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Originally Posted by gideongallery
people who use the torrents as vcr don't keep the copy after they watch why would they
they can always get it back just by reconnecting to the swarm.
the transient nature is still the same
you just proved my point about superior timeshifting technology
take the doctor who mid season finale
river song just announced that she was amy pond daughter
the big reveal had all kinds of hints in the previous episodes ( the only water in the forrest is the river)
so what did i do, reconnect to the swarm to download all the old river song episodes
to see if there were any other "spoilers"
once i am done watching them i will delete them again.
why waste my storage space when the swarm let me recover that content any time i want for free.
again you proved my point, your trying to hamstring the technology to the flaws of the old system
even when that results in less "piracy"
i have gone from taking 1 show i want an 3-4 that i didn't (because they were bundled on the same tape)
to now only taking the show i want
the only difference between the two is that you can now count my "timeshifting"
in fact you count me multiple times (see doctor who example above)
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well all of that assumes that downloaders have some kind of ethics, which most don't. i have friends who have dozens of spindels full of downloaded dvd's. i have friends who haven't bought a dvd or rented one in years, not to mention never buying cds in even longer. why would anyone buy anything when they can download it for free? if only a small % download, then who cares but it seems be an ever growing trend. i have less of an issue with television shows, as dvr'ing a tv show is basically the same as downloading one but when it comes to movies and music, there is no doubt revenue is being lost.