Copyright piracy watch list

When are we going to see...

High Prices of copyrighted movies, music, video games and other entertainment has reached "alarming levels"
 
"Just as we don't allow cars to be stolen off the lots of Ford or GM dealerships, we cannot allow movies, music and computer programs to be stolen from motion picture studios, recording studios and software manufacturers," said Congressman Adam Schiff, the caucus co-chair.
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Sigh, that old carrot again.
 
Downloading a song or movie is not the same as stealing a car! FFS!
 
I'll better not post here else 'Sir Valiant White Knight of Anti-piracy' (vodacom3g) will come those poor companies rescue for possibly loosing billions to common thieves again...
 
stealing a car from GM lot = their original stock -1 , copying = original stock = original stock.

I've always wondered what would happen if they designed a device that can "copy" real life things, cars, food etc....

and you use this device to copy someone else's car, would it be considered stealing? just asking.....
 
news said:
China's largest Internet search engine, Baidu, is "responsible for the vast majority of illegal downloading of music...
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I'm sorry but how the f... can a search engine be responsible for the majority of music piracy? A search engine for crying out loud? :confused:
EDIT: Thats like saying the police are responsible for the majority of crime as they have a list of the criminals they've caught
 
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I think piracy will be around as long as its easy to get the product for nothing or cheaper than a legal product. I dont think price has any real influence on the rate of piracy. New legal DVD's can be bought at +/- R80 now. This is the price that pirated DVD's were selling at when DVD's were roughly R280. Now pirate DVD's are what R40/R50.

We will still see people pirating and selling DVD's even if a new legal DVD costs R50, cos a pirate one will be sold for R20.

I think the "price" excuse for piracy is myth.
 
I think that one thing they don't take into consideration is that a lot of people pirating things either a) Pay it anyways (people see a movie at home, they might go watch it at the cinemas), or b) They wouldn't utilise it if they had to pay for it (people playing around with software... they wouldn't buy it anyways.
 
In my case piracy sometimes helps the industry in the form of advertising. I would see some kid playing a great game(which he pirated because he doesnt work of cause he's a kid) and ask to play for a sec if i love it i might buy it to play online or multiplayer etc. Same with movies.... I might have never heard about THAT game or THAT movie

Someone copies a great movie i catch a glimps of it and i take my gf to go see it in the cinema that weekend. If i use something pirated i wasnt going to buy it anyways. I would stay without it if piracy didnt exist for example lets take MS Word... I would just use OpenOffice which i do so if i use a pirated MS Word on someone elses pc(cause thats what he has on it) i wasnt going to buy it anyways.

So i think someone should do a study of how much the industry gains from piracy in the form of marketing
 
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froot said:
I think that one thing they don't take into consideration is that a lot of people pirating things either a) Pay it anyways (people see a movie at home, they might go watch it at the cinemas), or b) They wouldn't utilise it if they had to pay for it (people playing around with software... they wouldn't buy it anyways.
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Say what .... neva - went to the movies on Sunday, R33 X 2 R66 + Popcorn & Coke @R30ea another R60 Total bill R126 to sit in a CRRAPPY cinima, small screen, no 5.1 surround - and thats in the Pavillion. Aint no way in hell if I see the worst cam divx on earth, I'll then fork out to see the same thing at a cinima !

Nu-Metro needs to seriously update ther farked up old cinemas, we can watch and hear 20 times betta quality stuff at home for a fraction of the price.
 
Bizkit87 said:
stealing a car from GM lot = their original stock -1 , copying = original stock = original stock.
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stealing a car from GM lot = their original stock -1 , copying = artist/developer/movie studio money - X amount = money stolen from artist/developer/movie studio.

It's not that hard to understand. Copying = theft = crime.
No matter how you try to justify it you know that it is wrong.
 
Yeah, it's "alarming" for the Congressmen and women who have been bought out by the record industry.

For everyone else, it's a matter of greater convenience.
 
Wait till you get one of these: (This is real!)

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We hereby request that you immediately remove or block access to the
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What I would like to know is how much do Numetro and Sterkinekor pay to get the movies to be viewed in cinemas? That will explain why Joe Public is paying a premium or is the cinemas just ripping Joe Public off like Telkom does.
 
Typical

What a load of bull...
it's no surprise that China and Brazil are there - two of the largest populations in the world... Mexico and Russia... *sigh* when will they learn that they are losing nothing from the worlds poorest countries. Bunch of savages.

Time to use SSL enabled news servers.

As for that email above, time to change ISP's
 
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Why doesn't the movie industry embrace the internet like the music industry. Most of the movie revenue is derived from box office weekend and then DVD sales. So sell the movie as is, no subtitles, languages and other crap for R10 online (after opening weekend), and then sell the DVD to the enthusiast who likes the special features and that stupid director commentry.

I would glady pay the R10 to see a movie instead of waiting for the DVD or paying exhorbitant concession stand prices. But make sure the server provides the necessary bandwidth to beat the pirates. With decent connection you can even watch a 700MB movie online even with crappy SA services.
 
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