Comments on: Why Warner’s Blu-ray decision hurts pirates, regular consumers http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Vance Decker http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-720335 Vance Decker Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:12:52 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-720335 EAXCTLY! Phil Miller, and other industry shills, shut the fuck up! We don't care. Why don't you release the real studio dvd sales numbers? why? Because they show that studios are making MORE money now then they ever have. People, remember, Hollywood is an industry of professional liars, don't be fooled by their sham morality. EAXCTLY! Phil Miller, and other industry shills, shut the fuck up! We don’t care.

Why don’t you release the real studio dvd sales numbers? why? Because they show that studios are making MORE money now then they ever have.

People, remember, Hollywood is an industry of professional liars, don’t be fooled by their sham morality.

]]> By: Brandon Blaylock http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-684102 Brandon Blaylock Sun, 04 May 2008 04:05:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-684102 Considering that movies have been recorded in what we consider High Definition for quite some time, the advent of HD technology in the home is really, at it's core, just an increase of resolution on televisions and their counterpart video sources. Granted, the increased storage space on 2-layer bluray discs isn't anything to scoff at, that's some sweet technology. But the increase in space was mandatory, the increase in security was not. The security does not help the average consumer in any way. So it is there for one purpose, to keep gains in the video industry booming. So, in response to those claiming that it's cheap of a person to pirate these high definition films, I ask you, why should we, as consumers of these already expensive hardware upgrades, have to pay more for a technology that would have been simple to release in the first place without the copy protections? In fact, the idea that companies like Sony(with it's history of pandering to the dollar) spend and ungodly sum of money to protect the dvd format almost begs for a counter-culture to undo it. Why should I spend any more money making someone else rich? Surely, the actors in movies making millions, the studios making millions, the producers making millions, the distribution and technical companies making millions, and me not making millions couldn't possibly drive me to become a smarter consumer and start my search for a way to entertain myself for as cheaply as possible. I know my wages aren't increasing due to the creation of BD+. So, what reason do I have to not pirate? Who, exactly, am I stealing money from? Is it a faceless corporation(which, in itself, due to a heinous twist of laws, has more rights than I do) that is losing out? If so then I say cheers to that! Because I see my face every day, and I certainly wouldn't sell myself short to put a few more dollars in the pocket of somebody who already has more than I. There is no reason other than greed for movies not being dirt cheap. Considering that movies have been recorded in what we consider High Definition for quite some time, the advent of HD technology in the home is really, at it’s core, just an increase of resolution on televisions and their counterpart video sources. Granted, the increased storage space on 2-layer bluray discs isn’t anything to scoff at, that’s some sweet technology. But the increase in space was mandatory, the increase in security was not. The security does not help the average consumer in any way. So it is there for one purpose, to keep gains in the video industry booming.

So, in response to those claiming that it’s cheap of a person to pirate these high definition films, I ask you, why should we, as consumers of these already expensive hardware upgrades, have to pay more for a technology that would have been simple to release in the first place without the copy protections? In fact, the idea that companies like Sony(with it’s history of pandering to the dollar) spend and ungodly sum of money to protect the dvd format almost begs for a counter-culture to undo it.

Why should I spend any more money making someone else rich? Surely, the actors in movies making millions, the studios making millions, the producers making millions, the distribution and technical companies making millions, and me not making millions couldn’t possibly drive me to become a smarter consumer and start my search for a way to entertain myself for as cheaply as possible. I know my wages aren’t increasing due to the creation of BD+. So, what reason do I have to not pirate? Who, exactly, am I stealing money from? Is it a faceless corporation(which, in itself, due to a heinous twist of laws, has more rights than I do) that is losing out? If so then I say cheers to that! Because I see my face every day, and I certainly wouldn’t sell myself short to put a few more dollars in the pocket of somebody who already has more than I.

There is no reason other than greed for movies not being dirt cheap.

]]> By: rob http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-591861 rob Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:11:33 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-591861 hd files are to big download anyway iam really not that intrested in blue ray at all i ve found it quite easy to down load a good quality dvix dvd rip code then simple uprate the original code to hd dvix watch the thing declare the movie crap ie waste harddrive room delete the crap,but from my point view the whole blue ray hdd disc dedate is really big corprates pushing oslolete technolgy as a consumer i pefer to download and they are way outstep with how i view and watch media hd files are to big download anyway iam really not that intrested in blue ray at all i ve found it quite easy to down load a good quality dvix dvd rip code then simple uprate the original code to hd dvix watch the thing declare the movie crap ie waste harddrive room delete the crap,but from my point view the whole blue ray hdd disc dedate is really big corprates pushing oslolete technolgy as a consumer i pefer to download and they are way outstep with how i view and watch media

]]> By: Phil Miller http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-579278 Phil Miller Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:26:09 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-579278 Nicholas Deleon, are you seriously one of those A-holes who pirate movies and condone that illegal behavior? Are you that cheap or that poor? You sir sicken me. Get a real job if you don't have the money or just don't buy movies. Nicholas Deleon, are you seriously one of those A-holes who pirate movies and condone that illegal behavior? Are you that cheap or that poor? You sir sicken me. Get a real job if you don’t have the money or just don’t buy movies.

