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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:38 am Post subject: Do you download? |
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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200708/200708240017.html
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Downloads Beat Cinemas for Movie Fans
Korean movie fans watch more films through illegal downloads than in the theaters. In a month, they watch an average of 1.99 films in theaters but 3.08 on their PCs. Counter-intuitively, people in their 30s to 40s enjoyed more illegal downloads than those in their 20s. The figures come from a Chosun Ilbo online survey of 10,000 people -- 2,000 in each age group -- from their teens to their 50s through ticketing site maxmovie.com.
Teenagers watched the most downloaded films with an average of 4.34 per month, followed by those in their 30s (3.69), 40s (2.74), 20s (2.65), and 50s (2.06). Theaters, on the other hand, were visited the most by 20-somethings (2.26), followed by those in their 30s (2.11), teens (2.06), those in their 40s (1.76), and 50s (1.69).
Less than half or 47 percent of respondents thought online downloads were illegal, down from 56 percent in a poll by the Korea Film Council last year, suggesting that awareness of copyright has dwindled in Korea. But asked about their reaction if someone else illegally downloaded content they have created, 25 percent said they would take legal action, 19 percent would seek private settlement, and 41 percent didn�t know what they would do.
So why do people download movies? An overwhelming 61.9 percent said because they can watch them whenever they want, and only 19.2 percent because it was cheap or free, followed by �I can watch alone� with 11.9 percent, and �I can keep it forever� with 7 percent. When movie fans were asked what they would do if they had to pay for downloads, 38.7 percent said they would accept it, while 27.2 percent said they would try to find different free sites, with 13 percent opting for DVD or VHS, and only 11.9 percent prepared to switch to cinemas. A hardline 9.2 percent said they would stop watching movies. Asked how much they are prepared to pay, the biggest group or 45.5 percent said W500-1,000 (US$1=W941), followed by less than W500 (37.4 percent), and W1,000 ? 5,000 (12.1 percent).
When asked who is most responsible for illegal downloads, more than half (55.3 percent) said it was no one�s fault but a natural result of technology development. About equal numbers of respondents blamed laid-back management of Internet businesses (15.5 percent) and the people who download movies (15.1 percent). Others pointed to lack of action from filmmakers to protect their copyright (7.7 percent) and slack government control and regulations (6.4 percent). To end illegal downloads, 42.7 percent of respondents called for a change of awareness, suggesting it is the users who hold the key. Some 21.7 percent said the operators of illegal download sites need to change their mindset, 12.4 percent called for campaigns in theaters, 11.7 percent urged filmmakers to assert their copyright, and 11.6 percent called for government control and regulation.
Despite the diversity of available entertainment, watching movies was still a popular pastime. Forty-five percent of viewers said they visited theaters more often last year than the year before, with 38 percent saying �about the same�, far outnumbering those who went less (17 percent). When asked about their preferred way to watch movies, 61.1 percent said theater, 14.5 percent said cable TV, 13.1 percent online download, 9.6 percent VHS or DVD, and a poor 1.8 percent terrestrial TV. |
I undestand the people in their 30s downloading more compared to those in their 20s - the younger peeps are dating more!  |
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tanklor1
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:57 am Post subject: |
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All the time. Life in Korea would be hell without my torrents. Gives you something to look forward to when you get home. Especially when you live in the boonies. Only thing, weekends and parts of the year are hell. Hard on the pocket book when you know Friday or Saturday there'll be nothing to watch. So you take a trek to the city to spend ungodly amounts of money.
It's both blessing and a curse though.
I find myself watching shows I'd never watch back home. Like American/Canadian/Australian Idol, Survivor, etc.
Demonoid is good to find movies, but it's a very big crapshoot with movies. I even dowloaded "The Two Corries". A reality show with Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. Didn't continue watching it though. Pretty crappy, but Feldman's wife is really hot. Nice body. But they're vegans and Haim isn't. I hate that whole vegan thing. And the show really does blow. |
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tanklor1
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:21 am Post subject: |
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All the time. Life in Korea would be hell without my torrents. Gives you something to look forward to when you get home. Especially when you live in the boonies. Only thing, weekends and parts of the year are hell. Hard on the pocket book when you know Friday or Saturday there'll be nothing to watch. So you take a trek to the city to spend ungodly amounts of money.
