Actually I don't because MakeMKV does the job just fine for free. I win!
Oh look dog piled by like 6 thieves and still on top.
I'm a "thief?"
Theft is breaking into a store and stealing a CD. That CD is a physical item that costs money to make, and it can no longer be sold because it's not there anymore, not to mention the damage done to the building. Sadly the copyright companies have bought the government, and you are actually better off doing that than downloading because the penalties for downloading are worse. Pretty stupid world we live in. If there was some kind of tech that can copy and 3D print a fully functional car, and I go use it on someone's car, they still have their car in the end. Nobody lost anything. But if I break into said car and steal it, then they lost their car.
Also how is it any different to burn a copy for a friend, vs inviting that friend over to watch the same movie? It comes up to the same in the end. Well, I would not be surprised if there's some stupid law about that, perhaps it's actually illegal to have more than one person watch a movie if they don't own a personal copy. I'm sure that's what the copyright companies want. But that's besides the point, this software's original intention was not even piracy, it was so people can take movies they own and put them on their own media servers, and/or make backups of them. It's a tool. Tools can be used for good, but can also be used for bad. The tool maker should not be the one that gets punished.
I'm pretty sure jstorm must work for the RIAA or MPAA or something. I've never seen someone that defensive about the whole thing. Perhaps spend that amount of effort fighting things that matter, like the TPP. That will have much more serious damage on much more people due to all the job losses that will happen because of it.
Theft is breaking into a store and stealing a CD. That CD is a physical item that costs money to make, and it can no longer be sold because it's not there anymore, not to mention the damage done to the building. Sadly the copyright companies have bought the government, and you are actually better off doing that than downloading because the penalties for downloading are worse. Pretty stupid world we live in. If there was some kind of tech that can copy and 3D print a fully functional car, and I go use it on someone's car, they still have their car in the end. Nobody lost anything. But if I break into said car and steal it, then they lost their car.
Also how is it any different to burn a copy for a friend, vs inviting that friend over to watch the same movie? It comes up to the same in the end. Well, I would not be surprised if there's some stupid law about that, perhaps it's actually illegal to have more than one person watch a movie if they don't own a personal copy. I'm sure that's what the copyright companies want. But that's besides the point, this software's original intention was not even piracy, it was so people can take movies they own and put them on their own media servers, and/or make backups of them. It's a tool. Tools can be used for good, but can also be used for bad. The tool maker should not be the one that gets punished.
I'm pretty sure jstorm must work for the RIAA or MPAA or something. I've never seen someone that defensive about the whole thing. Perhaps spend that amount of effort fighting things that matter, like the TPP. That will have much more serious damage on much more people due to all the job losses that will happen because of it.
Your argument is tired and old.
Look who's talking.
There are three separate and incompatible viewpoints in this thread.
The current method of delivery is outdated. If they keep up with the times they can still make money. Heck even with this outdated system where most people pirate, they still rack in billions. So no, piracy is not actually hurting them. But personally a lot of the stuff I pirate I could technically watch legally on TV anyway, whether I PVR it, or download it, it more or less comes up to the same thing. Nobody is losing money. I just like having it as a file that is on my local server that I can watch any time, or bring with me somewhere or what not. I would probably pay for a service that offered that. You'd be paying knowing you are getting it from a reliable safe source and that it's the highest quality.
My big beef with the piracy is not that it should be legal, but that it should not be treated like terrorism and the "enablers" should not be guilty just because they wrote a piece of software that can be used to pirate. The penalties are WAY too ridiculous. People who pirate should have to pay a fine, something like 2x the cost of what they pirated. It should be like a parking ticket. Yeah parking in a place that says no parking is wrong, but it does not kill anybody, either. Of course you will get a bigger fine if you park in a place that can harm someone, like blocking an ambulance. But even those tickets will be reasonable and fit the crime. Not millions of dollars and/or jail time. That guy from Reddit (can't recall his first name, last name was Swartz) who copied a bounch of PDFs was about to face 25 years. Completely ridiculous. Child molesters don't even get that much time.
But that's veering a bit off topic, this software was not even to pirate. People who would use this software would probably have physical copies of the content already, so they paid for it, they just want it as a file.... which brings me to my argument that these companies need to just keep with the times and perhaps offer their content that way.
You steal from people who work hard and risk capital.
Ratings dictate ad revenue.So tell me what difference does it make if I watch something on live TV (not pay per view but part of my regular cable selection) or download it? Nobody is making or losing money either way.
It's the man who bought a bluray. And then wanted something else entirely.
You didn't? We're we friends in 2001 or something?
The music industry is dead.
They make music for low income people and girls aged 9-14 and that's it. Lol. Congrats. When all your rock stars are dead and you can't find any new music you only have yourself to blame.
Do u think the video side, after witnessing the total destruction of the music industry, is going to roll over?
Hell no. Streaming content puts a lot of power in the hands of the creators and its super convenient for you zeros. Win/win. Unless u don't want to pay for the products you consume. Then u are an asshole.