Don't Make Me Steal • Hacker News Board

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by markstansbury » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:31 PM UTC

krainboltgreene wrote: post #12

defen wrote: post #4

I don't think running a protection racket is the best way to get your point across. "I promise never to watch a movie until my demands are met" might actually carry some moral weight.

No it wouldn't, because the people companies make money from aren't willing to stop watching movies . It would be like saying "I won't walk outside until the city cleans the streets!" It's a promise a majority of people simply won't, or can't, keep.

So, you're saying, if a company is successful at creating and marketing its product and I don't like the price I can steal it?

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by Seldaek » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:31 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #16

Why is the most important point made last?

Because importance is subjective :)

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by phillijw » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:31 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #24

My partner Dave asks when we can expect the MPAA/RIAA to put up "DON'T MAKE US SUE".

I think the proper response would be to point them to this

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by mattgreenrocks » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:31 PM UTC

mike_esspe wrote: post #7

This can start a copyright flame, but in order to be fair, "steal" should be replaced with "copy".

I find it amusing that second-rate grammar (loose/lose) and spelling is the norm for some communities, but the second this topic comes up, everyone turns into a armchair semantic guru.

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by anatoli » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:32 PM UTC

The whole "languages" section sounds like it was written by somebody with no understanding of how dubbing is produced, who pays for it, and the issues that arise with the rights to these different versions of a film. Often it gets even more complicated with TV Shows.

Convenience? Now you're getting completely unreasonable. If you can't filter by all metadata you're going to "steal"? Come on...

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by protomyth » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:32 PM UTC

Here's what I really don't understand. What exactly do they believe gives them the "right" to watch a given movie / tv show?

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:32 PM UTC

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Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by marshray » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:33 PM UTC

caillou wrote: post #8

jefe78 wrote: post #2

Cool project but I'd rather not have to sign with Facebook/Twitter. Can you implement an alternative please?

We considered many different authentications and chose Facebook and Twitter because they make it really easy to show avatars of the people who sign. What alternatives would you suggest?

How about just asking for a name and email like everything else?

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by Goronmon » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:34 PM UTC

defen wrote: post #4

I don't think running a protection racket is the best way to get your point across. "I promise never to watch a movie until my demands are met" might actually carry some moral weight.

This wouldn't matter as the companies in question will just count that as a "sale lost to piracy" regardless. They already assume that their profits should be going up every year. Do you really think they care that you are taking a moral stand when it benefits them to label you as a "pirate" as opposed to just a lost sale?

Re: Don't Make Me Steal

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Post by btipling » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 9:34 PM UTC

Don't agree with 'Purchase should not exceed the cinema price.' since that stuff comes with extra content and 20 years from now I'm sure whatever the cinema costs were will have become untenable due to inflation...