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ivyficI am listening to a Stephen Fry Podgram from 2009 (he hasn't done any since--too many other pots in the fire) where he is speaking to a live audience about copyright. (His stance: the people on a crusade against piracy are ninnies.) Someone asked him what was the last thing he illegally downloaded.
Any guesses?
The season finale of House.
Seems he has the iTunes season pass, but he was in Indonesia and it wouldn't work, so he downloaded it from bittorrent (which took three days). He said he'd buy Hugh a drink to make up for pirating it.
I am so TICKLED by this. I can't TELL you. That Stephen Fry CANNOT WAIT till he gets back to England to watch his good friend's show. I can just picture him looking at the download bar in the hotel and going come ooooon! Come ooooon. Oh, Fry and Laurie, never change. (And where's a Jeeves icon when I need one.)
Any guesses?
The season finale of House.
Seems he has the iTunes season pass, but he was in Indonesia and it wouldn't work, so he downloaded it from bittorrent (which took three days). He said he'd buy Hugh a drink to make up for pirating it.
I am so TICKLED by this. I can't TELL you. That Stephen Fry CANNOT WAIT till he gets back to England to watch his good friend's show. I can just picture him looking at the download bar in the hotel and going come ooooon! Come ooooon. Oh, Fry and Laurie, never change. (And where's a Jeeves icon when I need one.)
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Date: 2011-08-18 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-18 11:46 pm (UTC)I once spent a whole day downloading something. The trailer for Phantom Menace. At my high school's computer lab. We put signs on it so no one would touch it, and then we came back and it would play for a second and we'd go OH! and then it would pause... Oh the days before youtube.
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Date: 2011-08-19 02:35 am (UTC)