Film Piracy - Does Anyone Care?

[TheDeceased]

I wasn't criticizing you, it was a question.

We obviously aren't going to agree on this.

Neither of us really know wether or not you would have ever paid to see the film if it wasn't available for free. You can insist that you absolutely wouldn't have and that the same applies for everything that you've ever downloaded, but I find that somewhat difficult to believe.

Apologies if I offended you.

 

[malachi305]

ten dollars for a movie ticket, 20-30 bucks for a dvd... hahaha!! I only buy DVD's of shit that I really, really enjoy. mostly TV box sets.

CLICK!!! DOWNLOAD COMPLETE!!


you don't like it? fuck you, click-clack, fucking stop me.

 

[L2R]

^that attitude is not productive. You are the type of downloader that gives credence to the argument against piracy.

 

[TheSpade]

Why would I name a film without a budget. None exist

Not quite a film with absolutely no budget but 'Colin' came VERY close.

http://www.nowherefast.tv/

A zombie film made on a budget of £45, which went on a crowbar, tea and coffee and filmed using 2 camcorders. It's received a distribution deal and actually looks quite decent. I look forward to seeing it.

 

[Pander Bear]

^that attitude is not productive. You are the type of downloader that gives credence to the argument against piracy.

Actually, I think it adds weight to "my side". How is the intellectual patent business going to make money when the means to infinitely reproduce their works is ubiquitous? One thing is certain-- we can't go back to the way it was.

 

[Cyc]

Actually, I think it adds weight to "my side". How is the intellectual patent business going to make money when the means to infinitely reproduce their works is ubiquitous? One thing is certain-- we can't go back to the way it was.

My biggest fear are ISP's traffic-shaping and bandwidth-throttling torrent packets. This is already being done to some degree, but I'm worried that data mining efforts could severely hamstring what we can do with our pipeline.

Of course the proponents of net neutrality won't go down without a fight, and there will always be obsessive nerds that will write programs to circumvent this - Not to mention public concern over privacy.

If anything happens, the most likely scenario is that big business could grease some palms in parliament and get a bill passed under the guise of national security or "protect the children" that would allow ISP's to work on behalf of the entertainment studios and the RIAA.

The day that happens is the day I switch to a less mainstream service provider.

 

[L2R]

Actually, I think it adds weight to "my side". How is the intellectual patent business going to make money when the means to infinitely reproduce their works is ubiquitous? One thing is certain-- we can't go back to the way it was.

granted, but my comment was more geared towards the appearence of unscrupulous downloading just for the sake of it. as mentioned earlier, i don't think it's as big a problem as it is made out to be, but it's counterproductive to throw fuel on the fire.