What the crap!

[Sense]

So I'm not totally informed yet, because I haven't gotten home...

but apparently I got a letter from my ISP, warning me to delete(I believe) a movie I downloaded off a torrent.

How does this happen again?

I'm almost certain it came from demonoid, although I do wonder sometimes if I got it off ninjavideo...

anyways... this is gay

[MannyIsGod]

Who's your ISP?

[Sense]

Who's your ISP?

I believe it's SuddenLink, not too many options in Lufkin

[MannyIsGod]

Interesting. I wonder what movie it is.

[Sense]

Kick-Ass...


apparently, they got a letter from NBC? or something idk, my cousin couldn't explain it

[MannyIsGod]

Eh, I downloaded a copy of Kick Ass a long time ago before it was out on DVD but I got it from a private torrent site.

[Sense]

Eh, I downloaded a copy of Kick Ass a long time ago before it was out on DVD but I got it from a private torrent site.

Same here....

That's why it's odd, this happened a long time ago. I want to believe Demonoid is still a private torrent site.

[MannyIsGod]

Let us know if NBC sues you and takes your house.

[Wild Cobra]

Well, if you unethical asses wish to steal copyrighted material, maybe some day, you'll see jail time.

[CuckingFunt]

I got a letter like that from Suddenlink when I was still in California. South Park season 12, maybe? Don't remember.

In any case, nothing happened.

[Sense]

Let us know if NBC sues you and takes your house.

HA! That's where they would lose, I don't own a house!

[MannyIsGod]

Damn guess the lesson is to never use Sudden Link.

More importantly Sense,, being a Mexican in Lufkin must SUCK.

[Sense]

Damn guess the lesson is to never use Sudden Link.

More importantly Sense,, being a Mexican in Lufkin must SUCK.

:lol

Indeed, they're after us!

I'm leaving it soon, to go back to Beaumont to gather some cash to go to San Marcos/San Antonio/Austin... lol


Been saying that for a while, but I think this time I'm gonna do it.

[phyzik]

Use Peer Block....

Also, as long as you are not downloading them for profit, they really cant do shit.

If you download and sell.... well.... good luck to you.

[phyzik]

Well, if you unethical asses wish to steal copyrighted material, maybe some day, you'll see jail time.

:rolleyes

If I paid money to see a movie at the theatre, I can download the same movie on my computer. Im not reselling it.

Are you going to bitch at someone for buying a book and then loaning it to someone?

What about when you buy the DVD and loan it out to someone? Isnt that taking away from their sales as well?

What about buyind a CD and letting someone else listen to it? Are you going to tell your friend to fuck off and buy their own and wont let them listen to it?

Are those outside the realm of your "code of ethics"?

Please.....

They never leave my computer, people come over and watch it at my house. I dont hand out copies and definately dont sell them. Every movie I have, I have seen in a theatre or on a DVD I owned at one point. Those notifications are nothing but hot air unless you are using the material for personal gain.

If someone is downloading shit with the intent to sell, then yeah, they deserved to be fucked.

Unless you are totally anal and dont let anyone see the DVDs you have, listen to the CD's you buy or refuse to let them see the PPV events you pay for, you need to seriously shut the fuck up.

[phyzik]

If the movie business is tired of this shit, they need to provide a code on movie tickets that allows people that payed to see it to download it legally. That would easily take care of alot of the rampant stealing.

My view is, if I pay more than $20 to enjoy the movie at the theatre (ticket, food, drinks, ect) then they can kiss my ass if they think Im going to spend another $20 to buy a DVD/Blueray version of the same movie I saw MONTHS before.

Until then, I will enjoy going to the theatre to see something and I will enjoy downloading that same movie when I get home for free. I Paid my ticket price. Fuck them after that.

[Trainwreck2100]

If the movie business is tired of this shit, they need to provide a code on movie tickets that allows people that payed to see it to download it legally. That would easily take care of alot of the rampant stealing.

My view is, if I pay more than $20 to enjoy the movie at the theatre (ticket, food, drinks, ect) then they can kiss my ass if they think Im going to spend another $20 to buy a DVD/Blueray version of the same movie I saw MONTHS before.

