Comments on: Piracy http://bushahrtimes.com/archives/233 tiffinbox starts blogging! Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:16:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: shilpa http://bushahrtimes.com/archives/233/comment-page-1#comment-317 shilpa Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:38:02 +0000 http://bushahrtimes.com/?p=233#comment-317 true in case of books...even if i dont get time to read/flaunt books (i have 5-6 unread books lying around) i have to buy the real stuff...cant take pirated version...i donno y...buyin a real book makes me happy for some reason! dvd i dont really care if its real or not...but neither do i buy them (both real and pirated) nor i download (downloaded 2-3 in last4-5 yrs) mostly watch movies featured on tv. true in case of books…even if i dont get time to read/flaunt books (i have 5-6 unread books lying around) i have to buy the real stuff…cant take pirated version…i donno y…buyin a real book makes me happy for some reason! dvd i dont really care if its real or not…but neither do i buy them (both real and pirated) nor i download (downloaded 2-3 in last4-5 yrs) mostly watch movies featured on tv.

]]> By: Aditya Sanghi http://bushahrtimes.com/archives/233/comment-page-1#comment-20 Aditya Sanghi Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:57:40 +0000 http://bushahrtimes.com/?p=233#comment-20 For me, i think it might be the time spent. You spend a lot more time reading a book than watching a movie, It costs more to buy a DVD than it does to buy a book (generally speaking of course). But i think over a few years we might find that printed books will take a back seat (just like CDs and Tapes and transitionary physical media, even photo stock) as digital experiences get better. Kindle (and Kindle 2), iTunes, Torrents and even a very very convenient new eBook reader for the iPhone are all working towards giving the user a more natural experience of consuming essential software content without you needing to buy more hardware (the physical disc, the glued pieces of paper etc). Your point about piracy is well taken though. I for one, buy all my DVDs, simply because i couldn't be bothered to wait for the download. However new DVDs are coming with digital copies for consumption on more devices. For me, i think it might be the time spent. You spend a lot more time reading a book than watching a movie, It costs more to buy a DVD than it does to buy a book (generally speaking of course).

But i think over a few years we might find that printed books will take a back seat (just like CDs and Tapes and transitionary physical media, even photo stock) as digital experiences get better. Kindle (and Kindle 2), iTunes, Torrents and even a very very convenient new eBook reader for the iPhone are all working towards giving the user a more natural experience of consuming essential software content without you needing to buy more hardware (the physical disc, the glued pieces of paper etc).

Your point about piracy is well taken though. I for one, buy all my DVDs, simply because i couldn’t be bothered to wait for the download. However new DVDs are coming with digital copies for consumption on more devices.

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