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#216633 by unknown[71623] at 2005-05-27 08:00:25 (8 years ago) - [Report]

I would Pay $5- 10 AUD a mnth Like I am allready Paying $130 a mnth for a ADSL 1.5 : 256 80 gig download here in AU whats another $5 ... Mind you * that by the 45 000 Users thats a lot of $$$$ ... So I am Sure $1 a mnth would be heaps the the OP's 2 Spend

I was Running my Own Tracker in QLD Charging $2 a mnth with 600 Users( Pipe User's Only Free Usage Data For them Most LEECHED 100 gig a mnth for $2 was a Dreaam come tru for them ( Covered the 2 Tel Lines and 2 * 512:512 ADSL connections plus Electric and HDD Space to Stash All the Rar's ( But that was with Me SEEDING the DATA to Start With ... unlike a Basic Tracker that all it does is UPLOAD the Torrent Files

#216638 by NetCurse (Power User) at 2005-05-27 08:06:37 (8 years ago) - [Report]

I chosed " Not intrested!"

But if I had an stabil income, I could pay like $10, but not so much more!

#216640 by unknown[68090] at 2005-05-27 08:07:55 (8 years ago) - [Report]

I suspect it would be completely useless to me. Because the majority of the stuff I download are multiple $1000 apps. for the prices listed, I wouldn't expect to see any of these apps here. Hell I've downloaded single apps that cost in the neighborhood of $10,000 - $15,000+ each, from many sites.

To tell you the truth I do not completely justify what we are doing here, but in the case of the above, If I had that much money to blow, I suppose I would buy it. After all there are many advantages to legal apps. However I do D/L inexpensive things also. :-)

I'm a broke ass, (not an excuse) even another $20 a month bill would stress my budget. :-(

#216651 by unknown[15975] at 2005-05-27 08:17:08 (8 years ago) - [Report]

I would pay around $15, but only if I didnt have to play the ratio game. As it is now I wouldn't pay anything

#216705 by starwarseye (Power User) at 2005-05-27 09:00:50 (8 years ago) - [Report]

i picked $0-10, cos id still like 2 come here but would only pay $0

#216706 by unknown[429] at 2005-05-27 09:01:00 (8 years ago) - [Report]

flyonthewall wrote:

What if it wasn't warez and the costs would go to cover the royalty payments?

What would the site be about then?

Taking money for what Torrentbytes is now, is a sure way to get the attention of the police/MPAA/etc. The staff would end up in jail.

FlyEdit:

lemo1 wrote:

ok guys remember this is not a profit thing groups dont do this for money they do it free keep it reel

You haven't read any of these prior posts, have you.
Man I'm really gonna have to spell this out..

WE ARE NOT GOING TO BECOME A PAY-SITE. IT IS A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.

THE MONEY WOULD GO TO PAY THE ROYALTIES.

Which basically means that the groups would not be the ones that supply us with the stuff.

#216730 by unknown[1266] at 2005-05-27 09:30:06 (8 years ago) - [Report]

dCide wrote:

flyonthewall wrote:

What if it wasn't warez and the costs would go to cover the royalty payments?

What would the site be about then?

Taking money for what Torrentbytes is now, is a sure way to get the attention of the police/MPAA/etc. The staff would end up in jail.

This is a hypothetical question. If the laws and attitudes of the ones that make the software/music/movies/etc would change so that the prices would go down a bit making it possible to buy these forms of licenses.

Only reason we use our own site as the example is so that you guys know what kind of service would be provided by this hypothetical site. As I said, we are NOT going to become a site like this - this is just a poll about would A site like that be possible or not.

To answer your question: This hypothetical site would be about getting you stuff the legal way. About being able to download the latest movies/stuff without worrying about if "the police gonna bust down my door and I'm gonna have to use the giant magnets I have to wipe my harddrives".

I just think it's incredible. All those people in the forums were afraid about getting caught, tB going down or just that the police would get them for seeding a lot. Still, a vast majority thinks that paying even the smallest amount of money to get this service is a waste of money.

I just hope that the people didn't think we were talking about money going to staff. We were talking about paying the royalties, making the stuff legal to download and use.

#216745 by unknown[64283] at 2005-05-27 09:46:32 (8 years ago) - [Report]

IF the site stayed the exact same as it is now, but everything just went legal, i'd easily pay 11-20$, maybe even more.
but it'd require that nothing was changed (except maybe the ratio, like someone previously said, the cost could be affected by ones ratio)

#216761 by unknown[1266] at 2005-05-27 10:10:00 (8 years ago) - [Report]

Zckwabba wrote:

like someone previously said, the cost could be affected by ones ratio)

Yeah, I never really thought of that, but that's a good idea (just forgot to quote it).

With a better ratio the monthly payment would go down etc. It would kinda be the opposite of pay-to-leech like some sites have now, you wouldn't have to pay as much cause you let others leech.

