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Thought this might be an interesting poll, I myself never buy anything. Download everything through torrennts.

EDIT: I have Ratio: 3.062   UL: 27.XX TB  DL: 8.XX TB  Buffer: 18XX TB  on torrentleech.org. That's a lot of money I'd owe :)

I download a lot, but it's not illegal for me.

No more than 40GB per day. ;D

i always download ilegal cracked apps or games, movies, songs all what i need just get ilegal for free by torrents or some others pages :D

Yes because im forced too, too poor to buy what i like  :'(

I download it with the internet i paid for  :o  ???
so i think it's legal  ;D

Yes,i download EA games because i dont think they deserve my money.

I very rarely ever download indie developers' stuff because they always represent their product honestly with gameplay videos and such, however when it comes to publishers I'll pirate just to piss them off, I hope they all go to consoles and leave PC gamers alone.

Very often, and if I do buy it, I usually still use the pirated version unless it's obscure and not frequently updated. Microsoft OSes, for example, I'd never want to use a legit key for - they're a PitA, so I have a bunch of purchased keys or keys which came with a laptop, and in the latter case, the first thing I do is to replace it with a pirated copy.

Music, I almost exclusively use Pandora for, but will sometimes buy an album or donate if I like the artist (but still have no use for it). It's unusual for me to watch movies... we DVR some things on TV, though. Have thought about ditching satellite TV service, but even with pre-amp, outdoor antenna, and using TVfool, we only get a couple public stations.

Live in a country where it's legal?

I am a torrent man all the way, beginning to end
Think that answers the question pretty well

I personally can't see a reason to download when I can just stream what I want to watch.  I've been intrigued to downloading and saving some films but I just haven't really had a good reason to do that just yet.  Maybe I'm just spoiled and want to save space on my computer.  8)

Mostly music, although I always try to listen to the musics on a playlist on youtube(the author of the content gets paid not only the channel) and movies, but only the ones that my friends come like "OMG YOU MUST WATCH IT".

For small apps I always try to buy, although I most of the times I want to a single, so no there is no point for me to pay 6.99$ for a single day of use of an aplication. For games I have 90% of them bought(some of them I play the pirated version, but its because I'm too lazy t odownload the game all over again). For the SO I have it totaly not pirated, but I control the update of it, so it doesn't tear apart my laptop.

I dont download anything, I just stream it?

Its better I think because you dont used up your memory.

Added option for streaming illegally.

Like all the time. The average pay in this country is horrible and the situation overall. Look at the newer games, 60-70 euros (!); once can't afford this when we can barely survive here.
The software that I use for video rendering, music (up to a few thousand euros!) is even worse. Should I be restricted to their use because I can't afford it? No thank you.

yes true since I know a torrent or download free movie I so kencanduan, often used only buy pirated CDs: D

yes i would rather download it for free and illegal, but sometimes I get annoyed if my internet really slow -_-

Yes, I do it.

I have better uses for my money, like buy Bitcoins and stuff I can't find for download(yes, it happens with some frequence)

Lolwut do you think the NSA and the FBI will make the seals take you to US ground to be judged for downloading pirated contend?

They will need proof people did it, and a confession in a forum is not enough for that, of course.

Plus as far I know the people that have the copyright need to complain first to the authorities come after you, it is not something the State can make by its own initiative, at least in part of the world.

Plus anyone here probably already took conceal measures to avoid being identified, even with full cooperation of the forum owner

only books.  cause books suck/are gay

I do but just private trackers like hdbits.org and so on

not true there are several country's in the world where downloading pirated content is not illegal and only becomes illegal when its re-distributed for a price. i for one am happy to download my ass off. i pay for my internet (if i could get it free i would) why should i give any American any of my money. im much happier spending it on stuff i like.

if the law wasnt still stuck in the 1980's then maybe id respect or try to follow it more. i compare it to driving a car, have you ever speeded? everyone has at some point

P.S speeding dosnt kill. hitting something does

??? Neither does driving while wasted, but they should still be taken off the road ASAP for causing extreme risk of killing at least one person?

