Free Filesharing Will Always Exist..

**Sid Hartha** · 10-29-2003, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by darkmind@29 October 2003 - 21:43
radio -> TV -> internet
records -> 8 track -> tape cassete -> cd -> internet
projector -> movie theater -> video cassete -> dvd -> internet
newspaper -> magazines -> internet

all media is merging into one, the internet
the riaa is afraid and running already
it will only be a matter of time before the merge is complete and they are destroyed...

...and everything turns into crap!

darkmind, your flowchart looks accurate, but also raises another point:
in each example, the quality level seems to drop off at the end. Think about it.

What would you prefer - watching a movie in a theater or sitting in front of your PC staring at a heavily compressed mpg file?

what sounds better - 160k mp3s or the CDs they came from?

news media? - dont make me laugh.

I can't fault your analogy - it just doesn't look like good news when you lay it out like that. No cause for celebration if things really do play out like that.

**darkmind** · 10-30-2003, 07:35 AM

depends on ur connection
and more ppl need a better connection to get this ride going smoother
like
T1, T3, SONET

**Rip The Jacker** · 10-30-2003, 08:02 AM

I went to go see Scary Movie 3 the other day. Before the movie started it showed an anti-piracy commercial about movie makers losing money or some crap like that.

Looks like the RIAA is getting desperate.

They are fighting a battle they can't win.

**darkmind** · 10-30-2003, 03:12 PM

Originally posted by Sid Hartha@30 October 2003 - 15:51
Hey, filesharing is great - as long as you're not too concerned with quality (especially movies). To me (and many others), it's just a means to an end.

Increased bandwidth just means you get crap faster.

ur dl the wrong files
the quality improves if u
go for the full rips

those really large files that could take weeks or months on any standard connection to dl

**Sid Hartha** · 10-30-2003, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by darkmind+30 October 2003 - 15:12--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (darkmind @ 30 October 2003 - 15:12)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Sid Hartha@30 October 2003 - 15:51
Hey, filesharing is great - as long as you're not too concerned with quality (especially movies). To me (and many others), it's just a means to an end.

Increased bandwidth just means you get crap faster.

ur dl the wrong files
the quality improves if u
go for the full rips

those really large files that could take weeks or months on any standard connection to dl [/b][/quote]
ur not listening - reading comprehension problem, maybe...

I said mp3s are crap, compared to the original.

I never said what type of connection I have (it's DSL).
and yes, I only go for the full rips (stop making groundless assumptions about other members, pls).

none of this has anything to do with what I was talking about.

please don't reply if you can't bother to read my posts.

**darkmind** · 10-30-2003, 03:31 PM

yeah im not sure what prob u have if u get a full rip
since when i get one i cant see the diff between it and the original

and watching or listening to anything on my computer doesnt degrade my experience

**Sid Hartha** · 10-30-2003, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by darkmind@30 October 2003 - 15:31
yeah im not sure what prob u have if u get a full rip
since when i get one i cant see the diff between it and the original

and watching or listening to anything on my computer doesnt degrade my experience

I apologise. I realize now I may as well be talking to a bag of sand. I won't bother you anymore.

no hard feelings.

**Sid Hartha** · 10-30-2003, 03:51 PM

Originally posted by darkmind@30 October 2003 - 07:35
depends on ur connection...

No, it doesn't.

Now we're talking about bandwidth? Read your post again, then mine. What are you talking about?

"all media is merging into one, the internet"

great news, if you like crap.

"projector -> movie theater -> video cassete -> dvd -> internet"

Regardless of your connection, the fact is you're still sitting in front of a friggin' computer screen watching a movie. Connection speed has nothing to do with it.
Does anybody in this forum actually sit in front of a computer screen for 2 hours and watch a movie? Would anyone consider that an improvement - asthetically speaking - over seeing a film projected on a screen in a theater?

"records -> 8 track -> tape cassete -> cd -> internet"

mp3s are fine for checking out new music. Whenever I discover something I really like, I usually end up buying the CD. The reason: mp3s are inferior to the original. Especially the shit 128-160k files you find on K-lite.

Hey, filesharing is great - as long as you're not too concerned with quality (especially movies). To me (and many others), it's just a means to an end.

Increased bandwidth just means you get crap faster.