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Interesting Article on Piracy
Old 05-15-2010, 06:54 AM   #1
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http://gizmodo.com/5539417/why-i-ste...ven-ones-im-in

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Like a billion other people, I download things illegally. I'm also an actor, writer and director whose income depends on revenue from DVDs, movies and books. This leads to many conflicts in my head, in my heart, and in bars.

From an industry standpoint, physical media has a great advantage: It is its own copy-protection. Even disregarding the DRM built-in to discs, to make copies is hugely impractical for the average consumer. But physical media is disappearing. We simply don't need it any more. Remember slinging out your VHS collection? That's how I'm now thinking about my DVDs. And don't think you're safe either, Blu-rays.
He then basically goes on to explain why he is joyed that everything he wants that is digitized is readily available in the form of a torrent download, and to discuss some of the often frustrating things with youtube and other things (Can't view this vid in your country, Can't read this ebook on iPads because it's in adobe format).

An interesting read, also if you haven't seen his show, I suggest checking it out as it's pretty funny.
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