Video and Software Downloads Overtaking Music 234
Trigun writes "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that movie and software downloads have outpaced music downloads. Music accounted for 48.6 percent of files shared online, compared with 62.5 percent in 2002, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The article says that 1 in 4 internet users have downloaded at least one movie, and attributes the proliferation to access to broadband. Maybe we've just downloaded all the good music already?"
Re:Of course... (Score:4, Informative)
You have a point here: probably the most kind of downloaded "movies" (which I suppose they call to everything with certain extensions, like .avi, .mpeg, ...) is porn, and with the expansion of p2p file-sharing networks and broadband, more and more people probably download porn stuff there, I even imagine lot's of teens using p2p software only for that purpose...
market penetration (Score:2, Informative)
Broadband market penetration in the U.S. is over 40%.
I download videos... (Score:3, Informative)
Better than the Primetime crap that comes on broadcast tv...
Re:In-theater cameras (Score:3, Informative)
There are a lot of really shitass cams out there too though. Like I said, its hit and miss. I find cams are most useful for those movies that i'm kind of interested in, but don't feel like blowing $20 to go see in the theatres. If its a really good movie, then yeah, I might go see it with some friends or something. If it sucks, all i've wasted is two hours and some bandwidth.
here's some legit P2P music downloads for you (Score:4, Informative)
- Legal Torrents [legaltorrents.com]
Bit Torrent was in general developed to ease p2p sharing of legit material.Downloads (Score:3, Informative)
No doubt some high profile ridiculous case will be discovered of a student with a trillion dollars in film copies in his/her bedroom causing the entire movie industry to fail. We've seen it before in music and we'll no doubt see the same arguments and PR tactics mobilised again to get legislation passed to *save* the industry.
It is depressing but it seems to work everytime. I only hope that people start to wake up and take a stand before its too late and the corporations have it all locked down exactly how they want it...
Re:its faster.. (Score:1, Informative)
True at my university - judging by DMCA (Score:1, Informative)
Re:In-theater cameras (Score:5, Informative)
What's more interesting to me is the fact that thousands of people have grabbed this file from BitTorrent sites like this one [slashdot.org] that require a registration, valid email et all to join. They literally signed up, and had their IP addy registered into a database of 'trusted ips', so that they could download Spider-Man 2. Simply Astonishing. I've seen 4 or 5 of these sites that appear to be using the same code, it wouldn't take the MPAA more than 30 seconds to start another one and start nabbing people IN THE ACT. Not to mention the fact that all the connected IP Addresses are visible from the tracker page..
Re:Isn't that entrapment? (Score:3, Informative)
A) only applies to agents of the government
B) only applies if the person wasn't inclined to commit the act anyway.
Aside from that, in an ironic twist, they can actually use the defense used by most torrent sites use: they're not hosting the content so they're not directly condoning the copying.