Fwiw, although this is starting to vanish out of articles as the focus shifts to Anonymous's takedown of ... everyone, there was a line in some reports saying the DOJ isn't going after end users:
At the moment, at least, it's still in the linked article.
And yeah; I know a lot of people love streaming, and I'll use it sometimes, but I don't want to have to be online on a fast Internet connection to watch something. I want it in my nice big tv, on a drive where it doesn't have to buffer, where a dodgy connection doesn't keep bouncing me back to the beginning of something.
It's just so stupid. Why are they all so determined to refuse to accept a willing customer base! Arrgh. All the media companies everywhere could market to the entire world, and instead they freak out and demand that we close all the old boxes back up. *hands*
Thanks for the link! I hope that remains the case. (And compared to others, I'm probably a very small fish... though that didn't seem to matter to RIAA back in the day.)
My response if they come after me is: "Please, show me where I can buy these programs with English subtitles. I would purchase them if I could!" If they raid my home, they'll see I've spent far, far more on DVDs than I ever spent on a MU membership. The tunnel vision the media companies have is just so... ARGH.
Re: streaming. Exactly! I want it on my TV, not my computer, and I don't want to buffer or worry about blippy connections. Not to mention the YouTube stuff with the wrong aspect ratio, which drives me up the wall. If I DL it, at least I can correct the aspect ratio.
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Date: 2012-01-20 06:22 am (UTC)The site boasted 150 million registered users and about 50 million hits daily. The Justice Department said it was illegal for anyone to download pirated content, but their investigation focused on the leaders of the company, not end users who may have downloaded a few movies for personal viewing.
At the moment, at least, it's still in the linked article.
And yeah; I know a lot of people love streaming, and I'll use it sometimes, but I don't want to have to be online on a fast Internet connection to watch something. I want it in my nice big tv, on a drive where it doesn't have to buffer, where a dodgy connection doesn't keep bouncing me back to the beginning of something.
It's just so stupid. Why are they all so determined to refuse to accept a willing customer base! Arrgh. All the media companies everywhere could market to the entire world, and instead they freak out and demand that we close all the old boxes back up. *hands*
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Date: 2012-01-20 04:31 pm (UTC)My response if they come after me is: "Please, show me where I can buy these programs with English subtitles. I would purchase them if I could!" If they raid my home, they'll see I've spent far, far more on DVDs than I ever spent on a MU membership. The tunnel vision the media companies have is just so... ARGH.
Re: streaming. Exactly! I want it on my TV, not my computer, and I don't want to buffer or worry about blippy connections. Not to mention the YouTube stuff with the wrong aspect ratio, which drives me up the wall. If I DL it, at least I can correct the aspect ratio.