How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay

Re:How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay by vinceguidry on Thursday December 14, 2017 @09:45AM (#15922588)

Becomes more difficult the more social your life becomes. Ordinarily I wouldn't care about the new Star Wars movie, but because everyone else cares, I pretty much have to go see it, if only so I can talk about it.

I don't mind going to see movies in the theater, but TV shows are a different animal. Hollywood refuses to allow me to buy the kind of access I want, digital, unencrypted copies that I can store on a disk drive, or failing that a streaming service that allows access to everything, so pirating is the only way to go.

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Re:How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay by TallGuyShort on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:53AM (#15923881)

You pretty much have to see it? I think Hollywood sucks and all, but geez, if you think you have to pirate a TV show at a certain level of sociality, you're probably not really socializing in a healthy way. You may not be giving them a lot of money, but you're definitely giving them a lot of power over your self.

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Re:How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay by vinceguidry on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:13PM (#15924094)

That's an... interesting... way of looking at it.

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Re:How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay by ryandrake on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:32PM (#15926694)

I'm not sure what having a social life has to do with anything. I haven't sat down to watch a TV show for over a decade, but by some great miracle, I have a robust social life with friends and plenty of activities to do. When a friend asks, "hey, did you see the latest Star Wars movie" or "how 'bout that great Sportsball game last night??" I just say no, didn't see it, and we talk about something else. I know, it sounds crazy.

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Re:How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay by vinceguidry on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:33PM (#15926718)

Or they just start talking with your other friends about it and leave you out.

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Re:How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay by ryandrake on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:56PM (#15926957)

You have an unusual definition of "friend" then... But I'm not gonna tell you who to hang out with.

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Re:How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay by vinceguidry on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:13AM (#15932793)

You really want me to tell my friends what they should be watching and talking about?

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