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By squigs (Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 05:51:05 AM EST) (all tags)

I would rant about anti-piracy messages, but this poster sums it up.

So instead I'll bitch about it being hard to find out which DVDs have these stupid fucking messages on the front. I can't even contact the publishers because in this age of instant communication, they still don't see how an email address might be remotely useful.

Somehow this accusation really really ruins my enjoyment of a film. Are there any DVDs without this crappy message on the front any more, or should I just give up buying DVDs?

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How to skip DVD intros by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #1 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 05:55:37 AM EST

Click

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It's political correctness gone mad!

Treating customers as criminals by Herring (2.00 / 0) #2 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 06:11:35 AM EST

Good business strategy. In terms of value for money and utility compare:

DRM encumbered legitimate music download that might work on some playback devices
Illegal MP3 you can do what the fuck you want with

Of course, this has all been said several times before.

BTW: The Chinese guy in the pub has got some quality porn DVDs as well as normal films.

When my grandfather became ill, my grandmother rubbed goose-fat into his back. He went downhill quite quickly after that. - Milton Jones

I don't really like piracy. by squigs (2.00 / 0) #3 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 06:25:26 AM EST

BTW: The Chinese guy in the pub has got some quality porn DVDs as well as normal films.

I have a grabbit subscription. Can probably get full isos of the films I want and burn them to disc. I just don't want to do that.

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I disagree by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #4 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 06:57:29 AM EST

Porn, not "quality" porn. In my experience anyway.

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It's political correctness gone mad!
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Clearly, you have the wrong Chinese guy [n/t] by Herring (4.00 / 1) #5 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 06:59:53 AM EST

When my grandfather became ill, my grandmother rubbed goose-fat into his back. He went downhill quite quickly after that. - Milton Jones
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Is yours better hung? by ambrosen (4.00 / 1) #7 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 07:07:25 AM EST

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: I think he thinks by Herring (4.00 / 3) #8 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 07:09:52 AM EST

he's better off not hung. Which is maybe why he's not in China.

When my grandfather became ill, my grandmother rubbed goose-fat into his back. He went downhill quite quickly after that. - Milton Jones
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: No; his brother. by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #12 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 11:39:36 AM EST

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A cynical, mercenary, demagogic, corrupt press will produce in time a people as base as itself - Joseph Pulitzer
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Herring by TPD (4.00 / 1) #6 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 07:03:33 AM EST

must frequent a better quality of pub ;)

Rock Hard Abs are just a sw-sw-swivel away!
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Treating customers as criminals. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #15 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 02:37:46 PM EST

I was about to make some kind of real life-electronic life gag about people stopping you as you walk into the supermarket and giving you a five minute lecture not to steal anything, but I've just been there, and there's a huge trailer just in front of it across half the disabled parking spaces spamming this weird tinned spiced ham product their selling. I reckon they should try selling it by unsolicited commercial email.

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Simple by debacle (2.00 / 0) #9 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 10:58:39 AM EST

Buy the DvD, download the torrent and burn it.

Questionably legal, but much less headache.

"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

Legally questionable but ethically sound by squigs (2.00 / 0) #10 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 11:02:45 AM EST

Okay.

It annoys me that I can't punish the DVD publishers for their attitude that way though.

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: Just steal the DVD? by debacle (2.00 / 0) #11 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 11:03:48 AM EST

Most anything I download is years old, so I don't give a nut about downloading it.
"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

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Do you think they want you contacting them? by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #13 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 01:34:51 PM EST

Don't question it! Just buy it!

General rules are: All skirts no lower then [sic] two inches below the knee (unless it's for Church) --Travis Frey

ob use mplayer (nt) by herbert (2.00 / 0) #14 Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 02:33:32 PM EST

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