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Just another example of how out of touch the MPAA is with reality. Any 10Mbit+ connection is perfectly adequate for downloading pirated material. It very possib

by jsz0 15y ago

Just another example of how out of touch the MPAA is with reality. Any 10Mbit+ connection is perfectly adequate for downloading pirated material. It very possibly might take an individual less time to download a torrent than to navigate some archaic cable box UI to find the same program. Mandatory un-skippable movie trailers on DVDs or BluRays can take longer to watch than downloading a torrent. Why isn't the MPAA concerned about that?

Periodic 15y ago
I have "up to 15 Mbps" cable internet. I've gathered this is becoming a pretty standard speed for this type of service. If I use the torrent to download the image of Ubuntu 12.04 it takes < 10 minutes. That's 650 MB, which is enough for a 720p version of a full-length movie or a high def version of a 1-hour show (42 minutes I think). It would take about as much time to download a show as it would take to decide to watch it, find it, get settled on the couch, etc. And don't even get started on streaming...
luriel 15y ago
And another example of how industries clinging to obsolete business models try to hold back progress and keep everyone else stuck in the past. Really sad and scary.
astrodust 15y ago
Anyone with a DVD burner is perfectly capable of making a copy for a friend. Before this it was the VCR. There are distribution systems better than the Torrent approach but they're priced astronomically high. I don't mind spending maybe $5-8 on a digital download of a movie if the product is as good as what you get in physical form, but this is rarely the case. They should be thanking you for downloading a legit digital version, not punishing you with prices, missing features, and poor quality. How is it companies with billions of dollars can't produce a simple, affordable, legal system for downloading movies?
gregable 15y ago
While I don't disagree with your overall sentiment, most "high speed" internet connections have rather limited upload speeds which can have some limiting factor on peer-to-peer activity (including piracy).
- greggman 15y ago
  Does it really matter? My nephew and his roommates managed to download 750gig of movies in 3weeks on their comcast internet. With the average movie size being around 750meg that's 1000 movies. (not that I would actually know the size of a ripped movie ;-) So on gigabit they'll be able to get more faster but if we're already at 1000 movies in 3 weeks what does it matter? That's more than 2x than you can actually watch on those 3 weeks if you could even manage to watch 24/7

by jsz0 15y ago

Periodic 15y ago

I have "up to 15 Mbps" cable internet. I've gathered this is becoming a pretty standard speed for this type of service. If I use the torrent to download the image of Ubuntu 12.04 it takes < 10 minutes. That's 650 MB, which is enough for a 720p version of a full-length movie or a high def version of a 1-hour show (42 minutes I think). It would take about as much time to download a show as it would take to decide to watch it, find it, get settled on the couch, etc. And don't even get started on streaming...

luriel 15y ago

And another example of how industries clinging to obsolete business models try to hold back progress and keep everyone else stuck in the past. Really sad and scary.

astrodust 15y ago

Anyone with a DVD burner is perfectly capable of making a copy for a friend. Before this it was the VCR. There are distribution systems better than the Torrent approach but they're priced astronomically high. I don't mind spending maybe $5-8 on a digital download of a movie if the product is as good as what you get in physical form, but this is rarely the case. They should be thanking you for downloading a legit digital version, not punishing you with prices, missing features, and poor quality. How is it companies with billions of dollars can't produce a simple, affordable, legal system for downloading movies?

gregable 15y ago

While I don't disagree with your overall sentiment, most "high speed" internet connections have rather limited upload speeds which can have some limiting factor on peer-to-peer activity (including piracy).

greggman 15y ago
Does it really matter? My nephew and his roommates managed to download 750gig of movies in 3weeks on their comcast internet. With the average movie size being around 750meg that's 1000 movies. (not that I would actually know the size of a ripped movie ;-) So on gigabit they'll be able to get more faster but if we're already at 1000 movies in 3 weeks what does it matter? That's more than 2x than you can actually watch on those 3 weeks if you could even manage to watch 24/7