Comments on: iTunes Movie Rentals almost made me stop pirating. Almost. http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:17:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rick http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-574638 Rick Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:56:08 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-574638 oh dear, you're not happy with someone's decision so you will continue to loot. it is looting you know. no one is there to catch you so break into the store. i've heard all of the excuses and it comes down to looting, - simple theft, nothing more. you can so you do. are you unhappy with the price of nike's? does that annoy you to the point of walking in and picking a pair up and walking out? if any company doesn't do what you like then steal it! c'mon $1.50 for coke and pepsi? sugared water? what a joke! march into that grocery store and steal it! no? why not? show some melons man, stand by your convictions! oh, afraid of the police if you steal from a store? it's looting pal, nothing more, and you're no different than any other looter when the cops aren't around. oh dear, you’re not happy with someone’s decision so you will continue to loot.

it is looting you know. no one is there to catch you so break into the store. i’ve heard all of the excuses and it comes down to looting, - simple theft, nothing more. you can so you do.

are you unhappy with the price of nike’s? does that annoy you to the point of walking in and picking a pair up and walking out? if any company doesn’t do what you like then steal it! c’mon $1.50 for coke and pepsi? sugared water? what a joke! march into that grocery store and steal it!

no? why not? show some melons man, stand by your convictions! oh, afraid of the police if you steal from a store?

it’s looting pal, nothing more, and you’re no different than any other looter when the cops aren’t around.

]]> By: hease http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-567222 hease Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:05:16 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-567222 I think part of the problem is not the movie industry but the theaters where the movies are played. Each week a movie is out the cut of the ticket that goes to the film company drops so the theaters make more per ticket the longer a show is in the theaters. Your proposal would probably put a lot of those places out of business. I think part of the problem is not the movie industry but the theaters where the movies are played. Each week a movie is out the cut of the ticket that goes to the film company drops so the theaters make more per ticket the longer a show is in the theaters.

Your proposal would probably put a lot of those places out of business.

]]> By: Jason http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566540 Jason Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:03:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566540 I'm not sure how Apple TV worked before (perhaps someone can explain where it was before) however, this is very interesting to me. Being able to have on demand rentals from a vast library on any device you have, i.e. ipod, pc, mac, tv, etc. makes the movie experience more enjoyable....for myself anyway. I plan to research a little deeper, but I will be getting one im sure....soon. I’m not sure how Apple TV worked before (perhaps someone can explain where it was before) however, this is very interesting to me. Being able to have on demand rentals from a vast library on any device you have, i.e. ipod, pc, mac, tv, etc. makes the movie experience more enjoyable….for myself anyway. I plan to research a little deeper, but I will be getting one im sure….soon.

]]> By: Vash http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566480 Vash Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:05:53 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566480 Get it working in linux.. at all Wine or whatever.. Then I might be slightly amused until then it's netflix. Get it working in linux.. at all Wine or whatever.. Then I might be slightly amused until then it’s netflix.

]]> By: mathew http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566258 mathew Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:03:47 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566258 I don't care about the 30 day wait. What bothers me is having to transcode all the content I get in formats other than MP4. Make it easy to install Perian and other codecs and play from other container formats, and I'm in. I don’t care about the 30 day wait. What bothers me is having to transcode all the content I get in formats other than MP4. Make it easy to install Perian and other codecs and play from other container formats, and I’m in.

]]> By: namX http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566197 namX Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:33:09 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566197 Renting is actually the thing that will NOT prevent me from pirating. Just make it like Steam. You purchase once, download it they way you want it how often you want it. Renting is actually the thing that will NOT prevent me from pirating. Just make it like Steam. You purchase once, download it they way you want it how often you want it.

]]> By: electro^plankton http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566196 electro^plankton Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:30:57 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/itunes-movie-rentals-almost-made-me-stop-pirating-almost/#comment-566196 I work in the film industry so to answer your question. Big budget movies do make most of their money as far as ticket sales in the first 30 days. But it's not until the movies go international do studios begin to reap the rewards of funding some multi-million dollar project. Going international takes longer than 30 days, unless it's a block buster like Harry Potter. I work in the film industry so to answer your question.

Big budget movies do make most of their money as far as ticket sales in the first 30 days. But it’s not until the movies go international do studios begin to reap the rewards of funding some multi-million dollar project. Going international takes longer than 30 days, unless it’s a block buster like Harry Potter.

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