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Old 11-05-2009, 11:20 AM  
raymor
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It took me just under TWO MINUTES to Google for some software that would
convert a streaming youtube style Flash video to a plain mpeg, install the software,
and start the conversion. Just two minutes and I could grab all the streams I wanted.
The guys who rip sites, the ones who are responsible for 95% of stolen content, installed
that software years ago. Sure, you might stop the one dork from giving one video to
his buddy (word of mouth advertising), but while you're busy trying to stop that the
hardcore ripper just posted 250 of your videos.

There is a way to stop it, to put an end to the whole ripping and sharing of content, but
pretending that the rippers are too stupid to use Google isn't the way.
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