Posted by Bob on 08/15/06 05:17

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:00:54 GMT, Brian Henderson
<BrianL.Henderson@NOSPAM.verizon.net> wrote:

>On 11 Aug 2006 13:16:38 -0700, "FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote:
>
>>Aren't pirated and purchased downloaded the same way? I mean,
>>legalities aside, how could purchased be all that superior to
>>downloaded.
>
>Content-wise, maybe, if you're actually downloading full DVD-rips, but
>most things aren't full rips so you don't get the menus and the extras
>and all that. Aesthetic-wise though, you don't get the packaging or
>the inserts or any of the rest, so you get a DVD with a hand-lettered
>title and nothing else and probably missing half the content.


You don't get the longevity either - unless you buy very expensive
commercial quality writeable discs and that defeats the cost savings
of rip and burn.


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mode of being and only total victory is acceptable.
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