How do you obtain your comics?

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
I would not face an American court, and I would not be tried for theft, but copyright infringement.

It counts as intellectual theft. Whether or not you can be tried for that there is another thing.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Using that, any "easier" way can be argued for being lazy. I don't use the old well at the top of a hill near where I live, instead I get water from the facet. I'm not lazy, I'm using something that's more practical. The fact that downloading is unethical, doesn't mean I'm lazy simply because I feel like circumventing an order at amazon.co.uk. Your entire argument is based around the fact that I work to earn my money, which is false. I live off my student loans, which I will receive no matter how much work I put in. So it's not laziness, it's spite.

Spite is worse, for one thing.

Secondly. laziness is precisely that. An easier way when the regular way isn't even hard.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Once again, awful analogy. We're looking for the reasoning behind an action. This doesn't become a fact until you can prove it. You might think it is, but it's not a fact.

I have proven it, though. Buying comics legally is not a hard thing to do, as Digi has said.

Therefore, any "easier" way is laziness. Marvel Comics themselves have a program whereby you subscribe yearly and you have access to thousands and thousands of online comics.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
It's not just think I dislike, but things that do not meet my purchase-bar. Like New Avengers. It's not a "bad" comic by my standards, but it's still not one I want to buy.

Then don't have them in your possession.

If it's worth your time, it's worth your money.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
It counts as intellectual theft. Whether or not you can be tried for that there is another thing.

No disagreement there.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Spite is worse, for one thing.

Secondly. laziness is precisely that. An easier way when the regular way isn't even hard.

I have proven it, though. Buying comics legally is not a hard thing to do, as Digi has said.

Therefore, any "easier" way is laziness. Marvel Comics themselves have a program whereby you subscribe yearly and you have access to thousands and thousands of online comics.

But the effort is not why I choose to download. If I truly was lazy, it would be the required effort that it took and not spite. See, you're ignoring the intentions behind my actions simply to suit your preconceived notions of what kind of a person a pirate is. It's like me saying that all drug-addicts are doing drugs because they hate their father, simply because I've met a handful like that.

The Norwegian paper we used to subscribe to, we could either pay for or read online for free at their website. Now, simply because I choose to read it online instead of buying it, does not make me lazy. You might claim that the analogy doesn't hold because it's the paper itself that does this, but that's linked to the moral issue and not the actual effort. The effort required to read the online one is less, but it does not make me lazy.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Then don't have them in your possession.

If it's worth your time, it's worth your money.

Fortunately, I am the judge of what's worth my money.

If anyone needs an invite or link to the gettin' place for comics, be sure to ask me.

Yes please. 👆

Saying anyone can get comics isn't true, some peoples only option is to download. Its not mine because I'd rather go without than pay but not everyone can spend on themselves.

Originally posted by Philosophía
If anybody is tired of spending money on crap, feel free to PM me and I'll send you links from where you can get your comics free!

^In case anybody else is thinking of sending me PMs..that was a joke.

Originally posted by Philosophía
^In case anybody else is thinking of sending me PMs..that was a joke.

You sent me four different links... ermm

Probably just covering your ass so you can still send everybody DL links when we PM you, but the mods won't suspect.

Crafty.

It wasn't me.

Alpha Centauri probably hacked my account. The hypocrite.

If anybody is to be blamed, it should be him.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
But the effort is not why I choose to download. If I truly was lazy, it would be the required effort that it took and not spite. See, you're ignoring the intentions behind my actions simply to suit your preconceived notions of what kind of a person a pirate is. It's like me saying that all drug-addicts are doing drugs because they hate their father, simply because I've met a handful like that.

No, you see, my argument was that there're literally no GOOD, believable excuse besides laziness.

It doesn't matter how convincing you feel your reasons are, they're not good excuses.

It's also nothing like your analogy about father's, because that's a massively speculative generalisation. Illegal downloading genuinely does come down, a lot of the time, to effort.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
The Norwegian paper we used to subscribe to, we could either pay for or read online for free at their website. Now, simply because I choose to read it online instead of buying it, does not make me lazy. You might claim that the analogy doesn't hold because it's the paper itself that does this, but that's linked to the moral issue and not the actual effort. The effort required to read the online one is less, but it does not make me lazy.

That's simply because the source itself is offering you two different legal choices. You're not breaking any laws, you're not screwing anybody.

The source have actually said "You can pay, or we're cool with you not paying.".

It's not like you want to read it, but you can only go buy it, so you download it.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Fortunately, I am the judge of what's worth my money.

If anyone needs an invite or link to the gettin' place for comics, be sure to ask me.

Failed, though.

Because if it's worth time, inarguably more precious than money; it's almost definitely worth your money.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri

No, you see, my argument was that there're literally no GOOD, believable excuse besides laziness.

It doesn't matter how convincing you feel your reasons are, they're not good excuses.

It's free.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
there're
generalisation

Originally posted by Philosophía
It wasn't me.

Alpha Centauri probably hacked my account. The hypocrite.

If anybody is to be blamed, it should be him.

He doesn't have time to hack accounts.

He's too busy making his 5 hour trips to get the latest issue of Deadpool

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri

Failed, though.

Because if it's worth time, inarguably more precious than money; it's almost definitely worth your money.

-AC

Because you're paying something that's worth more, you should also pay things that are worth less... mmm

$100 is indisputably worth more than $90. Thus, for your next $100 purchase, you should pay $190. It only makes sense.

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You're an hour behind my time. hmmm

1 hour and 16 minutes behind my time. hmmmm

Originally posted by Original Smurph
1 hour and 16 minutes behind my time. hmmmm

You're in the future too?

Originally posted by Philosophía
Alpha Centurion.

Also, you use the KMC Regular skin. Pretty lame.

Originally posted by Blanket
You're in the future too?

Or Phil's just livin in the past.

Originally posted by Original Smurph
May Be.

Or Phil's just livin in the past.

Originally posted by Blanket
lol, Phil's a terrible name.

The "osophía" doesn't add much either.

I didn't bother to adjust the timezone.. I'm actually quite a few hours in the future.

And Bran, you're going to get raped. By a dog. At a picnic. On a blanket.

Phil Osophia is actually an awesome name, btw. Sort of. Okay, maybe not, but it's still better than Big Bran (transsexual porn star nickname)

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Because if it's worth time, inarguably more precious than money; it's almost definitely worth your money.

So I choose to save time and money.

Hurrah! I get both, you get none!