torrentfreak.com — We’ve pointed it out numerous times in the past. Despite the rampant piracy, Hollywood and other entertainment industries continue to break revenue and sales records year after year. In an excellent report commissioned by the CCIA, Techdirt’s Mike Masnick has has made an excellent overview of how well things go in the various entertainment industry [...]
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andysasylumJan 30, 2012
We're gonna have to wait a couple of weeks before we can afford a gold-plated shark tank.
dsmxJan 30, 2012
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103759/not-a-big-deal
cb810Jan 30, 2012
They always seem to ignore the fact that piracy is not killing the industry...
bobosmitorJan 30, 2012
They seem deliberately blind.
macbookformeJan 30, 2012
They are only endlessly greedy... as Gordon Gekko says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muz1OcEzJOs
darth0Jan 31, 2012
Actually, it's not about greed really, it's about control. Big businesses are almost all run by control freaks. It's just that most of them don't have to deal quite so overtly to maintain control.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
Greed: "Intense and selfish desire for something"
Piracy is greed - it is a desire to get something (movies, music, software, w/e) without paying for it (selfishness).Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
cantstopwontstopJan 31, 2012
even they know piracy isn't killing the industry. they just see dollar signs on potential sales and equate that to loss of money. why make a 100 billion when you can make 120 billion. why make 120 billion in sales when you can make 100 billion and 200 billion more by twisting the laws in your favor with frivolous and excessive lawsuits!
before you know it they'll be pushing for purchased media to be licensed and viewed only on a per person basis. the fact that a family can sit around and watch ONE dvd is more of a loss of sales to them than piracy. 'no dammit, we better charge per family member and boost our revenue 3-500%!'
pc25Jan 31, 2012
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pc25Jan 31, 2012
"the fact that a family can sit around and watch ONE dvd is more of a loss of sales to them than piracy."
how retarded are you. The want that family to sit around and watch 1 DVD. That family will be back for the next movie. How you twist, turn and contort to justify piracy.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
"we better charge per family member"
They already fought and lost that battle. The existence of home video is part of the reason Gone with the Wind will never be dethroned.
rufiohoJan 30, 2012
Man, big business are so afraid of change... they should utilize and adapt!
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
YOU REALIZE YOU'RE STEALING FROM HARD WORKING PEOPLE DON'T YOU!!!! ARE YOU AN IDIOT!?
primitivemindJan 30, 2012
You forgot to add /sarcasm, or something along those lines... or at least I hope you did....
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
Well.... since i just worked for 14 hours on a mix that you all are going to steal in the coming months ..and I'll probably make less then a grocery store attendant for it.. no i wont add the sarcasmComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
anomaly100Jan 30, 2012
Yeah, we're all so anxious to steal your work. ahem.
JollyMacJan 30, 2012
lol
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
Well if you've ever stolen Bob Dylan, Weezer, Pearl Jam or probably about another 150 equally famous artists.. then yes.. you probably are.. screw you.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
oh yeah, there we go, the big Rolling Stone music critic.
anomaly100Jan 30, 2012
And a big f**k you to you also. I get royalties and you can "steal" any music you like.
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
Well you really can't be making much money off of those royalties at all.. if you were a serious musician and did this for a living then you would drop that inane attitude.. are you going apply for food stamps to survive?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
what are you using these days. I was using that 9000j with pro tools hd3.
anomaly100Jan 30, 2012
I'm not a musician. My late husband was. No food stamps here, thanks for asking.
pawnpawntbpJan 31, 2012
Good thing you're looking after your late husbands legacy so thoughtfully. Did you give away all his prized possessions like you do his hard work?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
Did you give away all his prized possessions like you do his hard work?
That's what happens when it is given to you.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
No, they do not. They don't know what it's like sitting behind a console for 10/12 hours, going home dead tired, waking up dead tired, putting the cd on your home system to reference and driving back to the studio for a tweak or 2. BTW he is an idiot.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
dcasp82Jan 31, 2012
awww... boohoo. Your life must be so hard.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
says the toolbag who is posting from his parents basement as he continues to illegally download content off of the internet.