And of course, for the ones wondering about it, a site like this would not have a manditory ratio limit.

And also, I may add, this whole hypothetical situation would require two major changes:

lower prices and newer forms of licenses

A better protocol than the current one (with references to how easy it would be to cheat)

#216767 by unknown[7421] at 2005-05-27 10:13:42 (8 years ago) - [Report]

well if the quallity stays then i would pay 100$ pr. year, but only if there is still many users but, if TB goes legial then what will happen with all the 0 day and stuff like that..?

#216780 by unknown[19628] at 2005-05-27 10:23:22 (8 years ago) - [Report]

Sure I would pay like 20eur or something, that isn�t much and I could easily give that money if I knew what I will get in return. The movies, games, music and if it would be legal then hell yes I would pay for this site

#216786 by unknown[37795] at 2005-05-27 10:29:29 (8 years ago) - [Report]

flyonthewall wrote:

You wouldn't have to worry about legal issues nor about the site being put down by authorities.

If that happend, then I almost for sure would support it, I dunno how much I would pay.

But thats like dreaming about that Bill Gates is gonna give you 50% of his money. It's not gonna happen. :banana:

#216917 by unknown[3671] at 2005-05-27 11:55:03 (8 years ago) - [Report]

not interested...

#216979 by unknown[69198] at 2005-05-27 12:27:39 (8 years ago) - [Report]

OMG Shmoth1 pays 130$ for broadband :shocking:

BTW I chose not interested because paying is like buying

#217024 by bamse (Power User) at 2005-05-27 12:47:23 (8 years ago) - [Report]

warez is suppose to be free! If I whant to pay for it I'll buy the original game/program/movie...

#217034 by unknown[902] at 2005-05-27 12:51:16 (8 years ago) - [Report]

bamse wrote:

warez is suppose to be free! If I whant to pay for it I'll buy the original game/program/movie...

That's what this is about! If it wasn't warez, but actually legal, would you pay!

#217129 by unknown[27226] at 2005-05-27 13:41:35 (8 years ago) - [Report]

Not interested :-P

#217240 by unknown[17557] at 2005-05-27 14:38:06 (8 years ago) - [Report]

If the stuff was legal the $10 - $30 would be great...Just as they have done with the muisc unlimited downloads for a flat free ?
This is ok for now but as internet connections get faster and faster they will not like this flat fee idea...just as the uk's ISP's did not like us all staying connected 24hours a day on a unlimited dial-up and now on adsl accounts and started capping times and downloads lol (when is unlimited not unlimited ...When someone can screw you for more dosh)
The film industry are already testing internet 2 which has the power to tranfer a whole film in dvd quility in under 2 sec's ....WOW...
Now can you see them allowing a flat free for unlimited downloads if we could download that fast ?? NO Way.
They will still force us to pay over priced fee's for it .....no matter what and there will always be some of us that wont pay when we can have it for nothing...THATS LIFE....

#217249 by slacker4life (Power User) at 2005-05-27 14:43:30 (8 years ago) - [Report]

habbekrats wrote:

sorry guys. I wouldn't pay for it.

If i can't get it for free, i just won't get it at all.

yep

#217265 by unknown[44754] at 2005-05-27 14:50:23 (8 years ago) - [Report]

Good idear!!! < if we share everything equally... :-P

edit: (the profit) beside it not being achievable yet, we would lose al our profit :-(

And that were if this was a completly legal service. which it is offcource in my opnion.

#217304 by NESBoy (User) at 2005-05-27 15:08:33 (8 years ago) - [Report]

If it was legal and if the 0-Day thing was removed I could pay up to $30-50 but as it is now (0-Day) and legal $0-20 would be a nice price

#217324 by 0Tolerance (Power User) at 2005-05-27 15:18:50 (8 years ago) - [Report]

hmm if everything was legal, i wouldnt know how much really. I voted not interested

#217383 by Metroid (Power User) at 2005-05-27 15:35:56 (8 years ago) - [Report]

Quote:

If torrentbytes was a commercial and legal service, how much would you pay for it per month?

*were

And I would pay ZERO, NOTHING, NADA. I dont have money for nothing. Just for my Inet connection, nothing more. And there are a lot of resources over the net, totally free. If you guys start with this train, I will leave this ones before it runs...

Last edited by Metroid at 2005-05-27 15:37:02

#217427 by hakk Donor

(Power User) at 2005-05-27 15:57:11 (8 years ago) - [Report]

why whould it coast money and be "commercial"?

#217428 by unknown[19808] at 2005-05-27 15:59:09 (8 years ago) - [Report]

Looks like a change could be on the way based on this poll, people still use napster now you have to pay and the site owner are not taking any risks and making a mint. But if this was to happen on this site, then I would be with the majority and not bother.

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