Net Piracy Pillages Film Industry

The BG News (Enter Link Here) ^ | 14 SEPTEMBER 2005 (21 SEPTEMBER 2005) | Adam Shapiro

[jscottdavis_for_48th_district]

It's time for politicians to protect the film industry and implement stiff anti-piracy laws.

According to the Motion Picture Association of America, "pirates are costing the film industry billions of dollars each year."

Thank you, J. Scott Davis

[flashbunny]

---According to the Motion Picture Association of America, "pirates are costing the film industry billions of dollars each year."---

Funny, I thought crappy movies were responsible.

[bvw]

Hey, historically speaking this material has already been covered -- one of the tales of ancient King Midas.

[Mr. Blonde]

I wonder how accurate this is. In studies they have shown that those who illegally downloaded music were still more likely to buy the album. Granted movies are a little different, but I would think that anyone who would take the time to download a movie would still probably go to theatres to see the movie if they liked it. Unless you have a really nice home theater it is hard to recreate the theater experience.

[jscottdavis_for_48th_district]

Piracy is stealing their copyright!

[jscottdavis_for_48th_district]

There is several forms of the piracy!

To motivate everyone to understand that we need tough anti-piracy laws, Michael Moore is opposed to it. He permits folks to pirate his material.

[Mr. Blonde]

I agree that there should be stiff fines for pirates. It doesn't matter if we like who is being stolen from, stealing is stealing.

[Brett66]

It's just an excuse to blame the public for their crappy movies, which is the real reason for their problems.

[jscottdavis_for_48th_district]

It was a bad summer for the movie industry! Much of this is because off pirates stealing their flicks and distributing them online.

[jscottdavis_for_48th_district]

Of course, an exemption will be films developed by Michael Moore (lol).

[martin_fierro]

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[JoJo Gunn]

It's time for politicians to protect the film industry....

Hell, they've been in bed for years and years.

[DTogo]

Protecting the film industry from pirates is like protecting drug dealers from muggers. Not a motivating proposition.

[this_ol_patriot]

Unless you have a really nice home theater it is hard to recreate the theater experience.

I usually call the local clinics and see how many people I can get over to cough and sneeze behind me then I head to the nearest MickyD's and invite a tall fat guy to sit in front of me and burp and fart all during the movie. I'll grind up some Dots and JuJubes and stick them on the soles of my shoes then make some microwave popcorn and let the cat pee on it so it has that fresh theater taste. Last but not least I tear up a few twenties so my wallet gets the whole experence. It takes work to get that real theater experience at home but with some work and planning it can be done.

[jscottdavis_for_48th_district]

Maybe if you protect filmmakers copyrights, they won't be so tempted to film outside the country to cut expenses? It generates the economy when they shoot in California and the U.S.

[jscottdavis_for_48th_district]

If we didn't have the liberals to contend with, stiff pirarcy laws would have been implemented years ago.

[Tijeras_Slim]

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[Tijeras_Slim]

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Thusly.

[MortMan]

"Permitted piracy" isn't piracy.

[martin_fierro]

It's just an excuse to blame the public for their crappy movies, which is the real reason for their problems.

Ohhh no, no, nooo. I'm sure there's a real demand to illegally download these comic gems.