So this is what you get when you let MetaData Laws through, well done Australia, you feel asleep on this one, and didn’t stand up for your Civil Rights and Privacy.

Lol. While the Metadata laws suck they have nothing to do with this case.

It's all related.

Except making comparisons between high class cars and downloading a $20 movie is just as asinine.

Think of it similar to music. A band today practically gives their music away for you to use for your own entertainment. You love it so much that you become a follower of them.

They come to your home town and you pay to see them live
They release merchandise and you pay to wear it
They release "bootleg" or "sample" copies of their CD's and you pay to download it
They release it on vinyl and you pay to hear it as it was naturally recorded
They cross-promote other bands and side projects that you may enjoy

Netflix has done a fantastic job in charging us not a lot for access to unlimited television. But it's not the movie or the TV show we are buying, it's the Netflix brand. Make the consumer love your company by giving away the content they needed to hook them in and they will be your bitch forever.

As for this story, there is so much Napster to this. Hopefully it just sees more ways of sharing files like music and movies without having to spend half your wage to consume it

music band

Great movie though.

Kinda fitting that it's about a citizen smuggling a product into a country where it was available but too expensive.

:lol:

This dispels notors dud theory that content that is cheap and accessible (ie Netflix) will defeat internet piracy.

Cheap at a cinema in Australia? lol.

I just had a look at my local cinemas website, if I took my wife and kid to see FnF tomorrow in the middle of the day it would cost me just under $60 before going anywhere near the confection stand.

Rusty's strawman (as usual) example does nothing to dispel an already proven strategy to minimise media copyright infringement.

Edited by notorganic: 9/4/2015 12:10:37 AM

Fast and furious 7 (which is by the way a terrible movie) has so far been illegally downloaded over 2.59 million times, despite only being in the cinemas for a few days. This dispels notors dud theory that content that is cheap and accessible (ie Netflix) will defeat internet piracy. Of course people don't really believe such nonsense these are just the silly things people think up to rationalise their illegal downloading and externalise blame onto content providers.

Fast and furious 7 (which is by the way a terrible movie) has so far been illegally downloaded over 2.59 million times, despite only being in the cinemas for a few days. This dispels notors dud theory that content that is cheap and accessible (ie Netflix) will defeat internet piracy. Of course people don't really believe such nonsense these are just the silly things people think up to rationalise their illegal downloading and externalise blame onto content providers.

At Southbank in Brisbane you get your ticket, large drink an popcorn combo for $15. Unreal value compared to other places.

Fast and Furious 7 has already grossed over $400 million. Would dispel your dud theory that the poor movie companies need protecting.

Yeah, nah.

I would rather wait for the blu ray release than watch a low bit rate cam source.

Cheap at a cinema in Australia? lol.

I just had a look at my local cinemas website, if I took my wife and kid to see FnF tomorrow in the middle of the day it would cost me just under $60 before going anywhere near the confection stand.

Rusty's strawman (as usual) example does nothing to dispel an already proven strategy to minimise media copyright infringement.

Edited by notorganic: 9/4/2015 12:10:37 AM

Sure it might somewhat reduce illegal downloads, but despite content being made cheap and accessible (i.e. Netflix) illegal download will continue to occur in large volumes. Your argument that cheap accessible content will bring an end to the piracy industry is plain wrong.

Definitely related to meta data laws

One of the main reasons they were introduced. Terrorism was just to get you to agree to them.

...And if you think this is a Liberal or Labor thing then think again...

You're both guilty of this breach of civil liberty muppets

Saying the same thing over and over like it's a fact does not make it a fact.

The huge uptake of Netflix alone (iinet were crediting Netflix for 15% of their total bandwidth a week after Netflix Australia launched) is proof in itself that people will pay for content when it is a) affordable and b) easily accessible.

It is a proven strategy that you continue to wilfully ignore. https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130723/12235723906/two-new-reports-confirm-best-way-to-reduce-piracy-dramatically-is-to-offer-good-legal-alternatives.shtml

A lot of people purchased Netflix without really understanding how shit it is.
I lived in the UK a few years ago, and we had Netflix. The content is huge, and you'll never run out of things to watch, but that doesn't necessarily make it any good. OITNB and HoC are really the only "top shelf" programming they gave. I know a few people, who I admit are dim (mostly due to being 'older') who thought it would give them access to any TV show, because thats how its portrayed in the media.

I agree that we are simply going to see an upturn in the use of VPNs now.

IPVanish even just put an 'Australia Sale' on, cheeky bastards.