One day, while trying to download the wrong thing, I ended up getting a thoroughly corrupted copy of the latest version of "The Karate Kid". I don't remember the name of the file, but it wasn't what I was looking for in the first place (I was actually looking for something anime for my son since that's his thing).

I'm in the Philippines and my ISP at the time was Subictel. They received an e-mail message from the MPAA, which they forwarded to me. Along with all the stupid condescending stuff they wrote, they pointed me to places where I could legally buy the movie. Guess what?

I can't buy anything from even one of 20 places they had on the list. If I really want that movie (and I don't), I can only get it by 1) scouring every mall in the Philippines, hoping to find a copy (at the US price, by the way) or 2) by illegally downloading it.

So, someone please tell me again that the MPAA wants my money and I'll let you know when I can breathe again after a very large bout of side-splitting, blood-curling laughter.

 

too many libtard comments as is often the case here but this happens when a label decides to let different companies distribute their music in different territories.

if a record label in germany doesn't have the connections to do good promotion in the states for example, it may well make sense for them to sell the rights to another company who can do it better.

i agree it's annoying for the consumer who gets this message on an mp3 store, but it's not really that hard to get your head around why it happens, and if it makes financial sense for the label to do it that way, i don't really think you can blame them.

 

Even our illustrious President was caught up in this crap. He sent the English PM a present last year - a collection of DVDs. Only problem was that good ole Tony could not view them since they had been coded for the US region and cannot be played in Europe.

Region coding is entirely fabricated. There is no issue with playing them on our TVs over here. It is entirely an attempt to divide the market. I can buy a book in the US and read it in London. However, I cannot buy a DVD and do the same.

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Consider yourself lucky. I once lost nearly 3 back-to-back evenings to that place, thanks to a single, unexpected link.

 

Facts usually consist of you know... facts.

"Because I say so." or "Because my friend told me so, thus it must be true." ARE NOT FACTS.

You're really grasping at straws. Locally, a record store has seen a huge boom. The owner says it's because the interest created by people committing copyright infringement online. They then walk in, show him their mp3 players and smartphones and the album they downloaded and then purchase ALL the albums by said band right then and there.

You can't disprove this. And I know the guy, he wouldn't lie. Thus, it must be factual and completely true. (You trolls are really getting quite sad and pathetic as far as your "facts" and "truth" goes.)

 

The Disc Version is not STEAM, it links to STEAM but it is in noway STEAM. The point he is trying to make is that the ease of buying from STEAM should not necessarily be stopped cause of the region you are in, the people who made the game are getting your money either way. What is the difference if they bought it through STEAM or through a local game store?

 

This whole topic is pretty much been talked about and ignored but **AA people in general.

Most of the comments I have read have covered pretty much everything I would mention but the one driving point I want to point out. This problem happens when you try to put rules from one system onto the rules of a completely different system. What I mean is when you put the rules of the Analog world onto the digital world.

Digital goods are infinite, from now till the end of time there will be copies. While Analog/Physical goods are not and need to be produced. We can't possibly expect both systems to be ruled by the same laws, its not practical.

Its like if I asked you to add 10 and 11, you may point out its 21 but suppose I tell you it is binary you would actually get 101.