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pan6467 · 10-04-2005, 12:32 PM

I know last year they busted a bunch of Kent State students for downloading movies and Univ. of Akron was sending all kinds of warning fliers out.

They weren't "sued", they were arrested, computers confiscated and tried.... don't know what happened to them.

If this is real they could be using you as an example.

Personally, if I want to copy a movie I wouldn't do it on the internet, I'd go to Wal*Mart buy an Emerson DVD/VCR combo (or just have a dvd player and VCR hooked to the same tv, with the DVD inputting into the VCR) and copy a rental/ library loan that way. OR just tape it off a cable station.

Plus I just don't have the patience to download something that takes any longer than a piss and snack getting break.

There are too many reasons why I won't download movies or music from the internet, illegal unless paying a fee, too many viruses and nasties out there, it's not worth the risk.

My ex-father-in-law has 100's of movies, and games he downloads and they always had flaws in them, the games either need the code and won't work or have errors so that as you play the errors will pop in and ruin your game, the movies are always subpar quality and have displacement and problems. But he also pays for these services, which is idiotic considering the quality, but he never watches nor plays them he just libraries them and when someone in the family asks he'll get what they want.

10-04-2005, 12:32 PM	#84 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I know last year they busted a bunch of Kent State students for downloading movies and Univ. of Akron was sending all kinds of warning fliers out. They weren't "sued", they were arrested, computers confiscated and tried.... don't know what happened to them. If this is real they could be using you as an example. Personally, if I want to copy a movie I wouldn't do it on the internet, I'd go to Wal*Mart buy an Emerson DVD/VCR combo (or just have a dvd player and VCR hooked to the same tv, with the DVD inputting into the VCR) and copy a rental/ library loan that way. OR just tape it off a cable station. Plus I just don't have the patience to download something that takes any longer than a piss and snack getting break. There are too many reasons why I won't download movies or music from the internet, illegal unless paying a fee, too many viruses and nasties out there, it's not worth the risk. My ex-father-in-law has 100's of movies, and games he downloads and they always had flaws in them, the games either need the code and won't work or have errors so that as you play the errors will pop in and ruin your game, the movies are always subpar quality and have displacement and problems. But he also pays for these services, which is idiotic considering the quality, but he never watches nor plays them he just libraries them and when someone in the family asks he'll get what they want. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"