Trading DVD movies

[Toaster]

Anyone here interested in trading original DVD movies?

 

[emodx]

My buddy does a lot of burning. Do they have to be - or can they be +? I am sure he would trade. Send me a list of the movies you have at my yahoo email using my handle.

Emo

 

[Toaster]

Plus (+R) or Minus (-R) seems to be fine... The only time I have personally seen any difference between the +/- disc has been in my game consoles (specifically my PS2), it seems to like -R's better, alot better

DVD List... yeah, that's what I need now... A LIST! :thumbs:
That's what Kids are for! FREE LABOR "I'll" compile a list of what I have and get it to you asap - you and anyone else interested

Same for me, if you have a list, you can {/ENABLE CRYPTIC EMAIL LINGO} my POBOX point COM account using my Handle aswell {/DISABLE}

(in toaster-talk that translate's into toaster@pobox.com)
.... okay, that was my attempt at humor- please no tomato throwing ....

 

[Toaster]

I've got a list now (thanks son- I told you Free Labor!)- if anyone is still interested in working out some trades?

PM or email me with details or your list :thumbs:

 

[moki]

This is illegal, FYI

 

[Toaster]

ok.. I guess we can stick to trading the "legal" cuban cigars we all have.

 

[moki]

ok.. I guess we can stick to trading the "legal" cuban cigars we all have.

That's not a proper analogy. If you have a Cuban cigar, even illegally, someone paid for it at some point. You can't make endless copies of it to give to your buddies, essentially stealing it hundreds of times over.

 

[cvmfour]

ok.. I guess we can stick to trading the "legal" cuban cigars we all have.

Exactly what I was thinking....You can't justify it, because in the end they are both illegal.

 

[moki]

ok.. I guess we can stick to trading the "legal" cuban cigars we all have.

Exactly what I was thinking....You can't justify it, because in the end they are both illegal.

Yes, they are both illegal -- but so is speeding. There are degrees of violation of the law, and degrees of harm it causes. As someone who works in an industry where piracy is a huge problem, I can tell you first-hand that piracy causes a great deal of harm.

Trading a Cuban cigar, which is illegal, does not.

 

[StonyVision]

ok.. I guess we can stick to trading the "legal" cuban cigars we all have.

Exactly what I was thinking....You can't justify it, because in the end they are both illegal.

Yes, they are both illegal -- but so is speeding. There are degrees of violation of the law, and degrees of harm it causes. As someone who works in an industry where piracy is a huge problem, I can tell you first-hand that piracy causes a great deal of harm.

Trading a Cuban cigar, which is illegal, does not.

well that point could be argued, and im a long time P , but this is harldy the place for that kinda stuff guys, especially sence the bord is public and u can see everything off google :sign: i mean who wants to get busted here?

 

[Toaster]

Post edited accordingly.

However I'm forced to add, anyone can justify anything. I'm no exception and I doubt most of the "regulars" here are any different. However there are 2 kinds of people in the world, those who break the law and those who don't- there is no middle ground (ie: you can't "only break the law a little")

Yes, they are both illegal -- but so is speeding. There are degrees of violation of the law, and degrees of harm it causes. As someone who works in an industry where piracy is a huge problem, I can tell you first-hand that piracy causes a great deal of harm.

Trading a Cuban cigar, which is illegal, does not.

That's not true either: If you want to get technical about it, buying cuban cigars is considered trading with the enemy, which is in fact a far worse crime than duplicating a movie, cd, cassette or music song. As such trading a music file, cd or video movie (copied or not), does not endorse or support enemies of the country- where as trading a cuban cigar that someone, somewhere paid for, does just that. Puts money into the hands of enemies of this country.

I'm not condemning, I'm just showing that an argument can be made for any kind of illegal activity- NO MATTER WHAT THE SCENARIO.

Speeding: Harmless? I think not, disregarding speed limits and warnings to obey speed limits can (and has) result in LOSS OF LIFE! What can possibly be MORE harmful than that?

(again, just showing how its easy to make a point )

 

[moki]

No, what you're trying to do is justify bad behavior by pointing out other bad behavior. This is a classic argumentative fallacy.

Regardless of the degree of the illegality, I submit to you this web site is about cigars, not about stealing movies and/or software, and I doubt the proprietors of this web site want it to turn into a vehicle for intellectual property piracy.

 

[MonkeyK]

I would also submit that the real guide is your conscience. We all know the difference between right and wrong. We may not all agree on it, or we may try and convince ourselves that what we know is wrong is really right. But we all have a sense of how we should behave.

The fact is that some laws may be unjust. So apply the simple litmus test:
Do you really believe that copying DVDs is not stealing?

 

[DaveWF]

This is illegal, FYI

Moki has made a valid point. Any discussions about copying and trading copyrighted movies should be conducted off the public forum. Please use PM or emails.

Topic Closed.

Dave