GeneralRam Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Was reading this earlier - [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8219652.stm]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8219652.stm What a joke. All this is going to do is catch average joe out from donloading an odd album or 2. Not going to get to the problem at all. All im going to end up doing is masking my IP, go through a proxy and encrypt my connection. The computer literate people who do most the piracy will not get caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 They've been threatening to do this for years. I've not been cut off yet. How do you mask your IP and all that then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralRam Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 At the moment I use uTorrent, theres an option to encrypt your connection in the settings. Also get a program called PeerGuardian, it should sort you out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Originally posted by ToonRam;29785 At the moment I use uTorrent, theres an option to encrypt your connection in the settings. Also get a program called PeerGuardian, it should sort you out Thanks. BitLord should have the same options. I'll get PeerGuardian as well to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 just pointless doing that people always have ways of getting round it even if it means buying the cd copying it an taking it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Dan :eek: you didn't do that did you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 yeh hmv take anything back lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 (making notes for future blackmail campaign) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I know this is a random bump but this topic came up on another forum so I decided to write this rant. Thought I'd copy it for you lot to see. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Record labels will die soon. Good bands, especially the established bands can sell albums without labels. It's about promotion for bands and the limelight because enough money can be made from that without selling records. The increased popularity and corporate sponsorship of festivals is one example of how this will become. P2P is just a good way of spreading your music around. How can TV companies like Sky expect to buy shows like Lost of C4 and Prison Break of Five so that people have to pay money to watch something that they could watch previously with a TV license alone and no other subscription fees? So it's no wonder why people are downloading programmes. BBC introducing iPlayer is a very good move in my opinion as it allows people to watch programmes when they want so it cuts another incentive to download illegally. Films are expensive for what they are. Going to the cinema can cost a fortune for a family. Adult tickets can reach £8 or more. A lot of films are dross these days and while film companies enjoy large takings on opening weekends even if a film is poor, then it doesn't take long for word of mouth to cause a decline. If people hear a film is rubbish, they'd rather take a free look to see for themselves than take the unlikely chance that they'll enjoy the film which costs a lot to see. DVDs take a while to be released, which gives an incentive to download a film. Watchmen was recently released on DVD but the director's cut is only available in region 1. What do they expect people to do? Though soon the media institutions will realise they are fighting a losing battle to the internet and will have to either concede or launch a legal market into the internet, like iTunes have done. Though unfortunately until this happens, companies will continue to raise prices to save their dying income and this will heavily tax people who legally purchase media. A lot of downloaded material is material people would choose not to use if they couldn't get it for free anyway. Do you agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 ^^^^^^ mary whitehouse re-incarnate lol nah i'm only jokin mate i agree cinema is well expensive now but if you sign up to a website i use seefilmfirst you get to see quite alot of the new films before they come out at the cinema for free all you have to after is do a quick review like did you like the film was the cinema packed what was the atmosphere like ect literally takes 5 mins and its a cheap night out also you get 2 tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I'm trying to get out of a trip to the cinema today. It's a film I don't want to see with money I can't spend. Cinema sucks balls anyway. Too many 14 year old kids throwing pop corn and kicking your seat. Plus pop corn costs like £3 unless you smuggle your own stuff in. I only go to the cinema if it's something I desperately want to see. Watching DVDs at home and downloading torrents ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrdinary Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 i use utorrent, that peer guardian stuff sounds like a bloomin good idea so having my self that. and im not even bad, i buy loads of music some of which i download first, just also download a hell of a lot that i dont buy as well cause its rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Yeah if I really love a film or album I'll purchase it legally. I downloaded the new Arctic Monkeys which is awesome and I should buy it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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