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Rules when pirating

  • 15-09-2013 09:39PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,083 ✭✭✭


    I am the only one who has rules for pirating? For instance I do not pirate from indie/unknown artists/devs/directors. If I pirate something and I like it I will either buy it or something else from the developer/artist etc. For every album that I buy from an artist I am allowed to pirate another but only if I am poor when the album comes out. Also I pay my €7 to Netflix every month so if its not on there then it's fair game.

    I have to say I don't pirate nearly as much as I used to but when I do the above rules apply.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,952 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Kinda. I sometimes wonder if it's wrong not to seed something if i get it from the piratebay.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Mickey H


    Wear an eyepatch. Have a parrot.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Have a plank and a peg leg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    I used to figure TV shows fair game, but no music or films.

    I don't pirate at all now being a good boy to get a passport with an eagle on it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    And get a Jolly Roger , the flag.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 896 ✭✭✭Fuzzytrooper


    I tend to pirate only British galleons. Anything that doesnt fly a flag is fair game too. Yarrrr. A fair booty goes to the man that brings me the captains hat matey.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭Earthwalker


    Don't use LP tapes and be sure to set the tracking to the centre setting.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,478 ✭✭✭wexie


    MadsL wrote: »
    I used to figure TV shows fair game, but no music or films.

    I don't pirate at all now being a good boy to get a passport with an eagle on it.

    You reckon they monitor that? Surely not?

    Or just don't want to take the chance?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭tim3000


    I don't pirate games ever. Or films that are currently in the cinema. I do pirate music but mostly chart music. I will download other stuff but often it will be a year or two after it has been released so in my view they have their money made and its not different to taking a loan of it from a friend. I pirate tv shows wholesale though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭Ishmael


    Meh, no real need for pirating anymore really.

    Plenty of cheap streaming options available for Music, Movies and Games. Downloading stuff is too much hassle to manage after a while.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Pirate Pirates of the Caribbean, from The Pirate Bay, dressed as a pirate, drinking a bottle of rum and singing yo ho, it's the pirates life for me... other than that, no.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Always keep maps of where my hard drives are buried.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    wexie wrote: »
    You reckon they monitor that? Surely not?

    Or just don't want to take the chance?

    Why would I even take the chance? Oh look, I saved $4.99 not paying for "Now You See Me" - but I picked a felony and now cannot apply.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Always reseed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    MadsL wrote: »
    Why would I even take the chance? Oh look, I saved $4.99 not paying for "Now You See Me" - but I picked a felony and now cannot apply.

    Do you get a criminal record if you pay the fine? Is it not just like a penalty point?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭TommiesTank


    OP, you are like a hooker with a heart of gold.

    Either that or Robin Hood.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gustafo


    i pirate everything movies, music, games, porn, sure why not tis free,

    it's been years since iv rented a movie or bought an album

    theres a recession going on you know.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,599 ✭✭✭SeanW


    Seed as much as you can.

    https://u24.gov.ua/
    Join NAFO today:

    Help us in helping Ukraine.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Do you get a criminal record if you pay the fine? Is it not just like a penalty point?

    what are these fines ye speak of? and who issues them? and how are ye caught?


    not being a troll - genuinely interested - are ye talking about actual court proceedings?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Tiddlypeeps


    I won't pirate anything if I can get it easily at a reasonable price. If it's a pain in the ass to get or it's insanely overpriced then I pirate. The only thing's I've pirated in the last few months are the latest episodes of tv shows. Even the latest Breaking Bad is on Netflix so it's looking like I won't need to keep pirating shows for much longer too.

    I used to pirate a lot of music but I haven't pirated any since I signed up for Spotify when it became available over here. I refused to pay €20 a pop for an album, especially when the artist barely sees a fraction of it.

    I don't pirate games anymore. I usually only get a small number of games a year on release, everything else I get in the steam sales for next to nothing. I used to pirate lots of games and then I would pay for the ones I enjoyed but steam makes games so convenient I'm just not bothered anymore. In the olden days I'd need to root around the net for a no-cd crack anyway so it was no real extra effort to just torrent the whole package. Just so handy and reasonably priced now days to get it on steam.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    A man must have a code.










    .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Shout Dust


    meoklmrk91 wrote: »
    I am the only one who has rules for pirating?

    There's nigh on 7 billion people in the world, I'm sure there's someone else


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭nino1


    MadsL wrote: »
    - but I picked a felony and now cannot apply.

    I would worry about what you were downloading if it could get you a felony conviction!
    Downloading movies and music is not a felony!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭hfallada


    Always leave a comment or rating on the quality of a download. There is nothing more annoying than downloading something to discover there is Russian subtitles you can't get rid of. Or the quality is ****.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Nabber


    I pirate all music and films.MTV Cribs had a subliminal message saying pirating is ok


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Spent the weekend playing GTA 5 on ps3
    :D
    Dont think its in the shops yet.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Awww... I thought this was about raping and pillaging


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    I totally understand pirating the newest tv shows that you have no alternative avenue to watch them by. I understand downloading music that you will listen to many times but downloading loads of tv shows and movies makes no sense to me, total waste of effort and time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    Awww... I thought this was about raping and pillaging

    What isn't about about raping and pillaging these days with all that hippity hop music and them computer games making people go all crazy?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Awww... I thought this was about raping and pillaging

    You're looking for the 'What do you viking ?' thread.


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