HoopDoctorsJan 30, 2012
Not 'as rich'?
casspaJan 30, 2012
They need to be pointing the finger at iTunes and leave pirates alone. Why would anyone but an album of sh*t when they only want the one hit track these days?
mtownJan 30, 2012
They blame pirates because they can't blame Apple. Apple's legal team would rip them to shreds, as would anybody who likes iTunes (which is pretty much everybody except the entertainment industry).
pc25Jan 30, 2012
They need to be pointing the finger at iTunes and leave pirates alone. Why would anyone but an album of sh*t when they only want the one hit track these days?
WTF don't you understand. People PAY @ Itunes. Better that a 1,000,000 people buy a single or two from Itunes @ $1.00 than download for free from the pirate sites. BTW guys. I work in the entertainment business, the music business specifically. The music business LOVES Itunes. In case you haven't realized it's been a singles business for the last 8 years. You guys just don't get it.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mtownJan 30, 2012
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10355448-93.html
""We make 9.1 cents off a song sale and that means a whole lot of pennies have to add up before it becomes a bunch of money," said Rick Carnes, president of the Songwriters' Guild of America. "Yesterday, I received a check for 2 cents. I'm not kidding."
Not everybody is happy.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
I prefer to take the 9.1 cents at the moment and have ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, MPAA continue their efforts for higher fees. Meanwhile you guys only make 9.1 cents so I am going to continue to pirate. What an excuse for stealing. Losers.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mtownJan 30, 2012
Or let MegaUpload take over so artists could get paid a fair price.
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120125conspiracy
mtownJan 30, 2012
"But the deeper question surrounds one awesome number: 90. That is, MegaUpload was planning to offer 90 percent of revenues back to artists, even on free downloads. Which sort of fits into a very shady revenue model that actually paid uploaders based on the number of subsequent downloads received. "We have a solution called the MegaKey that will allow artists to earn income from users who download music for free," Dotcom outlined. "Yes that's right, we will pay artists even for free downloads. The MegaKey business model has been tested with over a million users and it works." "
pc25Jan 30, 2012
I don't care who offers money to artists as long as people get paid. There was a lot of shortsightedness in the music business. No one saw the coming of the mp3 when the people had their balls in an uproar of the advent of dat and eventually cdr's. There was a lot of back and forth between all sides over perfect digital copies and digital rights management. An old time songwriter by the name of Sammy Cahan basically dropped the ball and here we are today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Home_Recording_Act
Anyone who is in the business has absolutely no problem with online site that distributes a song as long as they can get paid. On line sites such as Napster and Limewire did tremendous damage to the music industry.
some further breakdowns
From TuneCore...
0.66 cents : iTunes takes .34 cents per download from the standard .99 cent fee charged (although the rate now varies between .66 / .99 / 1.29 cents per song due to new negotiations between Apple and the labels). If a song is attached to a label, the label will take .46 cents giving the songwriter .10 cents and the artist .10 cents per download. If two songwriters co-wrote the song then this is now .5 cents per download. It is also .5 cents per download if a publisher has 50% rights to the song. Of course, you don’t need a publisher to get your songs onto iTunes or in other music stores, you can pay TuneCore a small fee and then keep the .66 cents per download.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
BTW that article is grossly misleading
From TuneCore...
0.66 cents : iTunes takes .34 cents per download from the standard .99 cent fee charged (although the rate now varies between .66 / .99 / 1.29 cents per song due to new negotiations between Apple and the labels). If a song is attached to a label, the label will take .46 cents giving the songwriter .10 cents and the artist .10 cents per download. If two songwriters co-wrote the song then this is now .5 cents per download. It is also .5 cents per download if a publisher has 50% rights to the song. Of course, you don’t need a publisher to get your songs onto iTunes or in other music stores, you can pay TuneCore a small fee and then keep the .66 cents per download.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
rotfoxJan 30, 2012
Eh, I'd rather put on internet radio and call it a day. I haven't heard a song that's spurred me to purchase it yet and I believe internet radio is still legal.
I do my part and do what I can for the artists like going to their concerts (which is where they get most of their money). As far as I'm concerned publishing companies are the leches that feed off the artists. So I try not to do anything that will give them revenue.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
Eh, I'd rather put on internet radio and call it a day. I haven't heard a song that's spurred me to purchase it yet and I believe internet radio is still legal.
the legal streaming stations pay a performance fee.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mjm6783Jan 30, 2012
I think the point of the article is that blame isn't really necessary. The assumption promoted by the entertainment industry is that piracy and competition is stifling their sales. The fact is, we can't really prove a level of theoretical consumption, but if your industry is growing at such a massive rate I find it hard to believe that piracy is really hurting you all that much.
