The truth about People who Download

This came out in July but I think it deserves a lot more press than it received back then. A study was done that revealed that "'If you download films, you have an increased interest in the cinema,' as well as buying more DVDs than the average consumer, going to theaters more often, and even finding that you’ll 'often buy a ticket to the expensive weekend-days' of theater release."

For most of us, that amounts to a DUH moment but the media companies insist they lose money from piracy. In fact, this report has never been fully released because the results came out so "wrong".

Read what little we do know:
http://techland.time.com/2011/07/21/study-saying-piracy-actually-helps-sell-movies-suppressed/

Now, we do have information released by the entertainment media that further backs up these claims:

Most pirated film of 2010: Avatar
Highest Grossing film of 2009/2010: Avatar $2,783,918,982

Most Pirated TV series of 2011: Dexter
Third Most Purchased show on iTunes in 2011: Dexter

Most Pirated Musical Act from 2007-2010: The Beatles
Albums by The Beatles sold on iTunes 11/16/10-11/23/10: 450,000 plus
Singles by The Beatles sold on iTunes 11/16/10-11/23/10: 2,000,000 plus

It is also a fact that downloading has decreased in the last few years. It could be due to the FBI and other agencies but the likeliest cause is that the networks and companies have provided more legitimate, legal options like Netflix, iTunes, On Demand, Hulu and being able to watch on the networks' own websites.

Keep in mind Doctor Who. It went from having its rampant illegal downloading referenced in a 2009 episode of Leverage to being the most purchased show in iTunes in the United States for 2011.

Woohoo, new allergy!

Between my mom being allergic to Aspartame, my brother being sensitive to it and artificial sweeteners being linked with seizures, I try to avoid them.

Last night, I accidentally had punch with Sucralose. It tasted funny but I thought I had checked the ingredients thoroughly. Within two hours, I was coughing, my nose was running, I was sneezing and I had developed a fever.

I am officially allergic to Sucralose/Splenda.

CALLING ALL PEOPLE IN THE UK - SIGN THE PETITION AND SAVE OUR FREEDOMS

Originally posted by jaded_jamie at CALLING ALL PEOPLE IN THE UK - SIGN THE PETITION AND SAVE OUR FREEDOMS

Calling All UK Subjects/Citizens

BUT PEOPLE FROM EVERY NATION
NEED TO LEARN ABOUT ACTA TOO
BECAUSE IT WILL BE A GLOBAL LAW



There is a petition you should sign if you disagree with ACTA [legislation they are trying to bring in that is a disgusting attack on personal freedoms] you can learn all about ACTA in brief HERE

This is a British Government petition, meaning that if they get more then ten thousand signatures it will be debated in the House of Commons. So it is a valid and legal petition and I beg all those from the UK to sign it *and* spread this petition through your Facebook/LiveJournal/*Any* other social networking sites you belong to.

We cannot allow them to do this to the internet, it kills the whole point of why it was created. The only unlegislated freedom that we have is about to be strangled away from us. Don't let them do it.


Please sign it and please spread the word.

! SAY NO TO ACTA HERE !

( MORE ABOUT THIS AND A POST TO YOUR JOURNAL LINK UNDER THIS CUT )

Early '90s, woohoo!

I didn't have cable so I never saw this before but it bought back a lot of great memories although I didn't remember that the St. Pete Pier once had mini golf. The Orangutans and manatees were always my favorite at Lowry Park, too. It's a pity they don't show the Florida Panthers who I also loved. It also dates this to 1991 or after. Lowry Park didn't have manatees until 1991. I remember the first time I saw one was in 1989 at Epcot.