Re: High Time
@Will Leamon: "Just admit it. You don't want to pay for music."
Total Bollocks! I took the £50-£100 a month I used to pay for CD's, and stopped lining the pockets of an industry that claimed I was killing it when I was actually supporting it.
The second somebody like Apple brings DRM free 256kbps albums for the same price I used to pay for my plastic disks (£8-£12) I will start investing that cash back in. Unfortunately, the DRM free crap is still a long way from the price we should be paying, so it stays in my pockets for now.
Oh, I also stopped buying DVD's the second they forced me to watch a 10 minute presentation on the evils of piracy that was unskippable... seriously, wtf?! So if somebody downloads a DVD rip they don't have to sit through this crap EVERYTIME they want to watch the DVD... interesting... so guess what I do now. ;)
I love me films - so I still go cinema and watch the same stupid advert, but at least I have friends and other fans to Boo with me at the screen in protest!
A simple "Thanks for paying to watch our film, we appreciate it. Please let others know watching in the cinema is better" notice that flashes up for a few seconds would be cool.... but no, we have 10 minutes of either
"you wouldn't kill a child would you? No! So why would you buy a DVD from the mafia who funds his killing spree's with your dvd money?! And even worse - its bad quality too"
OR
"Downloading is illegal, the cinema rocks... it's amazing *cue annoying audience screaming at a roaring lion from recent film*... but on a pirate video the the video quality is crap, and sound tinny, and your view is spoilt from the guy who had to go to the loo in front...."
thats usually the time when some huge guy sits in front of me and blocks my view, or the kid behind starts kicking my seat... or.... *takes deep breath* - well, needless to say, I don't like the ad's.
ok - rant over.... sorry! :)