A Downloaders Tale.
As i will explain in an overzelous, highly opinionated, one sided, fan obseesionistic way, there is a good reason for downloading. Well that is the message i hope to portray. There are a few different reasons for downloading, release dates, money issuses and a general disregard for the effort and money that has been put into the creation of the thing downlaoded.
The New Zealand release dates for many of my favorite Television shows is the main reason i download. Take for Example, Chuck, The release date of each new episode, is many months after it has screened in the US. Due to this long wait many resort to downloading or watching it via the internet. A more appropriate example may be the recent series of Doctor Who, due to be screened here on the 7th of may,even though the first episode screened in the England on the 23rd of April. Although this may seem like a relativley short wait when compared to the wait for "Chuck" with the acsess to mass media via the internet, due to things like Facebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia (hell even having friends overseas) makes avoiding spoilers for the shows very difficult. (Doctor Who was A Twitter Trend in the days leading up to its Airing) While the argument could be that i simply avoid it, that is something much easier said than done.
For Example, My facebook news feed and friends list contains friends from New Zealand and many other countires around the world, with practically all of these screening Doctor Who before New Zealand and due to the nature of the internet these days, many of these people began to post updates giving away the most of the plot details, to be honest I have no idea. What this is similar to is going into an test with the answers given to you. It removes the vital aspect of the show, the enjoyment factor (I am in no way saying tests are enjoyable). Even though I download the episodes, I will still follow up and buy them when they are released on DVD after which i delete the downloaded files from my computer.
Downloading TV shows and movies is quite differnet. While TV shows often are screened on free-tp-air channels (I .e Doctor Who on the BBC in England) you will usually have to pay to see a movie, meaning every time a movie is illegially downloaded, money is being lost (This happens to TV shows when people don't buy the DVD sets upon release). Due to the technological advances it has become far easier to simply go to the movies, record it and then distribute it via the internet. With the most popular generating thousands upon thousands of downloads (Fast Five, Source Code). This way however, is very sloppy, with the quality of these downloads being very low, although this does little to deter people. In countires in America and England, where the montly internet caps are a lot higher then New Zealand (200gb or unlimited plans, oppose to 60gb) internet piracy is a worse problem, I know people who claim to have stacks of hard drives full of movies, music and television shows.
While i admit to downloading movies in the past, In recent times I have taken up paying to go to the movies (Thank you Student ID Card). Not only do I find this far more enjoyable than simply downloading and watching on my TV, it is giving back to the companies that produced them allowing for more movies to be produced, developed and made. However, there still are movies which I do but upon release I will still pay to see (if it's good), for example, I have followed the movie 'Paul' through it's various stages of development.I am unsure of the exact date of release in England, but in the days following, there had been a low quality version posted to one of the most popular torrent website (Not named for my own reasons), i obtained this copy, but only because the release date for New Zealand, had not been confirmed (With some of my favorite movies never getting a release in New Zealand, i felt the need). I watched, and in deed, was suitably impressed by the movie, i like ever aspect of it, casting, production, setting, story line and the way it was written. But what this did not give me was the experiance of going to the movies to watch it. Once the release date for 'Paul' was announced, i made plans to go and watch it. after which i deleted the horrible quality 'Cam version'. I will also follow up this by buying the DVD when it is released.
While i do donwload my favorite TV shows, i will also buy the Box set's upon release and even though I download movies, I will follow it up buy usually going to see them in the movies and eventually buying the DVD. I think downloadig becomes a problem when these things do not take place.
Authors added bit.
I would like to follow thing up by breifly touching on downloading music. I reccomend downloading music, but only if it is mainstream, i reccomened illegially downloading Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, Katy Perry and Kanye West, but only to have the satisfaction of deleteing them.
Authors Notes,
I got reall bored waiting for a lecture and decided to formulate an opinion on something, i came to the conclusion that Downloading, whcih has features heavily in the news would be a good focus for it. I do't expect many, or any to agree with me, as it may come across as just an Opinion and nothing more. It is not really academic, however it is written in such a way, if i get more time, i may come back and reference it to provide proof for that i mean. Although a lot is factuall as it is, i felt i didnt need a reference because it was from my own personal knowledge.
