Comments on: Money Saving Idea – Pirating

By: Doowangle

Doowangle — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:23:36 +0000

To me, it makes no sense to pay for something that can be accessed for free with the click of a button. The pragmatic in me simply won’t allow it. There are now streaming piracy services like popcorn time that are as easy to use as Netflix, and piracy was never difficult to begin with of you have common sense.

If you are anything below upper middle class and you consume a lot of media, that is money being thrown away that could be saved for retirement or spent investing.

With how tiny the risk is, at the end of the, day, the only thing you are getting for that money is a warm feeling in your tummy for doing the right thing. But if the choice is between more money in my pocket and a warm feeling of self righteousness, I’ll take the money everytime.

The argument about paying people for their work doesn’t really hold water, because, as you see from the responses here and elsewhere on the subject, most people take the moral high ground and are willing to pay, making it so that the rest of us don’t need to and the artist/creators still get their incentive to continue creating. So while I am truly thankful for the majority of you with normal hang ups, I am glad I am not weighed down by them personally. It adds significantly to my quality of life for zero cost.

By: Derek Chamberlain

Derek Chamberlain — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:24:34 +0000

Bridget,

I tend to agree with you mostly 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:06:21 +0000

The laws are different in Canada than in the US — here you can’t get in trouble for downloading pirated content, only distributing (or re-distributing) it.

Still, I don’t do it. Honestly I think people deserve to be paid for their work, just like I deserve to be paid for my work, so I always go through iTunes or Netflix. I don’t think anyone should ever be so cheap that they can justify stealing.

By: Derek Chamberlain

Derek Chamberlain — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:27:25 +0000

David,

Hopefully you’ll take time at some point to do something to support the artists so that more of what you love to enjoy gets produced.

By: Derek Chamberlain

Derek Chamberlain — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:25:17 +0000

Brock,

I was going to take a picture dressed up as a pirate for the post, but I decided against it 🙂

By: David Ryan

David Ryan — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:02:29 +0000

Well, I save a lot of money from watching pirated shows and movies, that’s for sure.

By: Brock @Cleverdude

Brock @Cleverdude — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:02:22 +0000

I think you’re right, the current services out there are so easy to use, reliable, and relatively inexpensive that it just makes sense to use them. When I just wanted one song, but the only choices i had were a.) get a pirated copy of the song or b.) buy the whole disc, choice A made sense. But when I can buy it for $1, and load it immediately into iTunes and onto my ipod..well, I’ll just pay the $1.

BTW, the whole time I was reading your article I couldn’t help but wonder where my eyepatch and hook were from my pirate costume…AAAAARRRG! 🙂

By: Derek Chamberlain

Derek Chamberlain — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:24:26 +0000

Dee,

Same 🙂 Spotify is so much easier for me. I get great music in seconds without all of the hassle and worry.

By: Dee @ Color Me Frugal

Dee @ Color Me Frugal — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:35:14 +0000

I’d rather not mess with it and just conduct things on the up and up these days. In the past I might have given you a different answer, but these days when we want a song/album we hit iTunes.