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I single out torrents because they're the most widely spread medium of internet theft, and they have absolutely no danger in using them. Because torrents are a shared network of seeders, no one can do anything about it (especially the govt, which has to make sure they dont interfere with the internet). There's gotta be a better way to stop this than just "begging". We need to take some action... but how? I guess anti-torrent security from the publishers should improve, (like a USB hardware identifier that you need to put in the computer in order to install the product) but companies dont want to spend that much money to fight something that could actually help them.
[EDIT] You know what, dont reply to that. What the hell am I trying to accomplish? I cant make a difference by complaining on a forum... this is stupid, I'm stupid. I'm just wasting my time and yours. The thing is, there are many problems just like this one that dont, and never will get resolved. You know why? Because no one will ever do anthing that will make a difference. How can they... they're just one person. One person can see a problem and tell people about it, try to show them, but nothing will get done. In fact, the other people will try to show you that's it not a big deal at all. This is a social issue, you can try everything: Increasing security, spreading information, elevating pirating laws. People will just find other ways, they always do. They'll crack it like they did serials and everything before.
All I can do, all any of us can do.... is just sit there and watch it all go to hell. This is pointless. Thread over.
Last edited by Trennto; 07-05-2008 at 11:09 PM.
"Never be afraid to try, remember...
Amateurs built the ark
Professionals built the Titanic" - Unknown
"If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging." - Will Rogers
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese" - Steven Wright
> like a USB hardware identifier that you need to put in the computer in order to install the product
Doesn't work, never has. Not to mention it just punishes the consumers who do pay for the product. A perfect example is 3DS max (5 I think it was), which required a dongle to work... hopeless.
Don't blame torrents, that's like blaming the street because people drag race on it. There are huge "underground" sites that give downloads of movies and games over FTP/HTTP ... perhaps we should ban those protocols too. Go for the people that sit in the movies with a camera, or upload the software, or crack it. There's less of them than the consumers.
I think this guy works for someone.
You're a nut. Software piracy has existed since software has existed. Torrents are just the latest way of doing it. Before that were underground warez web sites, IRC, BBS, dialing up your buddy who had something you wanted, or even just copying floppy disks.
I make my living writing software, and I still find your attitude extremely disturbing. BitTorrent is a technology, that's all.
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
PrimeGrid releases new sequences by torrent, so not all uses of torrent are bad. Don't blame murder on guns, blame the murderer's. Don't blame software piracy on torrents, blame the pirates. In both cases the problem existed long before the current method of choice, and the method serves far more legitimate purposes than illegitimate ones.
> Don't blame murder on guns, blame the murderer's.
If only the pollys in Australia thought the same way... no airsoft, no semi-autos, no autos :'(
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Or music! People gotta stop pirating music, too. But becauseGames are so abundantly available and affordable I cannot see any excuse for stealing them. I do not approve of the invasive copy protection systems some utilize but this small petty argument still does not give anyone the right to just blatantly steal games.
it's so easy, it'll never happen. Almost every person I've ever
met that has an iPod has the thing mostly filled up with pirated
music. It's ridiculous. Songs are usually less than a dollar;
CDs usually less than $12. That's not an unreasonable price;
EVEN IF THE ALBUM ENDS UP SUCKING! People spend as much
going to a movie based on nothing but a 30second trailer.
Lol. I also created an anti-Torrent thread about 3 years ago:
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=81407
Staying away from General.
The problem is none of them carry Janis Joplin or any other music that people with credit cards tend to listen to. Sorry but im not paying a monthly fee for a bunch of degenerates yelling about how the man is screwing them over and teeny boppers squalling in their underwear.
I agree. As a teenager I used to be more of the "freeloader" mindset...but honestly the prices really are not that bad. One should be willing to pay the appropriate amount of money for a product that he/she wants to have.Or music! People gotta stop pirating music, too. But because
it's so easy, it'll never happen. Almost every person I've ever
met that has an iPod has the thing mostly filled up with pirated
music. It's ridiculous. Songs are usually less than a dollar;
CDs usually less than $12. That's not an unreasonable price;
EVEN IF THE ALBUM ENDS UP SUCKING! People spend as much
going to a movie based on nothing but a 30second trailer.
Look, I'm sorry if I came across as blaming torrents as the problem. In case you didn't get it (or didn't really read the thread) the target is pirating in general. I just choose torrents to pick on because its the latest, easiest way to download anything you want, no consequences. Please, no more "Torrents are just a technology, don't blame the gun" crap. This thread is about the ridiculous amount of illegal software and music pirating going on right now and what it will end up doing.I make my living writing software, and I still find your attitude extremely disturbing. BitTorrent is a technology, that's all.
I make my living as a human, and I still find your attitude extremely disturbing. Pirating is theft, that's all.
Last edited by Trennto; 07-08-2008 at 10:11 AM.
Who do you work for?
"Never be afraid to try, remember...
Amateurs built the ark
Professionals built the Titanic" - Unknown
"If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging." - Will Rogers
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese" - Steven Wright
At 15, you dont make a living at all. You live off the generosity of your parents and society, and do not have the life experience to hold an informed opinion about a technology you barely understand. Spare us the childish blathering about how software piracy will doom us all. It just isn't so. Piracy has been around since before you or I or probably anyone alive were a twinkle in their momma's eye. It hasn't brought about armageddon yet. In fact quite the oposite. Microsoft owes its dominance of the OS market to the fact that in the formative years of personal computers DOS was easily pirated and thus used more widely than any other competing product.
Last edited by abachler; 07-08-2008 at 10:43 AM.