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Would I buy the MLP micro series if I knew I couldn't get it pirated online? ... maybe.. Will I buy it anyway? Only if I can find it for $5-10 per issue.
Wednesday, 06-Feb-13 08:33:31 UTC from web-
@pony Assuming it shows up in comixology like all the others, you could pay for an all digital one.
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@ceruleanspark I was noticing that itunes carries the main comic series digitally, but since I don't use iOS it didn't help me. Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that.
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@pony Comixology is supposed to be a "Buy once, install the app, read anywhere" type solution. I use it because I'm too lazy to drive 30+ miles to buy a copy or remember when they come out.
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@ceruleanspark This sounds pretty awesome. I do prefer to have a printed copy of course, but now I don't have an excuse not to buy the comics if I'm planning on keeping downloads. Fortunately it looks pretty affordable to buy hard copies, (unless I want the exclusive covers) http://www.tfaw.com/Profile/My-Little-Pony-Micro-Series-1-(of-6)-Twilight-Sparkle___418337
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@ceruleanspark at least inside the US where shipping is a decent cost
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@pony Well I can get it shipped from within the UK without issue. Forbidden Planet stocks the various IDW comics. It's just that I'm lazy and am more interested in consuming the material and enjoying the art than I am in the "collectors value" or anything like that. I have enough hobbies that result in me collecting random crap. (MtG, I'm looking pointedly in your direction)
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@pony I am sure tfaw has them for like.. 3.99. Actually ill check what they been takin. Also the micro is character specific about a random "adventure" of there lives or some such thing.
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@ceruleanspark :D Collecting is a difficult hobby sometimes, and my apartment has zero extra space for anything at the moment. I just hate to think that my enjoyment must require a special device that will eventually break or run out of batteries.
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@pony I kind of collect the devices themselves, so them breaking is just an excuse for me to indulge myself in a new one.
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@ceruleanspark @firestormdangerdash Apparently they cost the same for both print and digital, and my preference for print is particularly pronounced. Now if only I could find a local comic shop that carries them to save even more on shipping. Otherwise, rather than preorder, I think I'll wait and ship several issues at once together. tfaw.com won't ship in-stock items with pre-ordered items, and they won't hold pre-ordered items longer than 4 weeks to ship together (after sending the first of your preordered item separately for some reason). I'm guessing the money saved on shipping will be more than if I pre-ordered. Of course, if I could subscribe at a local shop and pick them up that would be ideal.
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@ceruleanspark that's a nice solution too :)
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@pony but as a general rule I don't like to allocate more than £10 to all digital purchases where a physical analogue is available. That's too much "investment" in inherently ephemeral platforms. I dislike pretty much all "game on demand" services as a result.
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@widget At £2 a month I won't be heartbroken to lose them when the service goes belly up in X years/months.
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@widget @ceruleanspark that's a question I had. is it possible to print the digital copies I buy? I suppose I'd get poorer quality than if I just bought the physical copy, plus I'd be out the cost of materials.
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@ceruleanspark Ooh, Comixology looks like just what I needed to revive my flagging interest in comic books. :o
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@ceruleanspark For me, I'm unlikely to reread them more than once or twice at all, let alone beyond the probable lifetime of the service, so if the price is still worth it with that taken into account, I'm good. Same for games with replaying, videos with rewatching, and so on.
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@ceruleanspark In the US we have the right to make backups of any media item we legally possess unless we sign a contract that explicitly forbids making backups (this has occurred to me once ever and in exchange I was guaranteed free replacement for any lost or damaged DVD in a series I subscribed to). The backups may not legally be given to anyone of course. Hence, owning Gameboy game ROMs, for example, is legal if you own the game. Media companies hate this apparently, but I think it's brilliant. I think of most of my entertainment purchases as an investment to be protected, even against the company that sells it.
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@pony Your perfectly legal backup is worthless if it needs to hook up to a now defunct authorisation server to actually function, and there are plenty of laws around that prohibit the bypass of even failed authentication mechanisms.
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@pony What I'd like, if I could afford it, is a quality database server to back up ALL THE THINGS
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@ceruleanspark The law gives us the right while also making it near impossible to exercise it. In many cases, downloading the pirated version of something I own is the closest I can get to owning a "backup"
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@ceruleanspark Also, I tend to avoid purchasing anything that requires authorization to use beyond online games.
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@pony Probably six strikes.
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@widget I thought enforcement was "Studios catching you and sending a letter to Verizon" based, rather than automated?
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@widget Nope. File sharing networks will be "monitored" by "a third party" who will "collect the IP addresses of suspected infringers" and "Submit them to ISPs". If it was DPI they wouldn't need to collect or submit anything, because they'd already know.
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@widget Six strikes actually works /better/ in my opinion than the current system of "Get caught once and have your life destroyed by disproportionate fines and legal fees"
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@critialcloudkicker I have no problem with the majority of criminal law. I have a specific problem with the penalties for violation of intellectual property law and the inexplicable priority it is given over other more pressing legal issues.
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@ceruleanspark I have a problem with almost all the penalties for violation of any form of law on a global scale. This is a way too large area to just "cut in to" as it were because it covers my feelings from alledged "companies too big to sue efficiently" towards "The Dutch police force having to learn about Honour-Revenge situations for the Turkish populace and creating a "proper" penalty system for it". I will say this about intellectual property law's though, they are horribly HORRIBLY broken as it is. Quite recently they had to remove video games from the shelves ( GTA vice city ) because of MJ songs who were available on the disk. I do not think this has happened since the old SEGA Genesis days where the laws around intellectual property were even flunkier. so for me, that particular event took the cake
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@critialcloudkicker The issue with IP law specifically is that we are allowing "the victims" (usually for-profit entities who struggle to prove that they've suffered any harm whatsoever) to _completely define the laws and the penalty structure_. Can you imagine if the rest of the legal system went the same way?
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@ceruleanspark Yes I can, immagine if you accidentally shoved a granny and she sued you, and now for the rest of your natural life ( and hers ) she is allowed to come by and throw a rock at your head. Sad part is that this rock-throwing would probably affect your life less than breaking and getting caught in an IP-lawsuit.
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@pony The DMCA short-circuits this when DRM is involved. While creating a backup is legal, breaking DRM to do it is not. And while owning a backup is legal, pirating to get one is not.
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@pony The publisher's website lists them for $4 each.
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