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11-15-2007, 07:56 PM
The title of this post is from a post by http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://buymeaclue.livejournal.com/profile)buymeaclue (http://buymeaclue.livejournal.com/), over here (http://buymeaclue.livejournal.com/445009.html). It is now my new mantra for writing and reading books of all sorts. (See, that's exactly why I liked Terrier so much. NOT TOO MUCH BOYFRIEND! LOTS OF ROLLER DERBY!
via http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://coffeeem.livejournal.com/profile)coffeeem (http://coffeeem.livejournal.com/), more on the WGA strike. A link Seriocity, the blog of Kay Reindl, who bes a writer.
And who is just made of cool.
Money shot, but go read her whole post (http://seriocity.blogspot.com/2007/11/singing-rule-brittania.html):
When you illegally download something and the network doesn't get any money for it, they call it piracy. But when you download something or watch streaming video with commercials and the writers don't get any money for it, the networks call it promotion. DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. Steal from the networks. You KNOW how much they hate it. But we're not supposed to hate it if they steal from us. Somehow, that's their logic. If you don't know how to use Bittorrent, go read up on it. It's very simple, and you can find anything you're looking for via Bittorrent. The quality of Bittorrent downloads is, ironically, FAR better than the downloads you can get at iTunes or the streaming video on the networks' website. So if it's not out on DVD, don't let those bastards make one red cent off the writers, directors and actors. Because they're STEALING from us.Seriously.
Okay, having spammed LJ, it's now time to shower and watch Criminal Minds again so I can froth to you about it. And then I have essays to write, which did not get written yesterday because I had to go grocery shopping and also I got sucked into administrative meh.
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via http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://coffeeem.livejournal.com/profile)coffeeem (http://coffeeem.livejournal.com/), more on the WGA strike. A link Seriocity, the blog of Kay Reindl, who bes a writer.
And who is just made of cool.
Money shot, but go read her whole post (http://seriocity.blogspot.com/2007/11/singing-rule-brittania.html):
When you illegally download something and the network doesn't get any money for it, they call it piracy. But when you download something or watch streaming video with commercials and the writers don't get any money for it, the networks call it promotion. DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. Steal from the networks. You KNOW how much they hate it. But we're not supposed to hate it if they steal from us. Somehow, that's their logic. If you don't know how to use Bittorrent, go read up on it. It's very simple, and you can find anything you're looking for via Bittorrent. The quality of Bittorrent downloads is, ironically, FAR better than the downloads you can get at iTunes or the streaming video on the networks' website. So if it's not out on DVD, don't let those bastards make one red cent off the writers, directors and actors. Because they're STEALING from us.Seriously.
Okay, having spammed LJ, it's now time to shower and watch Criminal Minds again so I can froth to you about it. And then I have essays to write, which did not get written yesterday because I had to go grocery shopping and also I got sucked into administrative meh.
(Original Post) (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1247868.html)