Until then, I will enjoy going to the theatre to see something and I will enjoy downloading that same movie when I get home for free. I Paid my ticket price. Fuck them after that.

that is the stupidest idea i have ever seen.

[CubanMustGo]

You can have your view all you want, physik. The fact of the matter (and the law) is that paying a one-time fee to watch a movie in a theatre does not grant you an unlimited license to watch the movie as many times as you want on your PC. Wanting something to be so doesn't make it so. Makes no difference where you d/l'd the movie from; the act of doing so without the permission of the copyright holder is illegal.

To the OP: yes, 99.999+% of the time they won't go after you, but every so often these guys will trot out their high-priced lawyers to make an example of someone. It really sucks to try and defend yourself when what you've done is against the law, no matter whether you think the law is right or not.

[Nathan Explosion]

What about the people who buy a CD then loan it someone so they can download it to their computer, make a CD and/or put it on their MP3 player?

My brother has bought CDs that have ended up on 5 different iPods plus computers. I can go and burn CDs of those CDs without ever having bought it or downloaded off the internet, on my computer.

How is that any different and how can that be stopped?

[Sense]

What about the people who buy a CD then loan it someone so they can download it to their computer, make a CD and/or put it on their MP3 player?

My brother has bought CDs that have ended up on 5 different iPods plus computers. I can go and burn CDs of those CDs without ever having bought it or downloaded off the internet, on my computer.

How is that any different and how can that be stopped?

I've always wondered this too...

Also, I was mistaken... the ISP is Consolidated..

They pretty much just state that they want me to get rid of the movie, and that they'll make the "site" unavailable for me if it happens again.

I don't really know what they mean by site, I really don't think it's website. They probably mean internet overall.

[Nathan Explosion]

I was playing Devil's Advocate in my last post, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. In fact, I'm sure at least 90% of the people here have done what I stated earlier and never thought twice about it.

As for DL movies, I don't see a problem with it as a whole. The problem I have is that you never know what you're getting with these things. The quality can be shit or DVD quality. There really isn't any way of knowing for sure.

[IronMexican]

I was playing Devil's Advocate in my last post, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. In fact, I'm sure at least 90% of the people here have done what I stated earlier and never thought twice about it.

As for DL movies, I don't see a problem with it as a whole. The problem I have is that you never know what you're getting with these things. The quality can be shit or DVD quality. There really isn't any way of knowing for sure.

Next to the download, it likely says CAM, dvdrip, HD DVD RIP, Blu Ray. Usually a good way of knowing.

[Nathan Explosion]

Next to the download, it likely says CAM, dvdrip, HD DVD RIP, Blu Ray. Usually a good way of knowing.

Usually. But then again, that's half the battle. Even respectable sites have people who try to load the files with all sorts of shit to fuck with your computer.

I'd rather just watch them online than download them. My kids fuck up my DVDs anyway, so I've really gotten into Netflix.

[IronMexican]

Usually. But then again, that's half the battle. Even respectable sites have people who try to load the files with all sorts of shit to fuck with your computer.

I'd rather just watch them online than download them. My kids fuck up my DVDs anyway, so I've really gotten into Netflix.

What bootleg sites do you use? I stick to forums or blogspot's. Forums with good repuation, of course.

[Nathan Explosion]

What bootleg sites do you use? I stick to forums or blogspot's. Forums with good repuation, of course.

Me too. I've gotten into Sidereel although it can be a pain finding a good link. Other sites I've visited always ask to download some type of software to view the movies. I'd rather not.

[IronMexican]

Sidereel is pretty mainstream and stuff usually gets taken down rather fast.

megauploadforum.net has links to movie downloads, and movie/television show streams. I don't like streaming, cause the quality is extremely degraded, though.

[Nathan Explosion]

I don't like downloading, but I know what you mean about streaming degrading the quality. Say what you will about Hulu, the quality is pretty decent, even when I hook up my tower to my 32" LCD 1080p.