And I am sure the FBI is going to raid your house because you type yeah in this thread. Also sure they are going to notice it!

Yeah and neither does using an AK47 in a crowded town while blindfolded unless a bullet hit someone. That was actually a really really bad statement lol.

Yes, at least for now.

http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing-for-personal-use-declared-legal-in-portugal-120927/

who does not ;D

Was legal to download but not upload in Sweden up untill a couple of years ago (2005 IIRC). When they made it illegal they persecuted maybe 2-3 people the first years, fining them huge amounts (family people) just to set an example. The anti piracy department has spent A LOT of millions on nothing the last years since it was made illegal, in total I think 8 or 9 people has been sentenced and that includes the owners of ThePirateBay..

t's like the war on drugs but 100 times worse, just a huge waste of money.

Not downloading illegally anymore. Afraid of trojan..

Games: I only pirate if I want to try it out, Ill buy it if the game is worth playing, if I found it boring, I just delete the game and move on with my life.
Movies: I use netflix or other sources, no need to download
Music: I used to manually download and put into iTunes for syncing to my iPhone, but spotify is so much easier, and only 10$ a month for offline high quality 320kbs streaming? Why not

is streaming consider illegal? lol.  :)

I d/l legally and never pay.

Why do people insist on doing the oppressor job and automatically assume everything is illegal without any evidence?

its not as bad as you make it out to be if your from the UK and have ever seen the "speeding kills" campaign they did a few years back. it got to the point where they made alsorts of crap up. as for your theory people in America carry guns everywhere i dont see everybody around them dieing just because someones carrying a gun

yes I like to download movies instead of buying a CD, let alone my internet faster :)

I have a running game with my ISP about torrent. They blocked it, then I could get with packet spoofing, and now its blocked again.

Downloading through normal means is so tedious. Have to find some good FTP links.

Always, its free..

Yeah, and the NSA and the interpol are going to waste that much time and effort to find someone like us, and then arrest us and deport us. Yeah right.
What information? My email? My IP? VPNs pls.

always illegaly and never buy software or anything
if any free option, why we have to buy?

who doesn't

If i ever have to pay for all the stuff i've downloaded i will probably have to sell my car. :o

I would owe millions :p

I download around 40 gb a month from torrents, Still paying for bandwidth which is costly.

I do download stuff from torrents ans other places but i don't call it downloading illegally.  :-\

Here in Sweden there is an organization called "Copyswede" that takes a share of the money from every empty CD/DVD, hard drive (you get it) sale that takes place. They then give the money to artists, bands and so on. So I kinda pay for everything lol! ;)
(But I download illegally) ;D

Its good that my bandwidth is unlimited. :)

I'm getting 1000/1000 the 11th. Hard drives writes in 85mb/s :)

100/100 right now, works ok for me

Would like to see more opinions!

I buy games legally, as I am addicted to steam with its achievements and trading cards.

Pretty easy with humble bundle and other bundles.

Yes, most of the things on the internet you can download for free. I rarely buy something digital.

i stream more then i download  :)

Yes,i download illegally,who doesn't? But,i buy sometimes legal if it has a cheap price.  ;D

X2.

It's widely available for download so I have to assume it's legal.

Many artists/authors already claimed they're pro-downloading. 

Some of them owe their entire fan base to so-called pirating. They don't complain.

can someone give me good sites besides solarmovie for free movies.

I use torrentz to downloads movie and music, and what I believe it is illegal.

do you know any good streaming sites. besides torrents?

i like yify

How about Popcorn Time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_Time)?

Sure
so without use lot fraudulent way's to do it.

What do you mean?

Don't want to alert the alphabet boys to my fav spots haha but look up Project free tv and check out buttermouth.com.  those are a couple that come to mind and have been helpful in the past.

 the most of it is more easiest to download (illegally) than using the legal way.  If you catch my meaning

Anyone who says that they don't! is simply lying!

