XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-02-18 09:31, Char Jackson wrote:   
   > On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:05:22 +0100, "Carlos E.R."   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-02-17 03:15, Char Jackson wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:04:00 -0500, Paul  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> The "cdfreaks" website is where you used to get information   
   >>>> on what was worth buying. They could tell you what was inside   
   >>>> the box, because a "Philips" cake box, did not say on the back   
   >>>> what brand of discs they were packaging. Someone had to buy a   
   >>>> sample so they could tell you what those are.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And "cdfreaks" had some pirates, and occasionally someone would   
   >>>> say "I burned 500 of those last week, very good". And occasionally   
   >>>> one of those people would tell you "I have seven drives set up in   
   >>>> parallel, burning away". That would give you some idea what   
   >>>> a pirate would do (make single layer media from a DL Hollywood pressing).   
   >>>> So what if the movie was blurry.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And if you think pirating is easy, that's a lot of work. There is   
   >>>> too much manual handling of materials to be a "success" at it.   
   >>>> It's more a state of mind, than a business.   
   >>>   
   >>> That approach to piracy pretty much ended more than 25 years ago. No one   
   >>> burns media anymore, and no self-respecting group would put their name   
   >>> on a release that was "blurry". That was a good flashback, though.   
   >>   
   >> I don't know about burning,   
   >   
   > To be clear, I was only referring to the well-known piracy release   
   > groups, and I suppose all or most of the lesser known groups, as well.   
   >   
   >> but there is a big department store here (El   
   >> Corte Inglés) that does sell CDs and DVDs and BlueRays (and vinyls).   
   >> They don't stock much, though, so whatever you want you have to ask for   
   >> it and wait some days.   
   >   
   > Where do the products come from? Are they legit? I suppose they must be,   
   > since they're up for sale in a department store. I was only talking   
   > about piracy, specifically video and audio.   
      
   Yes, certainly they are legit.   
      
   But I mean, if there are legit sales, means there is a market, and there   
   will also be ilegit sales somewhere else, in some manner.   
      
   >   
   >> I had a conversation with someone, and I said that I was watching Star   
   >> Trek Lower Decks S1, when it suddenly disappeared from Amazon Prime   
   >> Video. He replied "that the reason I prefer solid media to streaming".   
   >> Of course, there are torrents.   
   >   
   > One of my mates uses a service that tells him which country has the   
   > movie or TV program that he wants to watch, and which streaming service   
   > is offering it. A couple of clicks later, his VPN has placed him in that   
   > country and his normal login creds work as usual, and he's a happy   
   > camper. If something disappears from streaming services in one country,   
   > they often pop up, or remain available, in one or more other countries.   
      
   Wow. :-o  :-)   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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