It's also possible that access to free or cheap entertainment has increased the interest in the medium, which in turn has translated to actual purchases and revenue.
cryinlionJan 30, 2012
Why does one pirate a movie or a game? That's what content producers need to ask themselves. The answer often is, the pirate is not convinced that the quality of the product is worth the full price.
Instead of trying to stamp out the activity, content producers should be recognizing a unique need in the entertainment industry for cheap preview content that gives the consumer an accurate representation of the value of the product.
For example, I've pirated movies that I don't want to pay full price at the theater, simply so I can talk knowledgeably about them while they're relevant. If studios made new films available streaming online at low quality (say, 720p with lower-quality audio) for a token price ($1 or $2), I would probably spend $30-50 a year that I'm currently not spending at the theater regardless whether I pirate.
Video games? A 1-week "trial" for $10 would be pretty reasonable. If I pirate a good game that has high replay value or good multiplayer, I purchase the game. If it's a mediocre game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, a week is long enough for me to figure that out. Again, I'd probably spend an extra $100 a year on titles for which I wouldn't be willing to pay full price.
Content producers could make a ton of money by selling lower-quality product (the restrictions I've suggested above) at lower prices. Walmart has bigger revenues than Neiman Marcus even though their prices are much lower because they sell so many items for which I'm not willing to pay Neiman Marcus prices, regardless of the high quality of the Neiman Marcus product.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
you can rent games at any blockbuster or game stop for 4.99 for 5 days.
If studios made new films available streaming online at low quality (say, 720p with lower-quality audio) for a token price ($1 or $2)
why put them in a theater at all then, just stream them and never cover the tens of millions needed for a production. Great idea. Lets put even more people out of work than there are now because you want to be relevant around the water cooler.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
"I've pirated movies that I don't want to pay full price at the theater, simply so I can talk knowledgeably about them while they're relevant."
Translation: "I wanted it, so I took it. f**k you."Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
"Your honor, yes, I raped her. But in my defense, I only did it because she refused to provide consent."
"Is this true, miss?"
"Well, yes, but.."
"No buts - case dismissed!"Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jwensley2Jan 30, 2012
I'll pirate stuff I can't easily obtain otherwise.
I have cable, Netflix and I've spent thousands of dollars on tv shows and movie rentals on iTunes but I've ended pirating a bunch of Disney movies because they don't make them available for rental and there is no way I'm spending $20-25 on something with DRM.
If the movie studios would pull their fats heads out of their asses I would have no reason to ever pirate.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
"I'll rape girls I can't easily f**k otherwise.
I have Playboy, Pornhub and I've spent thousands of dollars on blow up dolls and lube but I've ended raping a bunch of teenage girls because they don't make their sex available for free and there is no way I'm spending $20-25 on dinner for someone with cooties.
If the women of the world would pull their own pants down and stick out their asses I would have no reason to ever rape."Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ninhJan 30, 2012
So the only reason why people should be losing jobs in the entertainment industry is because executives are padding their wallets at the expense of workers.
jerroldsJan 30, 2012
I'm an applications developer, mainly business-to-business so piracy doesn't affect any of the things I help develop - but i see Piracy as part of the whole ecosystem.
If i developed a game, I'd rather people pirate it, like it *tell people about it* - and have it up on Steam or some other delivery service where some of them can buy it.
Case in point: Minecraft.
And give these paying customers some value added services somehow (leaderboards, multiplayer, "hassle free" updates, etc)
Piracy doesnt need to be looked at as stealing imo.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
you're right piracy doesn't affect you, otherwise you would sing a different song
dissidentJan 30, 2012
a publisher or content provider being able to make money on content long after the author or creator has passed away is just not right. Content should become public domain far sooner than it does.
Also, it's not like people would buy the stuff they do occasionally pirate. Movies in particular. If anything it helps boost sales to have instant online access to content to try before you buy.
If I could buy HD movies and store them on the hard drive as a permanent copy I own I'd be more inclined to buy them. I don't really like discs cluttering up my house. I have a huge drive and one to back that one up.
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
People should also be able to move into houses for free after the architect is dead..
murxJan 30, 2012
You know, physical objects decay over time and thus need reinvestment.
