Black March 2012 • Hacker News Board

Re: Black March 2012

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Post by finnw » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 5:39 PM UTC

zht wrote: post #4

Long story short: "Do not buy a single record. Do not download a single song, legally or illegally. Do not go to see a single film in cinemas, or download a copy. Do not buy a DVD in the stores. Do not buy a videogame. Do not buy a single book or magazine."

I would be interested to know if the author approves or disapproves of buying used CDs and DVDs

I remember some bloggers recommending it around the time the DMCA was introduced. (The idea being that MPAA/RIAA cannot make money from it but cannot ban it either.)

Re: Black March 2012

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Post by angersock » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 6:05 PM UTC

arbitrage wrote: post #5

oh, we're still passing around the "emergency" ip list? these people have absolutely no idea what they're talking about, or why this won't work. i hope they remember to send us a postcard from 30 years ago.

YOU WOULDNT DOWNLOAD A NAME RECORD

Re: Black March 2012

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Post by pookiesbutt » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 6:23 PM UTC

fourmii wrote: post #8

I want to support this sort of movement, but it seems a little naive. Sure, not going to a movie is going to have some impact on the big movie studios and companies, but I happen to love listening to music. And I still want to support the artists themselves, many of them not superstars...

Waiting 4 weeks won't hurt the artist given the media industry's really-slow-payment policy to content creators.