To answer your question OP, I don't!

Liar liar, pants on fire! No but there are honest people out there, I've sold used DVD's on Ebay - the scare tactic works on some people.

I don't call it illegal because it is not illegal is in my country.  :)

Where are you from?

I prefer not to disclose my location. But this stuffs is not illegal in my country.

I can't choose multiple answer in this poll so I'll vote just "I stream legally".

Best ROI product " Internet"  ;D

I have a big collection of movies/music from torrents and P2P.... but I also pay for Netflix and Amazon Prime and occasionally even buy streaming versions of things out of laziness. That's the trouble of being able to spend BTC so easily on Amazon gift cards. And also, just not wanting to download torrents/use sketchy streaming websites, what with my hot wallet and exchange account on this computer. :)

Yeah got'cha.

Yeah Just TV shows...
usuaullly never movies... me and the GF lik going to the cinema so happy (well not really) but we pay the $22 each to see...

Once maybe, nowaday not so much, also steam is fabulous with his sale

Yes, because i cant afford all i want unfortunately.

Movies, nope. Games no. Music yes! :D
I usually watch movies directly on cinema, and play games from Steam. So yeah that's legal

I can't even remember the last time I purchased any digital goods lol.

It's more expensive and sometimes contains DRM and stuff.
(Also the artist get a very small part of the money).

Why pay when there is free.

Illegally perhaps, but not unlawfully.  :)

"Illegal" has to do with some statute or constitution.

"Unlawful" has to do with harm or damage to someone or his property, or breach of contract.

I'm not a party to the laws and constitutions. If you try to force me into it, you are harming or damaging me. In the common law countries of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Bangladesh, if you are being harmed by someone trying to force you into obedience of statutes that you are not a party to, you can beat them personally under common law. See:

http://www.myprivateaudio.com/Karl-Lentz.html

and watch the videos/audios at the right.

:)

It's the only way I download

$22?
Each?
Ouch...

Where is that?

 My think is that when someone create a product destined to the general  public he is (morally) not able to claim its copyright (as an absolute right). And this even less than anyone
 

Why just the other day I downloaded a car.

The question nowadays is who doesn't, in personel opinion I download from internet music, some software, games and so on, but it ups on each person

My answer is not available: "No, I pay for my movies and music because it is the right thing to do"

Musicians create music, film makers and actors make films. They create a product. They may be overpriced, but your choice is to buy it (now or when it is on sale), borrow/rent it, or not at all.

It's too overpriced though, hollywood takes such a huge percentage. One new DVD here = ~$25.

You Print, too? ;D

I just download TV shows and sometimes movies because it's hard to wait for DVDs to be released. I still use legal softwares.

Still waiting on my first 3D printer!  ;)

Next thing you know you'll be downloading a handbag and a television.  Don't do it.  Think of the children!

I buy my internet connection.

I could steal it from neighbors but that would be wrong.

Download tv shows, music and movies is a right thing to do.

Art should not be exclusive for the rich.

I download a lot of stuff, like TV shows (because I don't even have a TV) but most of it isn't considered illegal. The games I play are usually free, or cost a few bucks on steam, I don't watch movie screeners because the quality sucks.

In a world where digital content can be copied and pasted very easily, old laws like copyright just aren't useful anymore.  As a soon-to-be content creator myself, I've decided to roll with the donation model of business; there's no point in selling my work since the people who want to give me money, already will, and the people who don't want to give me money, get it off torrent sites.  Might as well cut out the middle man and offer content for free: it allows your content to get into as many hands as possible, which increases the odds of finding people willing to pay for your content.