Also on property like houses, cars etc. there are taxes and other recurrying costs.
So your comparison is either off - or you ask the government to tax the intellectual property - which in the current state of financial debt and deficit might be a very good idea.
It would allow IP owners to either pay up or let go (into the public domain).
This is something I would consider a good compromise on IP.
raineydoreenJan 31, 2012
Piracy is still has a significant effect of our entertainment industry even we can still consider it booming. We will not going to wait for the time when we can no longer watch our favorite movies or music.
gkiltzJan 31, 2012
The aspects that have adapted to the changing world are thriving.
The ones that haven't--Well Darwin WAS right!
pc25Jan 31, 2012
ask the guys at Megaupload who will now spend the next 25 years in a federal jail about adapting.
dugglousJan 31, 2012
It doesn't matter how well they are doing because they think they would do even better if we get rid of piracy.
Yes it's nice we made 800 millions, but if we got rid of piracy we could have made 800 billions!
pc25Jan 31, 2012
what a weak argument especially in light that you admit that you could be costing them almost 799 billion a year
dugglousJan 31, 2012
I wasn't arguing. The reason industry would still go after piracy despite doing extremely well, is because they want to do better.
Even if 90% of the pirate wouldn't buy their stuff, they would still get money from 10% of them in a piracy-free world.
That's justwhat they want. The numbers I provided are totally irrelevant and made up.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
I seriously question the accuracy of the figures quoted in the article. Torrentfreak is a pirate site.
specimen7Jan 30, 2012
Can the entertainment industry patent machine code?
All digitized media is machine code. Can some kind individual studying law inform me?
rglarson13Jan 31, 2012
So, let me see if I understand this properly...
The argument goes like so:
(1) The entertainment industry is turning record profits.
(2) Piracy -- as it currently exists, and at its current levels -- is not harming the entertainment industry enough to prevent its success.
(3) Because of items (1) and (2), it should stand to reason that: (a) piracy is okay, (b) intellectual property rights should be weakened, and (c) the people and institutions that hold copyrights on entertainment media shouldn't bother to enforce their intellectual property rights?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
1. I did heroine yesterday
2. I'm still alive
Thus: Heroine is completely safe!
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
God this site is so tyrannical. You people are so self righteous. If I try to play devils advocate for THE ARTISTS WHO AREN'T GETTING PAID then I get buried. I'm going to come to all of your offices and steal your office supplies and all crap you're working on right now. I believe I have the right to do that.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jwensley2Jan 30, 2012
"THE ARTISTS WHO AREN'T GETTING PAID"
Movie and TV stars are some of the most overpaid people there are.
As for musicians they seem to make most of their money from concerts/merchandise which I'm sure piracy is not going to affect.
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
Good thing you've done all your research.... How about the craft service table.. the recording engineers.. the makeup artists... What do you do for a living??.. Do you think it's cool if I come over there and take a bunch of stuff for free. I PROMISE.. If I like it I'll buy it..Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
what do you expect from ignorant dolts. The lighting directors, the cinematographer, the director, assistant director, grips, carpenters, electricians, set designers, location scouts, post production people, adr/foley, cgi artists and the lists goes on and on and on.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
Piracy affects budgets, no budget, no recording time, no recording time, no album or single, no album or single, no radio play, no radio play, no tour dates, no tour dates, no MONEY. See how it works.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
rotfoxJan 30, 2012
I'm pretty sure that there were people back in the days called bards.. they had little money and played for change. I have friends in bands who work during the week and play at music cafes on the weekend.
Every once in a while they'll have enough money to go out touring which is great and pretty fun. Also they have their album they self recorded and mixed.. apparently basement recording studios have become quite cheap. So they have their own album and sell them during the after show.
They also have their own website.
http://www.malibuknights.com
Oh and they are/were all piss broke while this was going on. So don't you pretend that money is the only driving force behind music. Music is an art and all musicians worth their salt play for the music not the money.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
There is a HUGE difference in the sound and quality of a top recording studio and what you get out of a basement studio. I wish your friends well, they are doing what they have to do to GET NOTICED, but make no doubt about it their ultimate goal is to be picked up by a major or even a profitable indie, get a budget, work in a pro studio and perfect their art. That is why they are paying their "dues" now. To be picked up today you have to do what they are doing. You need to have a cd, you need to be touring, you need to have a following, you need to have your videos on YouTube and you need to have all your social media in place. They are no different than the other thousands of bands who are doing the same thing at the moment.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
rotfoxJan 31, 2012
There's not that huge of a difference in quality. Only audiophiles would even be able to hear it. All it takes is a good Mac, a mixer board, (although many software alternatives are quickly catching up on that front.) a bunch of mikes (more if a drum kit is involved) and the knowledge of how to tie it all together.
