Assignment #2

Derek Roy

June 18, 2009

Blog # 2

Piracy, and Online Distribution

Online Piracy in other words online distribution when I read this article it immediately reminded me of when Lars Ulrich sued Napster for a ton of money when other people were downloading Metallica’s music over the web. I myself wouldn’t have been caught doing that why you might ask its because I prefer Megadeth so thank you guys of Metallica for kicking out Dave so he could go on to create a better sounding band than you! But that’s beside the point. Online shipping has become a very popular, and very easy way to do things in this day and age. Aside from getting books, CD’s, movies etc. like say ordering something really large such as a new refrigerator id defiantly rather have that bought online, and delivered to my house without the hassle of going to the store people are paid to do these jobs might as well give them the work.

Bit Torrents have become really popular if you don’t know what a bit torrent is its basically a way to share large files online. Thepiratebay.org is probably the most popular site to download these files. All the media on the site or any other torrent site is free. Like to the article on torrent sites you can get anything from movies, books, games, software, music etc. So this is all at your finger tips for free you can get the latest material without getting up getting into the car and spending money on what is right in front of you. What would you do? Of course like most sites they do have terms of use you cant be downloading all these gigs of stuff burning the material onto CD’s and selling it for your own profit when you didn’t even purchase it or develop it that’s very illegal yet people do it. From living in Springfield most of my life I knew all the kids on the streets selling this material for like ten bucks, and they obviously ripped it offline it like some underground business it seems like. As we all know you can get some good time for that offense. If you’re going to download torrents even though its legal keep it to yourself. Just define your limits, and know what you’re getting into.

Sites like Ebay or Amazon will have something that’s the new hot item out at that times, and sell it for cheaper again these sites are not illegal its just getting a deal for items. A lot of people use these sites like come one computer comes with those sites already in the toolbar so it’s just a click away. I myself don’t use those sites to often mostly if I’m in a jam for like concert tickets or whatever the case maybe I’ll occasionally go on just to see if there is anything good sometimes there is sometime’s there’s not but what are you gong to do the seller needs to get a hold of these items before new stuff gets put on the sites. As an anonymous person i found out there stated "Piracy is a tax on success". This person did make a good point if there are millions of copies made of something you know a million are sold. People make copies of movies etc, and then never use them or watch them. Just because you downloaded something doesn't mean your ever going to use it. Does this all of a sudden mean that movies that were in theaters at one point should be taking off the air because its free? These companies making the films make so much money off the box-office in opening week, and some stars will then flip when they see their face on TV, and no ones paying for it. Just like Lars Ulrich made the huge deal with Napster like your not rich already geez. He was quoted saying this....

I’m not saying I fully understand it. I’ve never said that. I don’t believe that I need to sit down and use Napster as a tool in order to fight for what is my right.

To me he's made a ton of money off being Metallica's drummer like your music is out there, and its because of you being so popular its always going to be there for people to get for free. Once 2000 hit music was all over the internet to download. For example Limewire you can buy it obviously tons of people know about this provider, and guess what you can download all you want with it. But yet i found that he has downloaded full albums off the internet. He was quoted with this admitted in a recent interview that he has also used the Internet to obtain a full album's worth of music without paying for it. "I sat there myself and downloaded [METALLICA's latest CD] 'Death Magnetic' [illegally] from the Internet just to try it," he told Eddie Trunk of VH1 Classic's series "That Metal Show". "I was like, 'Wow, this is how it works.'

Now i feel like him making a HUGE deal of this was for what him to eventually go download. So just be careful on what you’re actually doing out on the web, and mostly know what you’re doing, and or getting yourself into before you do them. I’m sure you don’t want to have to act like Lars, and cause a whole world wide event!