Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Yesterday's Digital Life was mentioning abt piracy, so i decided to share my views regarding this since its happening all around us. They were saying even though pple knew that downloading music, movies and installations is a illegal, they still go abt doing it. Some claim that its free ( typical singaporeans; anything free also take); everybody is doing it, so they r doing it too; some say buying is too expensive. There are some sites such as soundbuzz which are legal sites offering downloadable songs. Each track is priced at around 2 dollars. 2 bucks for 1 single track ??? What is this man, and they say its affordable? 1 CD compilation usually has ard 18 songs, which cost around $20. 18 songs*$2 = $36 ...... hmmm....
It was reported that in New Zealand, the folks are ashamed when invited guests see pirated cds etc in the house. Well, i m sure all of u will agree with me that in Singapore, its a 180 degrees switch. Everytime i have family gathering, my uncle will go around, promoting the new pirated movies which he bought from m'sia. Telling us how cheap it is and lending it to us to watch. heh.
And the latest insane thing that the cinemas have done. In cinemas, they have ads saying "You wun steal a car, watch ... a CD, movie piracy is stealing ...". But looking at their movement, they jus hiked up the price of movie tickets which is their latest "Support Piracy Campaign". Man, $9.50 to watch a movie, the no. of pple watching would surely decrease, i dare say.
To avoid trouble, i shall end this entry by saying, Piracy is wrong ! You wun steal a CD, but u will d/l songs ... send to me after tt k, Thanks ! haha.
Oh ya, enuff abt piracy, theres this webbie which allows u to create ur very own family tree and u can find ur long lost relatives etc. Try it ! They are having a 1 yr pilot phase, so do join now if u r interested !
http://www.sft.com.sg
posted at 5:01 PM
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Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Yesterday's Digital Life was mentioning abt piracy, so i decided to share my views regarding this since its happening all around us. They were saying even though pple knew that downloading music, movies and installations is a illegal, they still go abt doing it. Some claim that its free ( typical singaporeans; anything free also take); everybody is doing it, so they r doing it too; some say buying is too expensive. There are some sites such as soundbuzz which are legal sites offering downloadable songs. Each track is priced at around 2 dollars. 2 bucks for 1 single track ??? What is this man, and they say its affordable? 1 CD compilation usually has ard 18 songs, which cost around $20. 18 songs*$2 = $36 ...... hmmm....
It was reported that in New Zealand, the folks are ashamed when invited guests see pirated cds etc in the house. Well, i m sure all of u will agree with me that in Singapore, its a 180 degrees switch. Everytime i have family gathering, my uncle will go around, promoting the new pirated movies which he bought from m'sia. Telling us how cheap it is and lending it to us to watch. heh.
And the latest insane thing that the cinemas have done. In cinemas, they have ads saying "You wun steal a car, watch ... a CD, movie piracy is stealing ...". But looking at their movement, they jus hiked up the price of movie tickets which is their latest "Support Piracy Campaign". Man, $9.50 to watch a movie, the no. of pple watching would surely decrease, i dare say.
To avoid trouble, i shall end this entry by saying, Piracy is wrong ! You wun steal a CD, but u will d/l songs ... send to me after tt k, Thanks ! haha.
Oh ya, enuff abt piracy, theres this webbie which allows u to create ur very own family tree and u can find ur long lost relatives etc. Try it ! They are having a 1 yr pilot phase, so do join now if u r interested !
http://www.sft.com.sg
posted at 5:01 PM
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