I download any Beatles music and movies I can find on the net, and still last night I went over to Best Buy and got the new release of "Help". Last year I got 4 copies of the official "LOVE" cd and sent 3 of them out as gifts! If they had more then one official Beatles release a year I would get them too. There is in fact no official Beatles title I don't have at this point.
I download Star Wars related stuff, and today I went to Amazon and got the 3 2-dvd sets of ANH - ESB - RotJ with the Original and updated versions.. I Got the Superman Box last year when It came out, and I had just downloaded the torrent of the RIC of Superman II the day before that. These are just the titles I can think of.. Oh, and I got a torrent of Bob Dylan related footage last month, and then went out and got the official DVD of "No Direction Home" & plan to see the new "I'm Not There" film at my local AMC in a few weeks. I got the National Treasure film off torrents, and now plan to see the new one when it comes out at the AMC, and I will buy the official DVD of the first one too. I can't believe I am the exception...
What sucks is the overpriced stuff out there. There is no reason that the Box Sets of the HBO show "ROME" should be $85 each set! When they do that over priced crap , there is more of a chance people will turn to torrents and never buy the official version. I would rather not see the show then pay that kind of money. So not having the torrents would not compel me to pay $85 for something I can't preview. {I don't have HBO} And another thing.. How about rentals? My local video store is going to have 2 copies of each new film no matter if 50 or 500 people rent it.... BMI and ASCAP watch how many times a radio station plays the titles so that the makers of the music gets a cut. But, it's not like that with DVD renting... And IMHO, Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake need to suffer! They don't need more money the spoiled brats... How much money do these people need? It's not like they need the extra sales to eat. They are getting exposure from downloading no matter what, and that helps them in the long run. And one more thing, I once downloaded a Iron Maiden rare EP. Now I plan on going to at least 2 of the 2008 shows when they come to my area...
UP THE IRONS!
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