piracy? for or against?

You know, when I was in France (ohmygod, it was 2 years ago!), we had to tell each other about our own country, the specialty and everything, and being an Indonesian and totally proud of that fact, obviously I had to bring up the subject of piracy.

Sure sure, there were quite a lot of Africans (I'm NOT a racist) selling pirated Louis Vuitton's murakamis and everything, even in Nice. But Indonesia (or Jakarta) is probably home to the piracy cult.

Personally, I'm sooooo into piracy. Okay, so I never wear pirated stuffs (whenever I buy apparels, they're never pirated, it's all about prestige and pride). But when it comes to DVDs and songs, oh hell yeah, I buy pirated DVDs and I download MP3s and I even download porn from the net (whole movies, from 700 mb up to 2 gb... For real. I'm lucky to have cable, so it's a 24/7 access).

For DVDs and songs, I have my own justification. I mean, hey, the real DVDs cost at least USD 12, and I don't mind paying that much if the movies that I'm looking for are available.

But the fact is, they're not available. Where did you think I get the Hillary Swank's "Boys Don't Cry"? Or Jolie's really rare "Gia"? Or Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Christmas"? Or festival films that I bought just to see the hardcore parts sans censorship?

~ Talking about festival film genres, I'm a mainstream Hollywood person, and I am never into festival films. So sorry if I sound so mainstream, but I am and I am not afraid to say that. I respect made-for-festival movies and the directors, though. But let's just say that some are sooo shitty that they're called art. And they call me stupid. ~.

Anywho, I buy pirated DVDs because of the availabilty, and the fact that one really good movie (with a really high quality) only costs me less than USD 1.00 (imagine that!!!).

Meanwhile, as for MP3s, I do love to collect CDs, I mean the non-pirated CDs. Because I love looking at and reading the booklet while listening to the CD (of course not when I'm driving). I don't buy pirated CDs because strangely enough, I don't listen to them. Probably that's because there's no booklet.

But there are singles and tracks that are not being sold here in Indonesia. The recording companies here (like BMG or Warner Music Indonesia or EMI Indonesia) only sell albums, never singles. So the solution? WinMX!
(now that it's dead, why not try Morpheus? I just downloaded it and it works amazingly for porn videos and MP3s. To focus on MP3s, Arancia suggested SoulSeek.)

So there! I love piracy! But when it comes to clothes and accessories, you can believe that they're as real as my 3200 Acer Ferrari (I bought it a year ago).

My God, I sound like a snotty little bitch.

I love myself.