It's mostly going to be the publishing companies that feel the hurt with cheaper publishing options opening up to artists all over the place. Artists can now cheaply market their material online through various methods circumventing the need to sigh on to major labels.
But I digress... at this point artists will live and die by the quality they produce. If they release an album with only one good song they won't make that much money. As people are becoming more able to watch TV shows online the shows that are on before and after won't be watched as people will be able to skip to watching the things that they actually want to. Just to name a few examples of changes that are happening.
The market is changing in a very interesting way and the internet is having a massive effect on it.. I don't believe for one moment that piracy has a massive effect (although it does have some effect) as many people say it does. It's just that the internet has changed the rules and the corporations that are complaining the most still want to play by the old rules.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
All it takes is a good Mac, a mixer board, (although many software alternatives are quickly catching up on that front.) a bunch of mikes (more if a drum kit is involved) and the knowledge of how to tie it all together.
Thats all it takes????? Right. You need to educate yourself. You sound like like majority of acts that come into my studio wondering why the productions they have done in a home or budget studio do not sound better. Of course they all expect to pay the same $40/hr that they were paying in a studio that has $25,000 (if that much) worth of equipment. Why does it matter though. They listen to crappy sounding mp3's played on their IPhone or IPod, through crappy sounding $9.00 ear buds manufactured in China for a song that has a shelf life of 10 days. It has turned out to be the dumbing down of America across the full spectrum of this country's culture and expectations.
and it is called a recording console, not a board. A board is something you surf on of play chess on.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
or
mtownJan 30, 2012
You get buried because you are a close-minded broken record.
Currently when somebody buys a song off iTunes, the artist gets 10% of that money. Apple and the Record Label get the rest.
So along comes MegaUpload with a brand new idea: MegaBox. A music downloading service like iTunes where the artist gets to keep 90% of the money from a sale, and even gets money from allowing people to download their songs for free. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120125conspiracy
Then the entertainment industry shuts Megaupload down.
But no, all you can see is "megaupload has some pirated stuff on it so THEY MUST BE BAD! HURRRR"
So it's no wonder you get dugg down.
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
The Record Label gets the rest because they have to pay for things like THE RECORDING OF THE ALBUM.. They also have to pay for marketing. touring costs.. there are millions of expenses.. Do you know how many people I know that work at record labels.. These are not billionaire assh**es.. They're just trying to do their jobs.. LIKE YOU.. We don't steal from you.. STOP being so self righteous and stealing from us.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
talonhJan 30, 2012
Stop being so self righteous and call copyright infringement what it is... copyright infringement.
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
I atuallydon'tevenunderstandthepoint youremakj.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
hey jackass the FBI and Obama shut down Megaupload.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
Obama inherited the Megaupload shutdown from Bush!
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
wah wah wah. I like to hang out on digg and reddit and I'm so angry that someone took megaupload away. I love stealing everything and I refuse to pay for anybody's hard work....... idiotsComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
breadfredJan 30, 2012
I think YOU are the idiot here. Strangely enough, pirating HELPS the movie industry as people want to watch content whent it suits THEM. NOT when it suits the Movie industrie / cable companies. People are even happy to pay for it. But guess what - the movies and other content are NOT legally available when people want to see it. This has been proven over and over again, but you are too thick-headed to see that.
pawnpawntbpJan 30, 2012
Ahh thanks for clearing that up for me... I WANT RASPBERRIES WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN SEASON.. I should steal 12 tons of them from the local grocery store in July.. THEN I'LL FREEEZE THEM AND I'LL HAVE THEM ALL WINTERComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
shingoexJan 31, 2012
WORST
ANALOGY
EVER
pc25Jan 30, 2012
Strangely enough, pirating HELPS the movie industry as people want to watch content when it suits THEM
have you ever heard of Blockbuster, Red Box, Netflix, Blockbuster Online, or the streaming services that Blockbuster and Netflix provide.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
breadfredJan 31, 2012
Yes, 6 months after the movie came out. By the way, we are also talking about tv programs here. If you subscribe to a channel, and you forgot to tape it, you are not allowed to watch it legally. How f**king stupid is that?
