Philippines makes it to Top 10 in BitTorrent downloads

Proud to be Filipino! We buy the device to flaunt we can afford one… and pirate the digital content.

Surprised that China isn’t in the list.

kag@guh@n nga naman ng pinoy. kayayabang sa cellphone gadget. pero original di makabili. kung sabagay, 0g@g na rin ako. OS ko pirata.

So proud of us ! Lol.

Slow as balls internet is the reason why we have so many downloads. In most places, it is impossible to stream.

Hi Abe! wait lang, nalito ako. yung 8 million is that a figure ng downloads ng Payphone or total na ng lahat ng downloads? and for what period? the whole of 2012? thanks! :D

Its hard to stop this because ITS FREE. Why pay for such? We are already paying for our expensive internet connection and bought our expensive laptop, tablet or desktop computer. Makes sense right?

in my humble opinion,

una: nangingibabaw lang kase sa pinoy ang pagiging praktikal. andiyan ang mentality na kung makukuha mo ang isang bagay ng libre, bakit ka pa bibili?

pangalawa: sa current economical status ng pinas, hindi na ganoong kadali para sa isang ordinaryong masang pinoy ang makasabay sa modernong media.

take for example tv shows, most of us here in the philippines don’t have TVOs plus the foreign shows we love watching often air delayed. kung game of thrones yan, naspoil ka na na napugutan ng ulo si… not to mention, kung papanoorin mo pa sa tv, andaming commercials.

and regarding music, the digital media is growing at a fast pace. still in the spirit of being a praktikal na pinoy, mas convenient mag download ng torrent kase libre at ang mahal nung CD sa odysey saka, uso pa ba cd player ngayon? in lieu of my 2nd point, walang credit card ang karamihan para bumili ng tracks sa itunes or any other legal digital mp3 distribution medium para isync sa ipod nila or kung ano mang abot kayang mp3 player gadget ang meron si juan dela cruz.

andoon man tayo sa estadong marami ng modernong gadgets na nakahain d2 sa pinas gaya ng mp3 players, blue ray players etc, pero wala namang legal na abot kayang paraan na kinakailangan ng mga gadgets na to. meron ka ngang napagipunang led hd smart tv pero wala ka naman kakayahang magmaintain ng budget para sa isang hd cable subscription. meron ka ngang pinagpagurang latest generation ng iPhone na nabili mo ng cash, pero wala kang credit card pambili ng mp3 sa itunes.

sa madaling salita, hindi kase nagtutugma yung current hardware availabilities sa software complementaries na kinakailangan nito sa isang pinansyal na perspektibo. kaya si pobreng juan, nahanap niyang pangugnay si dakilang torrent para mabridge yung gap sa kakulangang ito.

ang mahal kasi ng mga dvds at cds. kaya ayun download na lang. para naman makatipid. kung sabagay hindi naman kasi target market ng mga record stores ang mga pobre.

For me as long as I am not making money out from these materials I am not doing piracy. I just wanted to see movie, tv series, anime, etc for free. Actually it’s not free because I also paid my internet bill, hard disk (for storage), computer, electric bill, etc just to maintain my collection. These are just personal collection and I share it with close friends and family with no charge and I will not ever make this a business because that’s already a piracy. I simply take downloading materials on the net as file sharing, someone bought that original bluray disc/download them from paid sites and re-encode them to x264 for computers and share them for free. Downloaders must be also responsible enough, they know those materials were not their own so they must not make money from it but they abuse that freedom. The result is that file sharing is very bad image for film makers. That’s why if you really has the purchasing power to buy original copies then do it so to support software companies, movie makers, etc.