About 10 years ago I ripped my CD collection. Many hundreds. I am free to do what I want with the digital media as long as I keep it among my own computers as far as the law is concerned.
I tried downloading some stuff from Microsoft. It's all loaded with DRM crap and I am not free to copy anything among my own computers without corporate approval.
Last year I ripped my DVD collection. I found that if you look at a DVD funny it's ruined. That's a lot of money down the toilet.
I've never been on a torrent. I can understand the mentality after my experience.
Then again, for everyone like me there's 100 Chinese out there stealing intellectual property. No help for the situation in the long run.
There's plenty of services like Netflix that will give unlimited access to movies and music for a fairly small monthly fee. A lot less money than I have in my collection.
Free Torrents: Yay or nay?
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About 10 years ago I ripped my CD collection. Many hundreds. I am free to do what I want with the digital media as long as I keep it among my own computers as far as the law is concerned.
I tried downloading some stuff from Microsoft. It's all loaded with DRM crap and I am not free to copy anything among my own computers without corporate approval.
Last year I ripped my DVD collection. I found that if you look at a DVD funny it's ruined. That's a lot of money down the toilet.
I've never been on a torrent. I can understand the mentality after my experience.
Then again, for everyone like me there's 100 Chinese out there stealing intellectual property. No help for the situation in the long run.
There's plenty of services like Netflix that will give unlimited access to movies and music for a fairly small monthly fee. A lot less money than I have in my collection.