Stolen a film? MPAA wants to know

[Deja Q]

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5262427.html

First of all, the quality of these downloads is sub-VHS.

If the MPAA is losing money, it's because people get a chance to SEE the movie before deciding whether or not to shell out $25+ dollars to see it.

If I got a chance to see more tv episodes, you can bet your sweet bippy I wouldn't be buying half the discs I own because what I wanted turned out to be pointless rubbish.

There's a legit point with music, but when it comes to video, people want their quality. And for the tv eps I downloaded (one highly overrated DS9 episode and 3 Chappelle Show episodes - which prompted me to buy the Chappelle DVD set BTW), the quality was bunk. Hard to watch on the computer therefore it'd be total rubbish on a tv screen (and yet they want to go HDTV...)

It also takes forever to download. The only people who effectively could are those wealthy enough to have 3Mb cable connections or their own T1 line.

They are turning an anthill into Mt Everest. :eyes:

Another reason why sales are slipping is because of the ECONOMY. It is not improving and while more good paying jobs are going out the door, more crap retail jobs are coming in that don't pay enough to sustain one person's needs, yet alone the WANTS that keep our economy strong. (so if it makes you feel any better, the corporate antiamerican traitors are shooting themselves when they shoot our jobs off to some backwards country ripe for exploitation.)

Yeah, it's going to happen. But they are overstating the problem.

Of course, if Columbia House continues to release crap sub-VHS quality DVD releases, I can see why more people WOULD download and I would justify it. Why pay for crap quality? Those behind DVD promised HIGH quality and COlumbia House certainly does not deliver it for many of their releases. (forget Superbit, though if I bothered to find a title worthy of the purported quality, I bet it's no better than a standard A&E release... sigh.)

[Don_G]

1. Who Cares What MPAA Wants?

The Corporations took over the Music/Media/News Industry a long time ago and I don't care what "they" want anymore.

I don't buy what I can't sample and I'll never buy what I don't like.

Entertainment works in different ways than stuff like "Gas", "Utilities" and "Food."

Too bad they don't know the difference yet.

[Deja Q]

6. I'd like to sample food...

I bought some croutons the other day. Wasted $1.38 because they tasted like cardboard. Of course, with unprocessed foods (basic chicken, vegetables), it's not as much of a problem...

I see your point on gas and utilities completely though...

[Don_G]

7. Well

I don't have CATV anymore because it was strictly "American" crap.

I invested half the money I would have spent in a year for a decent Shortwave Reciever just for that reason.

I grew up in the country and crave "honest" news more than a source of food.

My Grandpa felt the same way during WW I and WW II, my Dad did during the Korean War, my cousins and I did during Vietnam and we're talking Generations of disinformation now.

[Khephra]

2. I use downloading to sample anime before I buy it

It's not like you can go into a theater or watch a lot of the shows on tv. Some anime you can, but there's so much out there that what shows up on tv only scratches the surface.

[name not needed]

3. Boo hoo

I "stole" some SNL skits, tv shows, and a few porn movies. Who fuckin cares.

[MrSlayer]

4. I have an SVCD copy of Spidey 2 that is far supierior to VHS.

You can get great quality boots if you know where to look. Screw the MPAA and the RIAA.

[LTR]

5. Well, if they don't want you to have it...

...you can always send it back to them.

Just get the email address, and mail the video file.