Have you ever pirated anything?

Dolph · 6 Jan 2008 at 15:54

Burnsy2023 said:
I disagree with that, and so does the british legal system. In the UK you don't have punative fines. You only can get ordered to pay for compensation and legal fees.

Burnsy

That's not true in the british legal system. Plenty of things have statutory damages, just not copyright law, although the most recent EU directive on intellectual property rights explicitly permits the right of member states to set up statutory damages, and knowing our government, it wouldn't surprise me if it appears soon...

tomanders91 · 6 Jan 2008 at 15:54

yes i used to download games, but since my internet has crapped out in the last year i just cant anymore.

I just buy em.

meghatronic · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:03

I refuse to comment without my lawyer present, sorry!

Jez · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:12

iBot said:
No never. I'm not some scummy ***** who sits there downloading everything they can off bittorrent or usenet because its cool.

Find me one person in the history of the planet who thought the notion of downloading being "cool"

Hassle free and cheap, but not cool

DevilsAdvocate · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:15

The size some games are becoming these days just isn't worth waiting for in my opinion. I'd rather go out and buy it within 20 minutes than wait 8 hours to download 6GB and not be able to play it online. If it turns out to be crap, I'll just flog it on the bay.

Raikiri · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:24

Cupra said:
jostified imo

if ppl came in your house and robbed stuff from you then you would want justice

I wouldn't want them to get a £100,000+ fine, possibly ruining their lives for making a copy of 2 CDs and leaving the original :rolleyes:

The fines given out for downloading are absurd, in the US at least.

233 · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:31

DevilsAdvocate said:
The size some games are becoming these days just isn't worth waiting for in my opinion. I'd rather go out and buy it within 20 minutes than wait 8 hours to download 6GB and not be able to play it online. If it turns out to be crap, I'll just flog it on the bay.

8 hours

20 meg dsl here thanks try 30-40 minutes

m_cozzy · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:32

I hadn't until I bought Halflife2, I was so angry that I had paid for basically a glorified url that I have ever since. Mean while my mate was playing it without any of the steam/activation nonsense.

Jez · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:39

sormicoft said:
8 hours 20 meg dsl here thanks try 30-40 minutes

Problem is that coverage of cable and high speed dsl like that is restricted to very densely populated area's, a lot of the country will never see much more than a few mbit.

DannyDan · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:46

I think the last time I purchased a song was approximately 1996

Same with PC games unless they're particularly large downloads or worthy of my money.

Jet · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:52

Illegally listen to music and always buy the CD of what I like.

Download TV shows because it's stupid to wait 2 months for it to come to the UK (if it does at all). Then buy on DVD if I like it.

Everything above is a joke and not to be taken seriously.

Freeman · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:54

I don't think I know one person who hasn't got anything illegal on their computers. One kid I knew who is an Apple Mac freak swore he'd never download anything illegally. One day he really needed Photoshop for a project. He asked if anyone had it, another kid happened to have it on CD (which he had downloaded illegally) and because this version of PS was on a CD, this kid thought it was OK to use it!?

But yeah, every single person I know has something illegal on their computers. I sense a lot of lying going on here!

Teki187 · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:56

I follow a very narrow but important principle, if its good buy it, if its crap download it.

Support the good, abuse the bad.

The only thing i download which i'll openly admit to is TV shows, that's only because the law on these isnt as strictly enforced as movies/games etc.

spawner · 6 Jan 2008 at 16:58

WHAT DO YOU THINK lol

yaboy · 6 Jan 2008 at 17:03

I pirate lyfe

Slinwagh · 6 Jan 2008 at 17:03

Technically I have, I have a copy of every DVD we have bought for our daughter. I do not see it as piracy but I am sure some people here will put me right on that!

Dolph · 6 Jan 2008 at 17:07

Slinwagh said:
Technically I have, I have a copy of every DVD we have bought for our daughter. I do not see it as piracy but I am sure some people here will put me right on that!

That's not piracy, it's copy protection circumvention. Different issue, still technically illegal. However, it's a civil matter and the chances of getting sued for it are absolutely tiny...

CoreRipOffDuo · 6 Jan 2008 at 17:07

Should see my dvd collection

Burnsy2023 · 6 Jan 2008 at 17:09

Dolph said:
That's not true in the british legal system. Plenty of things have statutory damages, just not copyright law, although the most recent EU directive on intellectual property rights explicitly permits the right of member states to set up statutory damages, and knowing our government, it wouldn't surprise me if it appears soon...

I was thinking more of civil law then criminal but you have a valid point

Burnsy

Burnsy2023 · 6 Jan 2008 at 17:11

Dolph said:
That's not piracy, it's copy protection circumvention. Different issue, still technically illegal. However, it's a civil matter and the chances of getting sued for it are absolutely tiny...

No, circumvention of copy protection is a criminal matter under the copyright and patents act via the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003

Burnsy