Comments on: Breaking news! Evil pirates found guilty of being evil! And pirates! http://reverttosaved.com/2009/04/17/breaking-news-evil-pirates-found-guilty-of-being-evil-and-pirates/ A blog about design, gaming and technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Craig Grannell http://reverttosaved.com/2009/04/17/breaking-news-evil-pirates-found-guilty-of-being-evil-and-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Craig Grannell Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:41:23 +0000 http://reverttosaved.com/?p=272#comment-590 Also, the media you get from dodgy sources often improves on what the studio provides. To access content on a South Park DVD, you have to sit through unskippable company logos, 'piracy' warnings and a hateful, lengthy animation taken from one of the episodes. I should be able to play an episode after hitting 'next' a few times, not have to wait nearly two minutes to do so. Also, the media you get from dodgy sources often improves on what the studio provides. To access content on a South Park DVD, you have to sit through unskippable company logos, ‘piracy’ warnings and a hateful, lengthy animation taken from one of the episodes. I should be able to play an episode after hitting ‘next’ a few times, not have to wait nearly two minutes to do so.

]]> By: Andy Hawkes http://reverttosaved.com/2009/04/17/breaking-news-evil-pirates-found-guilty-of-being-evil-and-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Andy Hawkes Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:36:28 +0000 http://reverttosaved.com/?p=272#comment-589 I can't believe you're sticking up for these evil, despicable people - I've seen the educational bit at the start of DVDs and know for a FACT that piracy funds terrorism, paedophile gangs, and shifty looking foreigners who are coming over here and stealing our jobs... Oh, wait... that's all a load of cobblers, isn't it?!? If only the large-scale media factories had got behind online distribution earlier in the game rather than sticking to their expired business models they'd all be singing the praises of clever P2P distribution models like BitTorrent from the mountaintops rather than bleating about how people cleverer than them distributed their product better than they could... I can’t believe you’re sticking up for these evil, despicable people – I’ve seen the educational bit at the start of DVDs and know for a FACT that piracy funds terrorism, paedophile gangs, and shifty looking foreigners who are coming over here and stealing our jobs…

Oh, wait… that’s all a load of cobblers, isn’t it?!?

If only the large-scale media factories had got behind online distribution earlier in the game rather than sticking to their expired business models they’d all be singing the praises of clever P2P distribution models like BitTorrent from the mountaintops rather than bleating about how people cleverer than them distributed their product better than they could…

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