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Originally Posted by Obdurate Do you intend to buy anything that you download? I'm conflicted about this kind of stuff.
On one level I'm an anarchist so I believe in free shit for all.
And on another level, while I still believe in free shit for all, I realize that we live in a capitalist society and money is necessary to survive. Which is where the real problems start. Being an author in progress my view on people stealing/downloading my book is this: I would love if people bought it so I could afford to eat but if someone wants to steal it, I won't condemn them.
I'd be hypocritical if I didn't say that.
But I do believe you should eventually buy whatever it is if you love it or it's pure art/entertainment. And ESPECIALLY if it's a struggling artist. I've ranted about that in another thread somewheres. But it's also understandable if you can't afford to buy everything because that's one of the many downfalls of capitalism. In which case (like with movies), I'd rather see/play/read/touch etc. it than not. |
i do agree with you on some things... if it is something i am planning on keeping past one viewing like a movie, i will go out and buy it at a used movies 4 sale type establishment months after it comes out... if its music, i typically don't buy it but my taste change so often in music that i never keep a song for very long. now as for video games, a ripped game on the net 9/10 times cannot be played online due to keys attached to an account etc... with that being said i do eventually by the game if i want to end up playing it online... once agian i feel i am more of a renter for a short period of time on the stuff that i get. i could afford to go out and buy 90% of the things i download, i'm just to lazy to do it. it all started when i was alot younger, and i'd ask for a movie or a game or a cd and my parents would get me everything i ever wanted but it would get expensive and when i started downloading stuff it saved them money, i calculated one year when i was 15 how much money i saved them for that year and it was truely outrageous probably close to 20 or 30 thousand dollars. however mind you because it was free i downloaded more than i probably normally would have baught. as far as tv shows i pay the cable bill, i should be able to download any content that is tv related past or present. the people are still getting their money from me. i go to the theater at least once a week so those people are getting their money from me there. just my .02c more like .50c but there it is.
our society is going into a recession, people are not buying stuff anymore, and prices are about to plumet on alot of stuff with that being the case i might just start buying stuff when its nearly free due to our recession.