]]> By: Matt http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557886 Matt Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:15:46 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557886 Phh... in Canada the Sony BDP-S300 is $499! Phh… in Canada the Sony BDP-S300 is $499!

]]> By: Phil http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557651 Phil Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:44:56 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557651 You *are* rambling. Did somebody hack into your account? Or do tech blogs regularly announce they pirate movies. Sony never raised the price. The MSRP has been $399 for a while, it was on sale at different places for $299 during the holidays. You *are* rambling. Did somebody hack into your account? Or do tech blogs regularly announce they pirate movies. Sony never raised the price. The MSRP has been $399 for a while, it was on sale at different places for $299 during the holidays.

]]> By: Jason D http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557636 Jason D Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:05:27 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557636 BD+ was cracked a long time ago, Here are a few old storys explaining: http://www.floppyhead.com/2007/10/29/4th-generation-aacs-and-bd-cracked/ http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/bd-plus-cracked http://fanpotai.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/blu-rays-special-drm-bd-cracked/ and neither is harder, apparently you just buy the program and can make your legal backup copy of either format, THAT WAS EASY. BD+ was cracked a long time ago,
Here are a few old storys explaining:
http://www.floppyhead.com/2007/10/29/4th-generation-aacs-and-bd-cracked/
http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/bd-plus-cracked
http://fanpotai.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/blu-rays-special-drm-bd-cracked/
and neither is harder, apparently you just buy the program and can make your legal backup copy of either format, THAT WAS EASY.

]]> By: Adam Wilkinson http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557633 Adam Wilkinson Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:55:36 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557633 stop being a douche and pay for your content. If you cant afford to buy the disc then save up. If you where never going to buy it you just want to download it then you will just have to sacrifice your resolution. as my gran says 'beggars cant be choosers'. stop being a douche and pay for your content. If you cant afford to buy the disc then save up. If you where never going to buy it you just want to download it then you will just have to sacrifice your resolution. as my gran says ‘beggars cant be choosers’.

]]> By: mathew http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557632 mathew Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:49:27 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557632 PS: You guys know all the comments on CrunchGear are showing up blank in Firefox, right? PS: You guys know all the comments on CrunchGear are showing up blank in Firefox, right?

]]> By: mathew http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557629 mathew Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:21:27 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557629 You forgot the real reason Blu-ray winning over HD-DVD hurts consumers: Region coding. You forgot the real reason Blu-ray winning over HD-DVD hurts consumers:

Region coding.

]]> By: DevilMan http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557622 DevilMan Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:58:44 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557622 Yep it hurts me..Them bastards Sony already raising the prices of there crappy players. I will safely say i will never ever own a blu ray disk player or crapstation 3. I think there is room for both formats and a hybrid disk player. I wonder how many millions of $$ Sony bribed Warner with to breach HD-DVD contract and switch to blu-ray. Hopefully the other HD-DVD companies will stand there ground and stick with HD-DVD. As far as downloading and burning movies to disk soon we will need to buy an $500+ blu-ray burner and pay $30 a disk for Sony's invention. That just blows big time. Sony's copy protection :( We didnt learn our lesson with there copy protected music they was selling? A sad day indeed all hopes and best wishes to HD-DVD and Sony can suck it.. Yep it hurts me..Them bastards Sony already raising the prices of there crappy players. I will safely say i will never ever own a blu ray disk player or crapstation 3. I think there is room for both formats and a hybrid disk player. I wonder how many millions of $$ Sony bribed Warner with to breach HD-DVD contract and switch to blu-ray. Hopefully the other HD-DVD companies will stand there ground and stick with HD-DVD. As far as downloading and burning movies to disk soon we will need to buy an $500+ blu-ray burner and pay $30 a disk for Sony’s invention. That just blows big time. Sony’s copy protection :( We didnt learn our lesson with there copy protected music they was selling? A sad day indeed all hopes and best wishes to HD-DVD and Sony can suck it..

]]> By: Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557620 Nicholas Deleon Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:54:10 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557620 That doesn't actually *crack* BD+ but allows it to be played on a specific piece of software. You can't actually futz around with the files on the discs, like, say, ripping it and then burning it onto a separate blank disc. -nd That doesn’t actually *crack* BD+ but allows it to be played on a specific piece of software. You can’t actually futz around with the files on the discs, like, say, ripping it and then burning it onto a separate blank disc.

-nd

]]> By: David http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557614 David Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:39:55 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557614 BD+ has been cracked http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/22/bd-crack-released BD+ has been cracked

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/22/bd-crack-released

]]> By: David http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557613 David Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:38:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/08/why-warners-blu-ray-decision-hurts-pirates-regular-consumers/#comment-557613 BD+ has been cracked btw http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/22/bd-crack-released BD+ has been cracked btw

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/22/bd-crack-released

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