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>Alternatively, I can go to a not-so-legitimate website, and be presented with 10+ different versions of the same album (originals, remastered editions, reissue

>Alternatively, I can go to a not-so-legitimate website, and be presented with 10+ different versions of the same album (originals, remastered editions, reissues, international releases, vinyl rips, etc.), each of which is typically available in all the popular formats (FLAC, MP3 320kbps, V0, V2, etc.) I can plump for the FLAC, along with which I will often get high resolution scans of the source material, as well as a LOG file to verify the veracity of the copy. If I want to re-encode it, I'm free to do as I please. Then to top it off, the legal services have the audacity to charge as much as a physical copy of the CD. I despair... Yeah man. That's the spirit. I propose everybody does that to the digital things you sell too, if they don't find the format, the price or any service detail conventient.

fijal 14y ago
have you ever tried living outside of the united states of america or europe? most content owners or distributors (music, books, movies) will tell you "fuck you, you're too far and too small for us to bother". Anything but blockbusters that I don't watch (pirated or not) is not even in theaters. Presented with the alternative pirate-or-don't-watch, I for one choose to pirate.
aes256 14y ago
> Yeah man. That's the spirit. I propose everybody does that to the digital things you sell too, if they don't find the format, the price or any service detail conventient. I'm not foolish enough to be in the IP business.