As i will explain in an overzelous, highly opinionated, one sided, fan obseesionistic way, there is a good reason for downloading. Well that is the message i hope to portray. There are a few different reasons for downloading, release dates, money issuses and a general disregard for the effort and money that has been put into the creation of the thing downlaoded.
The New Zealand release dates for many of my favorite Television shows is the main reason i download. Take for Example, Chuck, The release date of each new episode, is many months after it has screened in the US. Due to this long wait many resort to downloading or watching it via the internet. A more appropriate example may be the recent series of Doctor Who, due to be screened here on the 7th of may,even though the first episode screened in the England on the 23rd of April. Although this may seem like a relativley short wait when compared to the wait for "Chuck" with the acsess to mass media via the internet, due to things like Facebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia (hell even having friends overseas) makes avoiding spoilers for the shows very difficult. (Doctor Who was A Twitter Trend in the days leading up to its Airing) While the argument could be that i simply avoid it, that is something much easier said than done.
For Example, My facebook news feed and friends list contains friends from New Zealand and many other countires around the world, with practically all of these screening Doctor Who before New Zealand and due to the nature of the internet these days, many of these people began to post updates giving away the most of the plot details, to be honest I have no idea. What this is similar to is going into an test with the answers given to you. It removes the vital aspect of the show, the enjoyment factor (I am in no way saying tests are enjoyable). Even though I download the episodes, I will still follow up and buy them when they are released on DVD after which i delete the downloaded files from my computer.
Downloading TV shows and movies is quite differnet. While TV shows often are screened on free-tp-air channels (I .e Doctor Who on the BBC in England) you will usually have to pay to see a movie, meaning every time a movie is illegially downloaded, money is being lost (This happens to TV shows when people don't buy the DVD sets upon release). Due to the technological advances it has become far easier to simply go to the movies, record it and then distribute it via the internet. With the most popular generating thousands upon thousands of downloads (Fast Five, Source Code). This way however, is very sloppy, with the quality of these downloads being very low, although this does little to deter people. In countires in America and England, where the montly internet caps are a lot higher then New Zealand (200gb or unlimited plans, oppose to 60gb) internet piracy is a worse problem, I know people who claim to have stacks of hard drives full of movies, music and television shows.
While i admit to downloading movies in the past, In recent times I have taken up paying to go to the movies (Thank you Student ID Card). Not only do I find this far more enjoyable than simply downloading and watching on my TV, it is giving back to the companies that produced them allowing for more movies to be produced, developed and made. However, there still are movies which I do but upon release I will still pay to see (if it's good), for example, I have followed the movie 'Paul' through it's various stages of development.I am unsure of the exact date of release in England, but in the days following, there had been a low quality version posted to one of the most popular torrent website (Not named for my own reasons), i obtained this copy, but only because the release date for New Zealand, had not been confirmed (With some of my favorite movies never getting a release in New Zealand, i felt the need). I watched, and in deed, was suitably impressed by the movie, i like ever aspect of it, casting, production, setting, story line and the way it was written. But what this did not give me was the experiance of going to the movies to watch it. Once the release date for 'Paul' was announced, i made plans to go and watch it. after which i deleted the horrible quality 'Cam version'. I will also follow up this by buying the DVD when it is released.
While i do donwload my favorite TV shows, i will also buy the Box set's upon release and even though I download movies, I will follow it up buy usually going to see them in the movies and eventually buying the DVD. I think downloadig becomes a problem when these things do not take place.
Authors added bit.
I would like to follow thing up by breifly touching on downloading music. I reccomend downloading music, but only if it is mainstream, i reccomened illegially downloading Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, Katy Perry and Kanye West, but only to have the satisfaction of deleteing them.
Authors Notes,
I got reall bored waiting for a lecture and decided to formulate an opinion on something, i came to the conclusion that Downloading, whcih has features heavily in the news would be a good focus for it. I do't expect many, or any to agree with me, as it may come across as just an Opinion and nothing more. It is not really academic, however it is written in such a way, if i get more time, i may come back and reference it to provide proof for that i mean. Although a lot is factuall as it is, i felt i didnt need a reference because it was from my own personal knowledge.