Piracy can never be theft as there is no deprivation involved: if people want to pay, they will, and if they don't, they won't; it doesn't change your profits whether or not piracy gets involved.  When you steal someone's shoe, they don't have that shoe anymore; you can't steal a copy of his shoe since he still has his shoe, and you have your copy.  One could argue intellectual property in the sense that an idea exists and copying that idea without permission is wrong, but considering how great the state has been at enforcing IP law, it's pointless to consider it: whether or not you think it's right or wrong, people will copy+paste anyway.  We're amoral creatures: if we can get away with something and it benefits us, we'll do it.  We could spend years arguing over the validity of piracy, and in those years, piracy will continue: it doesn't help the content creator to take a stance.

Certain websites like Patreon have already caught onto this trend; there, people offer to pay you every time to create something.  This is great for small things like YouTube videos and comics, but what if you wanted to make something that requires a large investment to get rolling, such as a movie, or line of clothing?  You don't have to get a loan from a bank anymore, you can go to Kickstarter or Indiegogo and get funded that way.  While a pirate can copy+paste your content without your permission, he cannot take something that does not yet exist, which is one major way entertainers make money: it then becomes a service, rather than selling a digital good.

I wouldn't steal a car, but I'd download one.

watch movies online

Personally, I know that there is a so called 'safety' net, where you are allowed to download any file once to check it's authenticity, so up until this point, No-one downloads illegally, however if you find it's a pirate movie, you must delete it within 24 hours. Should you chose to become a pirate and put it back on the web, well, then you allow others to download illegally, but they are also covered by this statement.

So no, I do not download illegally.
I may find I have downloaded an illegal file.. after I have downloaded.. and if I still have it after 24 hours, then I am open to prosecution.

This is my stance on the net, fuck the masonic laws..

Of course  :D

I pay like $100/month in pay tv... its mostly crap... so I'm entitled to it :p

I haven't read the entire thread... but can anyone honestly say they will not download a tv show/movie because it is illegal ?
I could understand an aspiring artist here not downloading music.. or perhaps porn lol because its their industry... but movies ? Anyone who says that... I say you a liar good sir!

Even my gf who won't even cross the road until the little green man is flashing (indicating to cross...) downloads torrents after I showed her how .

what is really illegal...

stream but yeah same thing

I beg to differ here, to stream is to tune in to the transmission, after show is ended, you have no copy, unless of course you recorded it..

Like radio, there are radio broadcasters, and pirate radio broadcasters. You having the radio, you dont care who is transmitting what, as long as you get to hear what you want.. you are not the pirate, or the legit radio broadcaster. you tune in, njoi the show, and thats it.

However, downloading is another matter entirely.. just like recording EITHER illegal or legal broadcasts is also illegal without consent.

In my opinion, people cannot be called 'pirate's' for streaming what someone else is transmitting, unless of course, you make a copy, which makes you the pirate. Illegal streaming service's are the pirate's, not the person who tunes in.

I dont (jking im poor)

I agree with everything you posted.

Illegally? No!
Open source rules

you can see most anything legally why download?

Nobody cares if I download the whole series of Breaking Bad in one day.

No! Never! Ever! Yeaaakkss >:(

who doesnt? everyone who has the internet always download illegally.

Why. I don't assume it's illegal.

There are movies on youtube. Is that illegal?

Only legal webpages, please

Hmm, I'm not actually sure on the laws, really. I have a big collection of movies from torrents and music from P2P file sharing, but I have never been much of a seeder. These days, I mostly just stream on Netflix, Amazon Prime. In a pinch, I'll download a torrent if I can't find it streaming somewhere else.

No. too many virus.

I've never once had an issue. Generally, though, I only download media files (no applications), and from trusted/VIP uploaders + high number of seeders and downloads. You should rarely have any issues then.

But I also don't keep my bitcoins on this computer, hehe.

