# Straight Dopes file-sharing from an alternate universe! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471 "2003-12-07T01:46:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/1 "2003-12-07T01:46:45Z")
Suppose the technology existed to swap music files, movies and televison shows (in your preferred format) from computers in an alternate timeline where Elvis never died; where Marvin Gaye never died; where Biggie Smalls ended his career on his terms; where Bill Hicks beat cancer and you could watch episodes of “Let’s Hunt And Kill Billy Ray Cyrus,” of which he was executive producer; where “Futurama” is still on TV. What would you like to download? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/2 "2003-12-07T02:46:35Z")
Do books count? I never wanted to read the last Ellis Peter’s novel featuring Brother Cadfael, sad to think there would be no more. And damn, it’s been over forty years, but why did H. Beam Piper have to shoot himself? That man wrote some of my favorite sci-fi and alternate history/parallel universe stories. I’d love to score a fourth Fuzzy novel. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/3 "2003-12-07T02:57:04Z")
Screw that. I want access to Dreams library. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/4 "2003-12-07T02:59:12Z")
I’d like to see the _good_ Star Wars prequels. ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/5 "2003-12-07T03:20:56Z")
I’d like to hear the latest from Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zep… etc ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/6 "2003-12-07T03:30:22Z")
I’d be afraid that in that universe, the RIAA would have a device to electrocute potential music pirates through their keyboards. ---
**Author:** ![justplainDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@justplainDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justplainDave)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/7 "2003-12-07T05:35:49Z")
I would like to read The Salmon of Doubt the third book in the Dirk Gently series… ---
**Author:** ![justplainDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@justplainDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justplainDave)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/8 "2003-12-07T06:20:43Z")
I would also like to see what Beethoven is putting out these days, at the ripe old age of 250-something, or at least to see when the well went dry. Same goes for Bach, Mozart and Handel. ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/9 "2003-12-07T06:38:06Z")
I’d be interested to hear some new Led Zeppelin. I’m hear they’ve put all that _In Through the Out Door_ crap behind them and returned to their blues/rock roots. Apparently, Plant’s voice has made an amazing comeback. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/10 "2003-12-07T06:44:33Z")
I’d subscribe to the channel for bondage entertainment, y’know, the one that’s secretly about bondage the way “Bravo” is secretly gay. Oh, wait, it already exists. It’s called Lifetime. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/11 "2003-12-07T11:09:09Z")
I’d be damned! Eight continuing posts starting with the same word “I”! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/12 "2003-12-07T17:15:40Z")
I’m thinking I wont break the streak. The Beatles reunion album would be the first thing I grab. As well as keeping up with the adventures of Fry & Leela. ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/13 "2003-12-07T17:25:31Z")
I’d look for the complete Brahms violin sonatas played by Jascha Heifetz and William Kapell, who was _not_ killed in an airplane crash at a young age. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/14 "2003-12-07T20:00:45Z")
I would start with the second season of Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/15 "2003-12-07T20:40:28Z")
I want to see Episodes 7-9 of Star Wars. I wanna see Han and Leia’s wedding!!! ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/16 "2003-12-07T20:58:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Askia \* > \*\*Suppose the technology existed to swap music files, movies and televison shows (in your preferred format) from computers in an alternate timeline \*\* Does this mean we could be sued by an alternate universe RIAA too? ---
**Author:** ![august9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@august9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/august9)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/17 "2003-12-07T21:17:03Z")
I would really like to know about the world in which the Royal Library of Alexandria _didn’t_ burn down. ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/18 "2003-12-07T21:51:45Z")
I’d be watching new episodes of Futurama too, and I’d um…er…still be watching Guiding Light ('cause Roger Thorpe kicked ass). I’d also be downloading Frank Zappa’s '98 sequel to Thing Fish (which of course is all about Bill, Hillary, Monica and Arabs) Jon ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/19 "2003-12-07T22:38:28Z")
The movie “Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471/20 "2003-12-07T22:53:59Z")
I’d still be enjoying my lunches watching fun-filled episodes of _Passions_ where Timmy never died. And where the fourth **Alien** movie dealt with something other than the crappy cloning of Ripley and didn’t such ass. I’d also like to see Raul Julia’s final performance in a great Academy Award winning drama instead of letting **Street Fighter** be his last starting role. CAn’t forget my collection of all five seasons of _The Family Guy_, now, can we? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-file-sharing-from-an-alternate-universe/217471.md?page=2)