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Lord Nikon · 29-05-2010, 14:20

Several points here.

1) If Phorm is an invasion of privacy / breach of human rights, is this not the same? It is an invasion of privacy on people who are presumed innocent in order to see if they are attempting to break a law? Could not the same argument against phorm be brought into play to stop this from taking place?

2) It has been PROVEN in the literary environment that downloading of content for free INCREASES legitimate sales. Even when those downloads are free from DRM and of exactly the same quality as the paid for version.

3) The reason piracy is so prevalent is the COST of the legitimate version. When an office package, plus an OS upgrade exceeds the cost of an entry level computer. When you can have 5 people going to the cinema, or 2 people plus snacks for the cost of a new issue DVD. When someone who is visually impaired is expected to pay over 600 for a piece of software to read the screen to them, why do people think piracy is so prevalent? The money for films is made back at the cinema, the cost per unit for a DVD on a mass production run is pennies. Make the films more affordable, Make back catalogs available longer, Ditch the DRM that prevents some people from watching the films. Ditch those ****** annoying 'piracy is theft' commercials you HAVE to watch on a legit DVD. (Guess what. Pirate versions don't have that crap, they don't MAKE you watch 20 minutes of trailers. They just let you watch the film.)

29-05-2010, 14:20	#14
Lord Nikon Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NW UK Posts: 3,546	Re: OFCOM speaks on Anti-piracy measures. Several points here. 1) If Phorm is an invasion of privacy / breach of human rights, is this not the same? It is an invasion of privacy on people who are presumed innocent in order to see if they are attempting to break a law? Could not the same argument against phorm be brought into play to stop this from taking place? 2) It has been PROVEN in the literary environment that downloading of content for free INCREASES legitimate sales. Even when those downloads are free from DRM and of exactly the same quality as the paid for version. 3) The reason piracy is so prevalent is the COST of the legitimate version. When an office package, plus an OS upgrade exceeds the cost of an entry level computer. When you can have 5 people going to the cinema, or 2 people plus snacks for the cost of a new issue DVD. When someone who is visually impaired is expected to pay over 600 for a piece of software to read the screen to them, why do people think piracy is so prevalent? The money for films is made back at the cinema, the cost per unit for a DVD on a mass production run is pennies. Make the films more affordable, Make back catalogs available longer, Ditch the DRM that prevents some people from watching the films. Ditch those ****** annoying 'piracy is theft' commercials you HAVE to watch on a legit DVD. (Guess what. Pirate versions don't have that crap, they don't MAKE you watch 20 minutes of trailers. They just let you watch the film.)