daleshrimpton wrote:you know there 's a point. from your past posts regarding torrents, it's worth pointing out that 99% of the people whom have had their work ripped off lately, are good, close personal friends of members of this, and other forums.
With acces to your i.p adress, those people could find out your location, and sue you.And the penalty for piracy isnt small believe me.
So, a word of advice to you and anybody else looking for illegal freebies.....
Dont boast about it, because one day you will get found out.
Yesterday I had lunch with Loren Tindall (MEVPRO.com) and one of the things we talked about was a certain gent selling this and that product item on eBay... LOTS OF THEM!
Let me give you one example (without getting to item specific); one of the CD sets that was being pirated retails for around $100.00 of which Loren does a very fair split with the creator after costs. In this case the gent (like several in Loren's stable) is a 60+ year old man that uses the income from these products to help cover some of the medical costs he and his wife juggle... others in the group are dealing with stroke and cancer issues and most all of us have a legit NEED for that extra cash. But this gent and others like him ROB US of that money.
Understand, there is a HUGE difference between two friends sharing a copy of something here and there over schmuck's that buy an original with the intent of duplicating it for the sake of personal profit and/or blatant exposure via a Torrent site, etc. I can list hundreds of very well known performers with book copies they've gained via casual horse trades with friends... I'm talking about five or six books a year here and usually amongst the same five or six friends that "hang" with one another. Though it is "technically" wrong, it is very common practice and as I've said in the past, generally innocent in that it's the modern version of lending out a book.
People that mass produce stolen material and especially limited released materials should be shot... but then I'm a victim of these fools and my views are rather bias.
When it comes to the whole Progressive Anagram thing or any method used in our business -- THEY'RE SECRETS! They hopefully stay that way as the result of price in that availability has become a bit more than fluid these days. Besides that when it comes to using PA methods with the Zodiac (and as has been pointed out in this thread) there are dozens of methods, it's not just one and even at that there are ways of stepping outside that original formula and totally obfuscating what's going on, so you still wouldn't have your answer even if you got that one particular treatment.
HINT: I'm betting your a strong young lad full of energy so go to the kitchen and grab a couple of big trash bags and spend a couple of hours a day collecting cans, bottles, etc. so you can cash them in and EARN the money you need for buying the books and CDs you think you want. If you actually do this you may learn to value the material enough to not willingly give it away through a file share site or whatever else and that would make you one of the good guys.