The way bittorrent works, somewhat counterintuitively, the more people who are trying to download the file, the faster the downloads will go.
So no web links = fewer people downloading = less practical.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
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Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2004 8:17:29 am PST #543 of 10003
hwæt
Consuela - Dec 14, 2004 8:47:34 am PST #544 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Okay, that's true.
sumi - Dec 14, 2004 9:00:36 am PST #545 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Well, apparently, I hadn't watched "Beauty and the Beasts" from my Buffy season 3 dvd set before last night-- because I discovered a bobble on the dvd.
It looks like a smudge -- is that a scratch in dvds? Does this mean that this dvd is completely screwed?
le nubian - Dec 14, 2004 10:24:13 am PST #546 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Well, I wonder if the movies can be removed from such BT sites and leave the TV links.
NoiseDesign - Dec 14, 2004 10:32:40 am PST #547 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, but they are getting nasty about the TV stuff too, since they see it as a loss of future DVD sales.
le nubian - Dec 14, 2004 11:53:06 am PST #548 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
not hardly. These asswipes. If they produce DVDs that are high quality with extras, I most certainly will buy those above the crappy versions of what I have at home. I don't download tv shows to subvert a process, but if they schedule shows I want to see against each other - I can only watch/tape 2 programs. I have to BT the 3rd if I want to see a show before it is cancelled ("House", I'm talking to you).
It's the same argument the industry had against VCRs 2 decades ago. Did that destroy the industry? Not hardly.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2004 11:54:14 am PST #549 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can see HBO et al protecting their assets, but North Shore? Gimme a break. They should pay me to do what I'm now doing for free.
le nubian - Dec 14, 2004 11:56:25 am PST #550 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
LOL.
NoiseDesign - Dec 14, 2004 12:03:02 pm PST #551 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I don't at all disagree with you. the unfortunate thing is that the successs of DVD sales like Buffy and Firefly just make the asshats see dollar signs.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2004 1:22:55 pm PST #552 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Aren't many tracker sites already located overseas? I don't see how they can easily stop them.