It's both blessing and a curse though.
I find myself watching shows I'd never watch back home. Like American/Canadian/Australian Idol, Survivor, etc.
Demonoid is good to find movies, but it's a very big crapshoot with movies. I even dowloaded "The Two Corries". A reality show with Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. Didn't continue watching it though. Pretty crappy, but Feldman's wife is really hot. Nice body. But they're vegans and Haim isn't. I hate that whole vegan thing. And the show really does blow. |
I use Deamonoid as well. Hell I was able to find the 1989 classic. "The Wizard" on that thing. |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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I haven't had much luck with demonoid, they have a lot of torrents, but seems like they're all pretty slow. I get most of my stuff from isohunt.
I can't believe the speeds I'm getting here, I actually hit 4MB/s, at first I thought it was a mistake, like it was really kbs, but then I realized I downloaded 75% of a 4.6gig game in about a half hour. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: |
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I haven't had much luck with demonoid, they have a lot of torrents, but seems like they're all pretty slow. I get most of my stuff from isohunt.
I can't believe the speeds I'm getting here, I actually hit 4MB/s, at first I thought it was a mistake, like it was really kbs, but then I realized I downloaded 75% of a 4.6gig game in about a half hour. |
Yeah, isohunt is good for getting particular shows earlier than other sites. Speeds are better now. I have 2 computers. One has an older version of BitComet. The older one seems to download faster than the newer version if I download one at a time. Then again, it could be the computer although the computer with the newer version has a better processor, etc. Probably have to take it in for a reformat. |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:48 am Post subject: |
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I haven't had much luck with demonoid, they have a lot of torrents, but seems like they're all pretty slow. I get most of my stuff from isohunt.
I can't believe the speeds I'm getting here, I actually hit 4MB/s, at first I thought it was a mistake, like it was really kbs, but then I realized I downloaded 75% of a 4.6gig game in about a half hour. |
Yeah, isohunt is good for getting particular shows earlier than other sites. Speeds are better now. I have 2 computers. One has an older version of BitComet. The older one seems to download faster than the newer version if I download one at a time. Then again, it could be the computer although the computer with the newer version has a better processor, etc. Probably have to take it in for a reformat. |
Yeah, my laptop is only a couple months old, but still not exactly top of the line. In fact it was the cheapest one in the store. The high speeds are actually preventing me from any hope of multi-tasking, but my god, it actually topped out at over 5.5mb/s. I could never get that kind of speed back in the States, not even with cable. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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Thankgod for external hard drives..  |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| Thankgod for external hard drives.. |
Do you mean like portable? I've got to get one of those. |
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The Perfect Cup of Coffee
Joined: 17 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:14 am Post subject: |
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| I switch between torrent sites and P2P programs (eMule or Bearshare). Usually grab stuff from btjunkie.org or mininova.org. Are the torrent invite-only sites much better than the public sites like mininova? |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| The Perfect Cup of Coffee wrote: |
| I switch between torrent sites and P2P programs (eMule or Bearshare). Usually grab stuff from btjunkie.org or mininova.org. Are the torrent invite-only sites much better than the public sites like mininova? |
I thought they were, but I finally got registered to demonoid and wasn't too impressed. They have a lot of stuff, but a lot of the torrents don't have many seeds (I think that's how it works) and therefore the stuff you really want, that might be somewhat obscure, is really slow.
Like I said before, I've had the best speeds with stuff I get off of isohunt, and I use utorrent (the u is actually some symbol I don't have) for all my downloads, and I get great speeds. Download a movie in fifteen minutes if there's more than 30 seeds.
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babtangee
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: OMG! Charlie has me surrounded!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| Can't watch the footy if I don't download. It's gotta be done. Most movies, including most Hollywood movies, never get a theatrical release in Korea. So... yeah... |
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nick_shawyer
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| my girlfriend uses the korean program toto, it downloads ultra quickly and you can watch films while you download them and there is no pauses needed to buffer them just start the download and your film is ready to go. the only downside is i think you have to pay, but its only 200W or something. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| How else am I going to watch Corner Gas? |
Who watches Corner Gas?  |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Do you mean like portable? I've got to get one of those. |
Do you have to declare those when flying? |
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