[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Never illegally downloaded a game or movie, use to download WWE shows and albums (basically I don't want something that I probably wont like) and if I love it I go and buy the CD

could of used youtube I suppose but meh

Now there's the thing, someone in the US needs to make some sort of legal "On Demand" channel for the world, it could be subscription based at a reasonable price. What these big companies don't understand is people pirate their things because they're either hard to get or cost too much.

Gabe Newell of Valve's video game service Steam said

"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."

[lily.]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Now there's the thing, someone in the US needs to make some sort of legal "On Demand" channel for the world, it could be subscription based at a reasonable price. What these big companies don't understand is people pirate their things because they're either hard to get or cost too much.

I would pay for that. The USA has Hulu where they can get all the shows already aired. If there were some kind of international Hulu, even if it were subscription-based, people would happily pay for it.

It won't happen though, because it takes money away from companies like Sky who can rip us off and still provide second-rate programming.

[King Gizzard]

I will be pissed though if every single one gets shut down, I get my football manager customisations (legal) via a couple of them

[CharlieO]

I don't download stuff that is available reasonably in the country I am in. E.g. I download all my music legally off iTunes, however I download stuff like Jersey Shore which isn't shown in Singapore and in England takes like a year extra to come out.

[MTVN]

99p doesn't really sound a lot but it all adds up.. most people have hundreds/thousands of songs of their iPod's, and with movies you're often paying a tenner for just a couple hours entertainment really

[CharlieO]

But things like BB which are never available for DVD purchase of course I will illegally download them to rewatch. Thats doing no wrong in my eyes.

[Marc]

Dylan-the-Delight you fail.

[Doogle]

Originally Posted by Marc

Dylan-the-Delight you fail.

I blame the Turkishness inside me tbh, made me spell wrong.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Doogle

I blame the Turkishness inside me tbh, made me spell wrong.

That and your ugly face [/random]

[Firewire]

omg the end is near

[lily.]

- MegaUpload.com (Down) [TakeDown]
- Easy-Share.com/Crocko.com (Closed affiliate program)
- EnterUpload.com (Down) [Redirect]
- FileServe.com (As good as dead) [Closed affiliate program; Sharing/downloading disabled]
(http://www.wjunction.com/14-news-cur...-new-post.html)
- FileSonic.com (As good as dead) [Closed affiliate program; Sharing/downloading disabled]
- FileJungle.com (As good as dead) [Closed affiliate program; Sharing/downloading disabled]
- FilePost.com (Closed affiliate program; Suspending accounts with infringing material)
- Filevelocity.com (Closed affiliate program)
- GlumboUploads.com (Closed affiliate program)
- GrooveFile.com (Dead)
- MegaShare.com (Closed affiliate program)
- Oron.com (Closed affiliate program**)
- UploadStation.com (As good as dead) [Closed affiliate program; Sharing/downloading disabled]
- Uploaded.to (Blocked U.S. Visitors) (http://www.wjunction.com/102-file-ho...-us-users.html)
- Uploading.com (Closed affiliate program) (http://uploading.com/news/view/120/)
- VideoZer.com (Closed affiliate program)
- VideoBB.com (Closed affiliate program)
- x7.to (Dead)

- 4Shared (February 1. 2012)
- Sockshare/Putlocker (February 1. 2012)
- UploadBox.com (Closing. All files will be deleted on January 30th.)


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[King Gizzard]

4shared?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

kmt 99p for 1 song is ****ing expensive

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Scott

kmt 99p for 1 song is ****ing expensive

Especially when they only last for about 4 minutes aswell.

[Callum]

I hate this so much, all the sites I use for TV shows/music are dropping like flies.

[Harry!]

The only music I buy legally is CD's - put it that way. I don't download a great amount of music anyway (I don't think I have downloaded any music so far this year).

[MTVN]

VideoBB

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by MTVN

VideoBB

No that can't go,I was planning on watching The Walking Dead as soon as my memory on the Laptop went back up.

[Roy Mars III]

This is all so depressing

[Callum]

People wouldn't have to download TV shows if they aired in the UK like a day or two after the US airdate, these people expect us to wait for weeks and sometimes months for new episodes of some shows. It's a joke.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

they cant take torrents down can they?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

torrent sites even wha3

[Locke.]

VideoBB were bad liars anyway, you would watch 10 minutes of something and they'd say you'd watched over an hours worth. At least when Megavideo would **** you over it would only be by 5 minutes or something

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Locke.

VideoBB were bad liars anyway, you would watch 10 minutes of something and they'd say you'd watched over an hours worth. At least when Megavideo would **** you over it would only be by 5 minutes or something

Yeah that's true actually, it'd keep telling me I used my 72 minutes when I'd only just started watching something

[Shaun]

filejungle i only started using it recently but it was decent.

Mediafire, Rapidshare and MegaShare = my favourites, though