-- On 7 Jan 2003 at 20:25, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > I don't know anyone who trades video files -- they're pretty > big and bulky. A song takes moments to download, but a movie > takes many many hours even on a high speed link. I have yet > to meet someone who pirates films -- but I know lots of > hardened criminals who watch DVDs on Linux and BSD. I'm one > of these "criminals".
I pirate films routinely. These are almost invariably films that I could not obtain in any other way. The amount of time I spend watching films on my computer, and on television, is roughly comparable. Similarly most of the music I listen to on my computer, I could not readily purchase. Stuff I can readily get through commercial channels I do -- the convenience, rather than the cost, is important to me. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG G6dKu0+L5GqnwO9+mBiUuQ4bgcPQWz7zc6hp0Ku0 4lRkw8fWFbF5+wXCL7T1Xi9eLN/Z/LxSrOd5a5W1p --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]