The websites themselves are rarely declared "illegal", however, they assist illegal activity in forms of illegal downloading.
The sites however does not store any illegal data.

i'm in a similar position. hell, i hate to say it, but Amazon is so damn convenient (and i also buy discount Amazon gift cards on Purse.io and get Instant Video credits for using super saver delivery) that i often end up just spending a couple bucks to buy a movie or episode of a TV show rather than deal with dodgy streaming sites or torrents.

never thought of paying to download anything

Well I don't pay for anything I download so I guess I do download illegally  :D

why pay for it when you can get it free

yes because if you need legal download payment and I do not have to pay it: D

I download a lot, dont have many for pay everything what i download :D

I normally pay for the main things like anti-virus software, and software from small companies. In a lot of cases like all of the adobe software, they'll gain off you downloading it illegally because it increases popularity and then you'll go off and actually buy it legally for your workplace.

well, but here a little problem;
 when downloading illegally you don't have a warranty of authenticity and quality. /authenticity of sound of music for example. (it's maybe that's the snag when you don't know what happened with a song when you have download it in 320kbp mp3 quality)

Like that, a torrents download site user can easily convert a discography of an artist whom he downloaded in an average quality to a superior quality having before this converted it in audio format . And steal the star from the first Uploader and get more privileges on the site.

or either a psychopath can mix musics with parasites or to bring modifications on the sound stamp because it amuses him playing with spirits .

I don't understand what do you mean by illegally. I always pay my internet bill.

Different laws different countries. More votes please :)

I didn't dowloaded anything illegal ever. Not my style, but i won't judge others.

Games torrent mostly

Yeah, I once decided I wanted like $1000. So I walked into a store and took it out of the cash register. Fucking government assholes decided to tell me not to do that. I showed them though. I totally got away with it.

Fuck the government, fuck the store owner! Cause fuckers are telling me what I can and can't do.

That's quite a difference, if you TAKE the cash, then the store loses it. However, if you could just make an EXACT REPLICA of them then, both you and the store would still have the money (in this case that would cause massive inflation though, and the money wouldn't be worth anything).

Yea, mostly movie and cracked software torrents

Actually, it'd be closer to me generating 50 extra bitcoins, now we have 21 million + 50 extra btc. I suppose your inflation analogy does work to an extent.

It devalues every other bitcoin out there, by a tiny amount. It's not a big deal when it's one person, but say it's a million people that do it. 21 million + 50 million has a massive effect on those who obtained their coins via legit means (not 'magically' hacking the blockchain).

Piracy is stealing either way you look at it. People who brag about stealing content should be ashamed. Sure, there IS a problem with distribution of digital content, but there's absolutely no reason to brag that you're stealing it all

Exactly - more money, less value.

Yeah, but the value of a mp3 doesn't decrease just because someone makes a copy of it.

Nah, not stealing, for theft to take place someone actually has to lose whatever is being stolen. You can look at it this way, you would not go to a store and just take a bread, but IF you could make a copy of the bread and you both would have it, then I can't see the problem (except for the store going bankrupt).

The problem is the store would go bankrupt, and then the bread producers would go bankrupt. And eventually, all the producers of the items sold in the store will go bankrupt.

Yeah, but then you would have bread for all eternity, so who cares lol? :D
Also, most musicians does not make music to earn money, they do it because they are creative people that feel happy playing music.
(Source: I'm a musician, and most people I know are as well)

As lepirate said, in that case, the model that the store is based on would be obsolete - as well as any other model that is based on handling bread as a finite resource. So, there would effectively be no reason for them to exist at that point. A good analogy here, I think, is what happened to the ice maker industry when confronted with electricity and refrigerators on the 19th/20th century.

But on broader terms, looking at your comparison of downloading content to piracy and stealing, it makes little sense and breaks down fairly quickly; not only because no goods are actually being removed from the market, but also because it assumes people would otherwise actually buy said goods, if they had no other choice (remember, these aren't bread/food/fundamental goods we're talking about here) - I for one don't often bother to download stuff from the net (well, movies and such), but I would most certainly not buy 99.9% of what I do download. Then the reverse of that is, when you download something (legally or otherwise) and find it to be so good that you then go and pay for an original copy (and you probably wouldn't even find/see it, if it wasn't freely available on the net first).

