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| Thread ID: 135336 | 2013-10-22 05:53:00 | piracydata.org | icow (15313) | PC World Chat |
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| 1356725 | 2013-10-22 05:53:00 | Thought this was a interesting way of backing up Gabe N's argument that piracy is almost always a distribution problem. There seems to be a pattern on unavailability... (http://piracydata.org/) I guess you could claim that most of those movies aren't out on DVD/Digital release as they are still in cinemas (ie the standard model for when and where a movie is available). Maybe it's time for a change in how and when movies are released? |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1356726 | 2013-10-22 05:56:00 | www.stuff.co.nz What we always thought |
plod (107) | ||
| 1356727 | 2013-10-22 05:57:00 | I watched a pre-release pirated movie recently - it was kinda weird cos ever 10 minutes or so it paused briefly with a sentence on-screen saying "add your comments here". | Greg (193) | ||
| 1356728 | 2013-10-22 06:05:00 | The biggest problem in NZ is we are not allowed to rent or stream it legally anyway -- Little NZ is out of the loop. They generally come out in DVD /Blu-ray 5-6 months after release in the US. Its not an excuse to pirate, just a reason why people do. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1356729 | 2013-10-22 06:14:00 | Plenty of legit ways Wainui, Netflix, Hulu iTunes. Just a little work around needed. Even one of the isp's has a global mode. | plod (107) | ||
| 1356730 | 2013-10-22 06:15:00 | www.stuff.co.nz What we always thought How can people expect media to get popular without people being able to share it freely? Some companies clearly don't understand this. In regards to the hulu/netflix thing in nz, what legal issues are there? Hulu/netflix/whatever can't provide the service in nz because they don't have the license to show most of the content here. By using their service you'd be breaking their terms of service but are there any legal issues (for the user specifically) when doing this. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1356731 | 2013-10-22 06:37:00 | Plenty of legit ways Wainui, Netflix, Hulu iTunes. Just a little work around needed. Even one of the isp's has a global mode. I love how you say there's plenty of legit ways, then list some non-legit options :) |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1356732 | 2013-10-22 06:48:00 | I love how you say there's plenty of legit ways, then list some non-legit options :) Ok, iTunes in nz, legit.Quickflix legit. I'm also sure MS has a legit one same with sony. Tivo also has one.. The first list only breaks the T&C of the sites, but we are given perfectly legal ways to bypass these |
plod (107) | ||
| 1356733 | 2013-10-22 07:16:00 | Ok, iTunes in nz, legit.Quickflix legit. I'm also sure MS has a legit one same with sony. Tivo also has one.. The first list only breaks the T&C of the sites, but we are given perfectly legal ways to bypass these You made me laugh mentioning TiVo, that's hilarious. Have you seen the Movie selection on TiVo NZ, my private blu-ray collection is hugely better. As to the legality/ legitimacy of deliberately breaking the terms of service of overseas sites, it's a bit up in the air but don't be surprised if they clamp down on it if it becomes too widespread. As to the stats on that link, largely meaningless. Like a lot of studies people look at the data that supports their opinions and overlook the rest, intentionally or otherwise. Ok the top 10 downloaded movies are largely unavailable legally, does that mean it's the reason? maybe but more study is required. It's just as likely they are the 10 most recently released popular movies and/or are the most recent pirate releases. I'd guess availability is the reason alright, but not how they mean it. It's availability of pirated copies that influence the 10 most pirated movies IMHO - totally unscientific but I'm fairly confident. Not that I have any personal experience but it's a cycle... You download a few movies to watch, cool. Then a while later in the Video store looking to hire something to watch (maybe from guilt or whatever :)) you find you've already seen everything you want to watch, maybe months before it was released here. So you either wait a couple months for the legit sources to catch up or you download something newer you haven't seen yet... So why do you think the newest movies are the most downloaded??? because they aren't available legally or because that's all the pirates haven't seen yet? |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1356734 | 2013-10-22 07:23:00 | I have tivo, never used the online capacity of it, but it does give me unmetered internet. Unlimited internet gives me access to the best online entertainment out there. Torrents | plod (107) | ||
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