different set of cost than digital distribution, and doesn't provide any incentive to the movie industry to do get with the programme and license their movies to digital media distribution hubs like netflix. I;m tired of seeing the same old movies touted on netflix streaming as 'new' simply because the movie industry cannot figure out a licensing arrangement...