What he said was: If someone wants to give me a file, book, game, whatever,

When you go to the store and take whatever you want without paying you're stealing. On the other hand when you go to a public library and take a book, is that stealing?
I remember borrowing games from my friends on cartridges>floppy's>CD's>DVD's and then simply downloading when the network allowed for that.
When you buy a book and somebody comes to you, sees it and wants to borrow, what do you do? Give them a lecture about copyright law?

Piratebay all the time, enough said.

I dont download ilegally but I watch online stream.

Sometimes, but most of the times I buy legit

of course, why are published

I'm old fashioned lol i still buy cd's at the store.  :)

Nowadays who doesn't hehehe', music, movies, games, images, videos, although there is  some software worth to pay.

certainly.  especialy if it is Sheriff Arpaio's own book (just kidding i bought that on Amazon.com :))

Why ? Is it illegal to download a file from internet  ::) .... I've download some .iap and sometimes a couple of songs  .

tell us your file roster to determine if you should be jailed

it's a common thing

torrent etc

greater chances of being arrested for downloading child porn than U2's album Songs of Innocence

so certain things can certainly be "more" illegal than other things.

It isn't always illegal to download things. It depends on what you download, what you do with it and what country you are in.


That's true xD

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/5725504512/h1D395821/

I always pay / donate for software that is worth, but I can't imagine to pay for music that otherwise I'd never listen to.

While surfing at Youtube etc, If then I discover a good artist that I like, I don't mind donating to it / going to live concerts etc. But I am not going to pay for a CD, they just rip the artists and the clients.

I torrent everything, and probably have a notice or two from my cable provider,

but I have never checked my email,  not even once in 5 years.

Torrenting is like having full, free cable, with a 1 hour delay.

The modern world is beautiful.

Since I've paid for access to Netflix/Hulu, I don't bother with EZTV/torrents anymore.

I'm happy to pay, but not $40 for a DVD a year after it's released in the U.S. Pfft.

If I do, I will not confess publicly :)
Seriously, I think everybody do this.

I'll just leave this here


This is how we should battle pirating, it's a million times harder to crack it + way cooler :D

So if itunes notices you're playing a pirated copy of "in the end", it will freeze your computer. To unfreeze it, it gives you the option to delete the file.

nah, first 30 seconds is real music, then it just gives you a scream on max volume to scare the shit out of you

rest of audio file is some buzzy sound

No. I watch everything on Netflix or sometimes at Amazon prime which is legal.

Depending on where you are from, you might already be paying for music you don't listen to. Some countries have a private copying levy on recordable mediums (cds, dvds, pens, hard drives, etc) which goes to copyright bodies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy


I don't believe that's much harder to crack (once you know it's there), and though amusing, it's a stupid way of dealing with the issue. You already have millions of people copying software, and if you think that's a problem, you should look into why they are doing it, and address their concerns, not try to keep the status quo at any cost.

I live in a magic country where the free download is always Legal.   ;D ;D

Luxury, I'd save $10 on my VPN. :((

nice country ...  ;D

im 100% legal user, always, proud of that

Yes, I download illegally regularly.

Bump for moar votes, I thought the number of people downloading everything would be a lot higher.

That is already the majority xD
And in many countries downloading for personal use is legal, and many others pay for some things they like and download the rest. I think that is normal lol. Strange is paying for everything! xD

perfect song for this poll

http://bloginhell.me/music

Happy Machine FREE.MP3

I live in the US, and 100% of my viewing is illegal downloads. Fuck Hollywood.

Yeah that's right... Tunnelvisioning both in eyes and brain, it was only 8 years roughly since they made it illegal over here.. And we PC country #1.
It saddens me greatly that The Lonely Island has started to have dubstep in their songs.
I'm fairly sure someone is going to come running and say that "without them u couldn't even see the movies because none made them" but the truth is that they are running a fucking monopoly on the moviemaking industry more or less, making it impossible for creative outside-the-box thinking movies to make it big.. So yeah, FUCK Hollywood - if Hollywood burned to the ground I'd celebrate with dance (and trust me I don't dance).

