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• On the post: We Don't Want Everything For Free. We Just Want Everything

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2012 @ 11:57am

  Re:

  so you're saying that unpopular works should make a ton of money just because someone put some effort into making something? of course popular sites would make more money through a donation button! Same with other forms of monetization, if something isn't popular than less people will buy it or it's associated merchandise, therefore less money.

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  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2012 @ 11:53am

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  well, actually SOPA and ACTA were the exception, until them we couldn't stop the 15 odd IP expansion laws before SOPA/PIPA and ACTA. Namely it's a sign that things are changing and we the "average citizen" are making a bigger impact in what law makers are doing (which is a good thing!)

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  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2012 @ 11:50am

  Re: Re: Perception problem

  hmmm if piracy is SUCH a problem shouldn't they be teaching about it in "Basic Marketing 101"?
  
  hey, guys I'm beginning to think this troll doesn't really know what he's talking about! *gasp*!

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  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2012 @ 11:44am

  Re: Nice...

  maybe the "real-world marketing" needs a little revising since in the real world the thought "The user MUST BUY our product and never be able to get it in any other way." is laughably naive.

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  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2012 @ 10:57am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: My reasons for reading Scanlations

  which is where the Internet comes in! There are a lot of artist using the internet to promote their comics now, mostly in the form of webcomics. While their are a lot of mediocre webcomics, if you look it's easy to find some truly amazing comics in many different genres (none of them Marvel style super heroes *gasp*!). There are even a few who have started to support themselves off their comics as well.

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  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2012 @ 10:53am

  Re: Re: My reasons for reading Scanlations

  I bought a few series, mostly because I really enjoyed it and wanted a physical copy, but that's it. Depending on the series length it could be anywhere from 100-400 dollars to buy the whole thing, so it's too expensive to buy "everything" I read, not even most actually.

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  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2012 @ 10:39am

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  If the someone made a cookie, that could be copied an infinite amount of times but decided that selling it to me wasn't worth it, but someone else who bought a cookie and made their own copies gave it to me for free, then of course I would take that cookie

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  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 10:03pm

  Re: Re: My reasons for reading Scanlations

  hmmm.. this is why I'm so glad for all the new opportunities the Internet offers to route around publishers :P
  
  The western comic industry was similarly shafted by our publishers, but that happened a while back, ironically by the devices of Marvel and DC themselves.
  
  If you don't know that story, it's actually pretty interesting. A good description of it here:
  http://vividstuff.blogspot.com/2008/12/article-3-score-one-for-idiocy-aka.html

• On the post: Cleveland Bus System Joins Over 100 Others In Being Sued For Patent Infringement For Notifying People If A Bus Is Running Late

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 09:50pm

  bluh... this is exactly what people are talking about when they say the patent system is broke.
  
  also,
  
  "The "Clevescene" story above does not identify the patents or link to the actual legal filing (why don't news sites do that?!?), but after looking around..."
  
  And who says Mike never provides sources?

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  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 09:37pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  because of magic paper the government tells me is worth a certain unit of an abstract concept called currency.
  
  that has nothing to do with the conversation... just felt like saying it

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  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 09:34pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  plenty of people make great music for free. Therefore, your argument is invalid, even if it was true that people downloading music for free would ruin the current "music industry"

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  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 09:30pm

  My reasons for reading Scanlations

  The reason I read fan-translated scanlations of manga online, rather than buy them in the store.
  
  1. The "officially" published manga is anywhere from months to years behind Japan, sometimes the entire series runs through before it is brought to the states. That is, the manga already exist, the publishers just decide to arbitrarily space out their release dates.
  
  2. Some mangas are NEVER released in the US and so the only way to get to them is through fan translated scanlations.
  
  3. Why should I pay publishers who take so long to translate manga when there are fans who will translate it for free?

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  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 09:20pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  "What they are saying is that they want everything. As many have pointed out here before (Hi PaulT) is that if the industry cannot deliver it to them on time, in the format they like at the price point they like, then they have absolutely no issue at all in pirating it."
  
  yes... and? something wrong with that?

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  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 01:21am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: A CLASSIC!

  Yeah I enjoyed the Shadow sequels much more than the Game sequels.

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  Watchit ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 02:20pm

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  Also, what about those who visit such "violent" sites in order to report them for the news?

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  Watchit ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 10:42am

  Re: Jeepers, Mr. Wizard!

  Bluh, you are obviously supporting [insert view here], therefore you are an evil, immoral [insert insult here].
  
  Yeah... it does get annoying...

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  Watchit ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 10:40am

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  yes, that is a great way to be! :D
  It also helps sometimes to research the Hebrew culture surrounding the meaning of a verse to more fully understand what the original authors were talking about.

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  Watchit ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 10:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Leeeeap!

  ^this. So, true. I'm always ashamed of those who profess to be such "good christians" when they don't hold up their standards beyond the pew.

• On the post: Australian Gov't: Not In The Public Interest For The Public To Be Interested In Secret Anti-Piracy Negotiations

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 10:22am

  Re: Re: Getting a little tired of this argument

  wait wasn't explicit coward arguing for direct democracy earlier?

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  Watchit ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 10:18am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Mob rule is also bad, we do not want mob rule. Plus pure democracy is impossible on scales as large as the US.

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