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NEWS: Torrent Site Crushed by MPAA

Illegally downloading movies from sites such as these without proper authorization violates the law,

If you follow the law, you have nothing to fear. Those who break it, had no rights in the first place.

PS The RIAA are asses. So far, there have been no large legal battles on individuals by the MPAA.

When a kind of iMovies site appears and we can download for a price Spiderman 4, at the same time it's on at the cinema/theatre (most likely with a limited amount of play) things will begin to shift in the MPAAs favour. If most films did this I'm sure we would consume more films than we do now, at home or at the local multiscreen. It's only a matter of real time, but is that real time fast enough?

Of course, this applies mostly to unlicensed movies in my case, so it's not illegal.

I use bittorrent as a method for previewing, personally, so you can't categorize everyone that way. I buy about 20-30 dvd's per month now, and I don't have the opportunity to watch everything I hear "good things" about before buying it. Thus, bittorrent is a good way to download questionable purchases, watch the first 5 minutes, and then delete them (the only problem comes when trying to keep my share ratio up, forcing me to keep from deleting it for a while).

If you watch only 5 minutes, why not just watch the trailers/commercials? I also buy about 20-30 dvds per month, but have never, ever downloaded. It's not that hard to figure out what one likes. Yes, once in awhile I blow it, but mistakes happen, one learns from them. Is the cost of a movie ticket that big a deal to your budget? My movie-going tends to be the $4 matinee(1st showing of the day.) If I blow $4 on Cabin Fever, it's no big deal(ok, $8 & my daughter loved it, so it was only my $4 that was wasted).

My anime purchases are based on Newtype & dvd previews.


Of course, this applies mostly to unlicensed movies in my case, so it's not illegal. Though I will usually examine one or two films under the MPAA umbrella per year. Sueing people is very unfortunate for everyone. It scares me away from an expected purchase, instead putting the title on my "list of dvd's to rent when I settle down and get Netflix", and by then the original hype is no longer there and I'm unlikely to buy it. It's unfortunate for me because I lose a little freedom. But it's their films... If they don't want me evaluating or buying Hollywood movies, I'll respect that.

did u know that in a movie budget most of the $$$ goes to A list movie stars (1.2 mil, 3 mil, 10 mil) and promitonal advertisement, the average worker doesnt make that much.

Its not any fairer for the recording industry, artist are only getting 5 cents per cd sales and a cd cost more than $10, where the hell is the rest of my money going???

P.S. do you guys remember a couple of months ago that Homeland security arrested people for builing their exclusive network and sharing Files, it was this really deep underground group...EXCLUSIVE..meaning amongs themselves and they got jail time....

time to move to canada

You may complain about most of the money going to promotion but I have a feeling you have no idea just how many people are involved in that. It takes just about as many people to create an original commercial as it takes to create an original movie... and I'm sure you know how long those credits are at the end of the film.

Of course, this dosen't count people earning money indirectly from the industry, accountants, truckers, resteraunts, etc.

Personally I have downloaded a movie or two in the past. The good thing about it was that I saw more films than I would have normally if having to wait on friends to actually go to the cinema (because you have to go with friends it's this social angle that stops many people watching more films at a cinema, and why DVD sales/rentals are always so high).

did u know that in a movie budget most of the $$$ goes to A list movie stars (1.2 mil, 3 mil, 10 mil) and promitonal advertisement, the average worker doesnt make that much.