FBI charges Megaupload operators with piracy crimes
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thetechfreak
Legend Never Ends
Oh well..
Arsenal_Gunners
Human Spambot
Megaporn is dead too.Not that I ever visited it or anything...
Sure, you did.
Liverpool_fan
Sami Hyypiä, LFC legend
Stay on topic, people. No "Support" piracy crap.
SOPA thread is this - *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/technology-news/150426-sopa-death-internet-we-know-3.html
SOPA thread is this - *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/technology-news/150426-sopa-death-internet-we-know-3.html
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bubusam13
Human
The main point of piracy is cost. If the softwares, audio, videos are available cheap, no body will indulge in piracy. And truly speaking it feels nice when you buy something original.
In Assam, in order to stop piracy, video and music discs are priced between Rs 25 to Rs 50. So you will get very little Assamese videos online or pirated discs in the market because people buy original discs.
And mostly illigal downloads are made by people who cannot pay for it. So the companies are not loosing much money. Such people will not by because they can't afford to buy.
In Assam, in order to stop piracy, video and music discs are priced between Rs 25 to Rs 50. So you will get very little Assamese videos online or pirated discs in the market because people buy original discs.
And mostly illigal downloads are made by people who cannot pay for it. So the companies are not loosing much money. Such people will not by because they can't afford to buy.
Liverpool_fan
Sami Hyypiä, LFC legend
As Gabe Newell said to stop piracy a better service has to be provided to the customers than what pirates can offer. Have to say Steam does well there.
Regarding Megaupload, there's no escape if the allegation about the e-mails are true. Though I cannot rule out the mafIAA digging up e-mails from just random employees and using it in the worst possible manner.
Regarding Megaupload, there's no escape if the allegation about the e-mails are true. Though I cannot rule out the mafIAA digging up e-mails from just random employees and using it in the worst possible manner.
OpMegaupload
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Elephants dont disturb hornet nests.
no price is not really the problem, in fact, if the movie is selling for 2000 rupees, more people may buy it than if it is selling for 700 rs, and ofc, there will be those selling movies for 50 rs and 0 rs as well
the prolem is its a fight between screens - TV and PC, if the ISP could charge your bank balance for the month for all your content needs, then the theatres, and DTH and cable companies have no eyeballs to sell the advertisers
this transition is late, could have happened at least 10 years ago, or even 20-50 years ago they could have maintained one line for phone and television instead of two
digital delivery offers some exciting options, and its inevitable that things will head that way, meanwhile those affected immediately by the transition will fight for things to say the same
yeah Steam does well here, so does the iStore, but they deal with software, for music and movies computers are very disruptive to the industry
#OpMegaupload - Pastebin.com
Elephants dont disturb hornet nests.
no price is not really the problem, in fact, if the movie is selling for 2000 rupees, more people may buy it than if it is selling for 700 rs, and ofc, there will be those selling movies for 50 rs and 0 rs as well
the prolem is its a fight between screens - TV and PC, if the ISP could charge your bank balance for the month for all your content needs, then the theatres, and DTH and cable companies have no eyeballs to sell the advertisers
this transition is late, could have happened at least 10 years ago, or even 20-50 years ago they could have maintained one line for phone and television instead of two
digital delivery offers some exciting options, and its inevitable that things will head that way, meanwhile those affected immediately by the transition will fight for things to say the same
yeah Steam does well here, so does the iStore, but they deal with software, for music and movies computers are very disruptive to the industry
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bubusam13
Human
I agree to you but price is surely a problem. Who can buy a Rs 2000 movie ? Those who can pay for it. Right? What about others ? I am not supporting piracy but suggesting a way to tackle it.
There are guys who connect their mobile phones to their PCs the whole night so that they can download stuff using GPRS. Why they do so? GPRS cost Rs 98 for 2GB. Isn't that piracy ? Do you expect them to buy a RS 2000 worth movie ?
There are guys who connect their mobile phones to their PCs the whole night so that they can download stuff using GPRS. Why they do so? GPRS cost Rs 98 for 2GB. Isn't that piracy ? Do you expect them to buy a RS 2000 worth movie ?
Liverpool_fan
Sami Hyypiä, LFC legend
That is not true really to be fair. Whatever damage is caused is simply because the big labels are like dinosaurs who are simply not accepting new technology and innovating to keep up with the technology and only smash DRM on the faces of the customer and even further damaging their quality of service. Whatever innovations have been there in that industry with respect to internet has profited them immensely - iTunes, Spotify, Netflix, etc.
As Gabe Newell said, bring a good service. Unlimited fast and cheap internet, music and music streaming from cloud at say Rs.5-10 per track (Indian) and Rs.50-100 per movie will get plenty of customers in India. Yes there would be plenty of pirates but at least legitimate users will get proper service as they deserve. Not a worse service which they often get with idiotic DRM.
Check this Anonymous Goes on Megaupload Revenge Spree: DoJ, RIAA, MPAA, and Universal Music All Offline 
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
Humble Indie Bundle & Android apps. both these cost a few dollars. but still almost half of the download comes illegally.
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bubusam13
Human
A few dollars make a sense in India since 1$ = about Rs 50
In those days of black and white phones, didn't people downloaded picture messages for Rs 5 and Ringtones for Rs 15.
Just as I said above about GPRS cost. Pay for the app and also internet on phone and plus broadband on PC. And again most people does not have internet on their phone and android market needs internet on your phone. So they download from other websites where its mostly cracked version.
And secondly most people using android handsets doesn't know what the android market app in their phone is for even they have internet in their phones.
I think the discussion is leading in a different direction till it become a debate between us.
As posted by Liverpool_fan
In those days of black and white phones, didn't people downloaded picture messages for Rs 5 and Ringtones for Rs 15.
Just as I said above about GPRS cost. Pay for the app and also internet on phone and plus broadband on PC. And again most people does not have internet on their phone and android market needs internet on your phone. So they download from other websites where its mostly cracked version.
And secondly most people using android handsets doesn't know what the android market app in their phone is for even they have internet in their phones.
I think the discussion is leading in a different direction till it become a debate between us.
As posted by Liverpool_fan
