Mandy gets tough

Started by Rik, Aug 25, 2009, 09:44:59

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Rik

Oh yes, I know that feeling. ;D
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somanyholes


Rik

The comments are good though. ;D
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talos

Thats good coming from a politician :mad:

Rik

It's amazing, coming from a politician. ;)
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dujas

Fairly balanced piece, still all talk and no details to mull over though. Quite disappointed he said "I was shocked to hear that as much as half of all internet traffic in the UK is for the carriage of unlawful content", when really there hasn't been anywhere near enough research into online piracy to throw out statistics like that.

Rik

He has to justify his righteous indignation somehow.  :eyebrow:
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Technical Ben

I think they tried a "play once" dvd some time ago. Or a once use paper dvd (guess we will be moved onto blue ray now).
That could be a better model for rental, as you do not have the hassle of retuning it, and the retal company do not have to worry about you replaying it either.

But I doubt it will happen.

The scariest one I've seen is on my psp. I see I can now purchase games online to download. Great! And games I love/loved from my childhood. However I get 1 download. My memory card cannot take more than 1 game. So if I loose it, or want to play on another game I cannot redownload. :/ I know in the past, if you lost a CD you lost it for good. But ever since the pc/cd copying came out it's been a good idea to protect (by backing up) your collections. I'm not taking that risk when a ps3/psp game costs up to and over £50!

So I have not bought any PSP games, not getting a ps3, and sold my Xbox360. :( I'm keeping Steam on the pc though, as it seems the best method. Might even try Itunes one day as they seem reasonable too.
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Rik

Check Amazon as well, Ben, they often undercut iTunes.
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Supanova

Quoting Mandleson's column
QuoteProvide customers with a good quality, cheap, safe and efficient experience, and they will ditch illegal downloading

HA!
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Rik

That about sums up our reaction. ;)
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gizmo71

Quote from: Rik on Sep 04, 2009, 09:49:49
Check Amazon as well, Ben, they often undercut iTunes.

They don't often undercut "nearly new" from Amazon Marketplace though - and you end up with an actual CD from that! :D
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gizmo71

Quote from: Rik on Sep 08, 2009, 18:46:43
Pedant. ;D

That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all day! ;D
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Rik

I must be slipping then.  :evil:
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john

Here's an interesting article relevent to this thread.

Ray

Thanks, interesting article, John, there was something along similar lines in the latest copy of Computer Shopper as well. Further proof of what I've thought for a long time, most if not all Politicians haven't got a clue what they're talking about most of the time  ;D :whistle:
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Rik

Makes sense. Detecting illegal traffic is next to impossible, whatever Mandy thinks.
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Ray

It does indeed, Rik.  :)
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Colin Burns

and who needs to download music when i can just listen to it for free on youtube  :whistle:

Supanova

Quote from: Colin Burns on Sep 16, 2009, 21:38:14
and who needs to download music when i can just listen to it for free on youtube  :whistle:

Download a program called vdownloader, and you can rip the music directly off youtube vids  ;D
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Simon

That would be illegal though, wouldn't it?
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drummer

Quote from: Simon on Sep 16, 2009, 23:57:43
That would be illegal though, wouldn't it?
Probably, but in the same way that uploading copyright material to YouTube probably is.

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Supanova

Quote from: Simon on Sep 16, 2009, 23:57:43
That would be illegal though, wouldn't it?

I would imagine it's just as illigal as uploading it in the first place, but as it appears to youtube like any other browser buffering the data they can't track you down and the only person that gets hurt is the massive, soulless, 500% profit margine, artist exploiting record company.
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