At the beginning of all movies we are repeatedly reminded to not 'pirate' this dvd, or others alike, but really seeing this at the beginning of an already copyrighted film doesn't have any affect. Researching on the wonderful search engine Wikipedia piracy equals a "war-like act committed by private parties that engage in acts of robbery and/or criminal violence at sea".
Now I dont think that 1. Wikipedia should never be trusted, 2. piracy is a cooler word for copywright infringement therefore we shouldnt even take note of engaging in acts of robbery and/or criminal violence at sea, and 3. that Sir Peter Blake iconic as he is (R.I.P) got 'pirated', becaus eit just doesnt sound right. In conclusion to this I would like to say that pirating is a big fail.
Onto copywright infringements, sure the short pre-movie to the pre-movie ads of 'would you steal this hangbag, ..would you steal this car,...would you still this video tape (and reproduce it), are slightly fun but still irritating to watch, do they really stop people from reproducing the tape?
I follow this question with another question, do those who illegally reproduce the tape and distribute it feel bad for what their doing, and do they even know the price that they have cost the origional distributor? I think heck no, firstly most of them dont care, or they must too much money to care. Problem is that by not caring that some of the pirated tapes in my experience (only seen fellow friends, not actually redistributed or bought my own) aren't upto a quality standard, hereby seeing figures who standup during the movie on the screen, also loud laughter during the funny moments. Due to these implications I think that the 'pirates' are getting what was coming to them for doing illegal things, and that the score is even therefore you should only pennalise the music copywrighters and not the movie ones, because lets think about it, no ones ever going to stand up in the middle of a song, laugh at the song, or have bad quality because piraters of this generation aren't dumb enough to record off the radio and give poor quality sound to their customers.
What happens, happens, if you get caught, then its your fault.
Friday, October 15, 2010
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Usually a film you download won't have the anti piracy message crap at the start, just another reason to pirate lol, no sitting through all the previews and legal garb, just straight to the film :)
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