From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: efor6920@bigpond.net.au   
   Subject: Re: 5 million Star Trek pirates vs. 1 FCC broadband plan   
      
      
   "AMUN"  wrote in message    
   news:hcp4dj$11q$1@aioe.org...   
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   > "Frosty"  wrote in message    
   > news:ROPHm.59$M45.38@newsfe06.iad...   
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   > Exactly, if the DVD (or bluray) is priced reasonably. Most people who want    
   > it are not going to waste the bandwidth or time to download a full .ISO    
   > file.   
   > But even die hard trekkies have their limits as to when a movie is too    
   > expensive to buy, and just gets downloaded.   
   >   
   > I download. But I still have bought a collection of retail DVD's, when the    
   > movie is good enough to want to keep.   
   > Downloading is like a test drive, to see if it's worth buying.   
   > With other items, I can always try it, and return it to a store if it does    
   > not meet my needs or expectations.   
   > Can't do that with a DVD (or CD),...you buy it and can't return it. no    
   > matter how bad it is.   
      
   Me too.... j/k   
      
   That about sums up my attitude to downloading movies too. We are expected to    
   wear the arguement that intellectual property rights need to be protected    
   based on economic common sence, but god forbid that we average joes should    
   use economic common sense like 'try b4 you buy'. The only reason they have a    
   prob with people watching a movie B4 spending money is because they know the    
   product isn't good enough to actually *earn*  that money.   
      
   Cheers   
   Fozzi    
      
      
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