Are you implying that you spent money on Metallica?

Their first four, yes.
Why did I see that coming...


EDIT: 200 posts. Go me.

Are you implying Metallica?

i was trying to say i feel sorry for them because although their my favorite band, i never spent any money...just most of their stuff illegal...

Lars is going to eat you.

Stop it OANST... he'll enjoy that.

OMG, i think won't get an erection for the next 3 months because of what OANST said, that's so fucking digusting...

I know what you mean. I too get digustion problems. Usually when I've had milk, though. Not when I think about being eaten.

Digustion is now my new favorite gross word.

Die-Gus-chun

damn i forgot the S what's the big deal..?

I used to use Last.fm untill they restricted it to US/UK/DE only.. rest of the world has to pay :(

I don't download games, films or tv shows. I only download music if I cannot find it legally, and if i later do find it legally I'll buy it.

It is annoying though with things like the new series of Futurama which isn't even aired here. I'll have to wait for a UK DVD release, I guess.

Exactly what logic do you follow when it comes to not downloading TV series? Unlike movies where you're supposedly 'stealing' something from the creators, TV shows are generally already paid for by the network so it's not like they miss out on any money because you decide to download it.

I've never really pirated anything except Abe's Oddysee last year. I figured I was going to buy it soon after when the Oddbox came out anyway, but that - of course - hasn't eventuated yet.

Yeah, except for when you want to see more of that show but it had low ratings because people downloaded it, preventing more seasons from being made.

Luckily I fall outside the national demographic for everything I pirate, so even the creators never expected a penny from me.

Could be why I haven't got caught pirating. I think i'm the only Cornishman into Riot Grrrl and Electro.

Yeah, as I discovered to my joy a few months ago, the Digital Economy Bill doesn't really care if you pirate from outside the EU because why should they.

Robots in Disguise discography, here I come!

TBH the popularity of a show is detriment by much more than just ratings. Successful shows like Lost, CSI, Prison Break all have a fan base that extends way past the network it's shown on. Statistics on the website, followers on a Facebook group, even fan made clips on Youtube and their responses all give a very accurate representation on how popular a show is and if it's seen by enough people.

The only issue there really is with downloading a TV show is that the network could argue they miss out on advertising revenue, which is a valid point. However streaming versions of episodes that have advertisements are popping up more and more these days on the network websites, so it's a bit double sided.

Ahh yes, that did happen. I felt real bad that day, had a lot of global guilt coming my way..

AND IT WASN'T MY FAULT.. Much.

Just get a Grooveshark account.

I still use last.fm, but I never used it for the radio anyways so that's all g, just to scrobble my awesome as fuck music tastes pretty much.

I did use that Pandora radio thing back in the day though, that was fucking awesome and I'm sad that it got restricted to certain countries/a paid service.