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[Evad]

I've gone to see that movie three times in the theater. Same thing happened to me. The way I see it, Three tickets and about 60 bucks in food costs affords me one illegal download untill the dvd comes out, which I'm sure to buy. Look like lucas is gettin some revenge of his own.

[Tulac]

Meh use DC++, if someone shares a fake there, he gets kicked from the hub...

[Reup]

Originally posted by omg@Jun 16 2005, 02:16 AM
the fact is EVRYONE i know who has a dsl connection downloads music and movies.

I download music form legal sources only. I stopped messing the the whole P2P muck long ago. If I need software, movies or music I'll buy it. And no, I don't have a top-salary, just a very strong conscience. Besides, you can rent movies in the video-store, cd's at the library etc. why wast time and bandwidth with mp3, warez, moviez...
I am aware that "abandonware" is verging on piracy. The integrity with which this site is run however (if anyone complains the software is taken down right away) makes it more or less okay imho.

[vipin]

I guess its just a waste of time keeping downloading warez stuff. Accepting it, I used to download the serials and cracks to get my commercial software run. But everytime I did that I got infected with trojan horses even with XP SP2 and Norton Installed. But then I tried to look around on the internet and found that there are so many freeware utilities available that can be used as the alternative, for example Daemon Tools in place of Virtual Drive and CD-Anywhere. It was because of Daemon Tools that I stopped using those warez stuff. They are all very bad, I am never going to use them again.
Plus, the best way to find some free stuff is to post about what you need on a forum.
Also, there's no need ever to use them. Every company offers some trial or evaluation versions. Download them, and they work very fine.
As far as MP3's are concerned, I know few sites which offer free songs but I guess its all illegal. you guys can check at := http://www.free-albums.net. I wonder why there is no such rule on internet which can stop piracy. Many websites offer full movies downloads and so much.

[Chuck the plant]

Nice "reply", omg, but you know how stupid it is yourself.

I'll give you a short explanation non the less:

p2p - downloading movies/music/books etc. that are LEGALLY AVAILABLE all the time and thereby causing financial damage to the respective owners, distributors and so on (I know, I know, now you'll give me that "those bad & greedy companies that don't want to make their stuff cheaper, boo-hoo-hoo"-rant, but here's a newsbreak for you: Those companies/their employees make their living like everyone else - by earning money, in this case by making & selling movies, music etc.. Do YOU earn money? If so, you should easily understand).

abandonware - you're getting stuff that's NOT available anymore, thereby NOT causing any financial damage to anyone.

And yes, I DO believe my position on that topic is superior, because I admitted that it is wrong and changed my ways. So I know what I'm talking about.

[vipin]

It appears to me as some serious fight is going between omg and ChucktheDuck. Cool down guys! No need to fight. You cannot stop warez! :whistle:

[Caged]

seems some people are getting ready to some others.

Maybe we will see chuck go :Titan: on OMG... LOL

[The Niles]

closed for having become useless and threatening to degrade into a flame pit.