Art Has a Price Artist spend hours and hours making music for other people to hear

I don't even know how to download illegally...Even if idid...I would try...I guess.

Streaming online is safer compare to download. You might get caught...

I download just because it is illegal, if it would be legal, I would not even want to do it.  :P

Bullshit!

You are artist or you are biznisman. Artists are doing Art because they love doing it, not to buy lamborghini. If they just want pussy, fame and luxury they are not artists. They dont express they inner world, but their lust for money. They can NOT have mine.

I do not download illegally, however I do tend to use the sketchy streaming websites when I really want to watch something.

Bit of both. I download games, but if I like it I buy it most of the times.

I go to the movies and had netflix, but I also download movies/series (because the movies/series have a much later release date in my country)

I don't download illegally - I share bits of files as a backup method for myself and others.

I download mostly on torrents. I don't heard any laws yet that downloading torrents is prohibited in my country.

Illegally is the only way I download :D

Not rich enough yet to pay for movies, songs, games.

I'm not rich yet.
then.. movies and series.
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130801205929/halo/es/images/4/4d/Its_free.png


But i'm paying games in steam, like bioshock saga (the best game ever, infinite)..

I only pay for songs that are from someone that is no super famous and really needs the support

I do sometimes.

who doesn't download music from internet?

Or i'm the only one?

According to the poll you're in good company! :)

Im just sad for the people who cannot download new movies online..

I have yet to need to do any illegal downloading. I am not a big movie person and Netflix already suits my needs. For music I use YouTube and Spotify. My games, I just buy them on Steam, they are already very cheap.

we are in family?, right?
 :P

I'm member on a music torrent site so yeah.

I wouldn't say it illegal... may be less legal  :D

Yes I do!

I stream stuff more then download  :)

Do you foolishly admit to crimes on the internet?  ::)

I pirate everything from Windows 8.1, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut X, console games, ROMs, Movies and Music



I lol at anyone who still pays for movies or music these days

This is why I didn't answer this thread originally. After some thought on the matter I concluded my ISP (NSA, ECHELON, etc.) knows everything I do on the internet.  :-[

Me too.  :)

NSA knows everything? So what? What will they do?

Obviously you cater to the argument,  "If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear."

The NSA doesn't simply collect information. They share such info with other agencies that make assumptions and act on said info. We should worry about this because government agencies have a well-established track record of overreaching, exceeding their authority and abusing the law. Even when not acting nefariously, people could make errors or be careless with your info, which may result in wrongful assumptions about you or identity theft.

Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'  (http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127461/)

I download but for me and a thousand of people which support seeding torrent, is not illegal.

No, I don't see the need when an account on Netflix is only £5 a month and you don't have to worry about bad quality!

Although I only watch movie/tv shows...

No, I mean how they can arrest millions of people?

Hmmmmmm Games?! Nop i buy them from steam ....Music? Yes.. i dont have money for that.... Movies and Series? Yes xD

illegal is the price they sell digital stuffs to us.
Btw I used to buy xbox games. Few but good, is better than many but unplayed.
I bought only one music cd in my life, in 2002, in Dublin.

It's most likely we will only be fined but, if you really want to know how they can arrest millions of people, the USA is tirelessly looking for ways make people out to be terrorists (oops, it's been updated to extremists). Piracy could be near the bottom of a list of many reasons for which they finally decide to declare martial law and begin filling their FEMA camps. At this point it's more a matter of 'when', rather than 'how'.

It's impossible to declare martial law. People will make revolution.

Sounds like a story to tell your children.  :P

Kids.. one time your father was in Dublin and he purchased..... a CD!!

Payed couple of times, but mostly I download with torrents  :)

pay when I want to give support, otherwise I just download what I need.

I download torrents most of the time sometimes I watch it on cinema.