pc25Jan 31, 2012
spend the 12 dollars and go to a theater. Don't forget. DVR's are real hard to program.
breadfredJan 31, 2012
What if I do not wish to see it in a theater? What if I do NOT read the full f**king program schedule of 100+ tv channels daily, as you obviously do? I do not have the time to waste my time on that crap. Obviously, you do.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
How do you expect him to find time to pick up a remote when he has to jerk off his dog 5 hours a day? It's a wonder he finds time to watch movies at such a fast clip that he has to watch them as soon as they are released in theater. When I find time to watch a movie there's almost always a several-years-old movie at Redbox that I still have never gotten around to see.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
NO! I want it NOW! NOW! WAHH!!!
breadfredJan 31, 2012
Get with the times. I do not have a lot of free time in my life - due to work and dog walking commitments. Yes, I have a dog and my dog walks 4 and a half hours EVERY f**kING DAY. Also, I actually share the walking with a fellow dog owner as otherwise it becomes nigh impossible to do. But I digress. I have not a lot of time, and want to spent my free time wisely.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
That has got to be the lamest excuse for piracy I have ever heard. Ever.
amaoicanJan 31, 2012
"What if I do not wish to see it in a theater?" Simple - next time you're at the mall, stop by the theater, buy one ticket for the movie you pirated, then leave without watching it.
"What if I do NOT read the full f**king program schedule of 100+ tv channels daily" - Why would you need to? The dvr usually come with a search feature.
rotfoxJan 30, 2012
I think you should take a break...
You seem to be working too hard, it's becoming quite obvious you are just a troll.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
off course from Torrent freak
the top 3 stories of today
MegaUpload User Data Soon to be Destroyed
MegaUpload has received a letter from the US Attorney informing the company that data uploaded by its users may be destroyed before the end of the week. The looming wipe-out is the result of MegaUpload’s lack of funds to pay for the servers. Behind the scenes, MegaUpload is hoping to convince the US Government that it’s in the best interest of everyone involved to allow users to access their data, at least temporarily.
Jan 30
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘The Rum Diary’. ‘The Descendants’ completes the top three.
Jan 30
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Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block The Pirate Bay
Two large ISPs in the Netherlands have said they will not be blocking subscriber access to The Pirate Bay, as demanded by the Hollywood supported anti-piracy outfit BREIN. T-Mobile and KPN argue that blocking websites is a threat to the open Internet, and suggest that the entertainment industry focuses on new business models instead. BREIN is now expected to take the ISPs to court.
It's a pirate site people.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
zbeastJan 30, 2012
I wish I could have found the hidden site that had the links to all of these "wares"... I've never downloaded anything from megaupload.
mtownJan 30, 2012
"It's a pirate site people."
http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/210/119/+_2acc5a8841f8752904d37f90a8014829.png
motozeroJan 30, 2012
Dude,, you need to think about what this "pirate" label is trying to do. Have you ever watched a movie at your friends house, or borrowed a video game,, or even bought a used video game? If so then the people that support these "Pirate Acts" consider you a pirate and a danger to their business model. They don't care about stunting information growth or civil rights. These business people are trained to squeeze squeeze squeeze because they can. People that torrent share information, mostly legal, btw.
pc25Jan 30, 2012
Have you ever watched a movie at your friends house, or borrowed a video game,, or even bought a used video game?
except at one point in time they were all paid for versus being pirated by thousands or tens of thousands of people.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
motozeroJan 31, 2012
true,, 50k people sharing a movie is different than 20 friends,,, I digg you up sir because that is the true debate. Do we start arresting people for sharing certain information? For the record, I do agree with arresting someone that is copying digital information and directly selling it for personal gain. So that opens the discussion of sites that gain money from facilitating "luxury" sharing options and advertisements. But let's talk about these things,,, Let's not give people a label "Pirate" "Terrorist" and break their doors down with AK's.
pc25Jan 31, 2012
Do we arrest people (the end user), no we do not. Do we fine people (the end user), no we do not. I am not even in support of PIPA or SOPA but there needs to be some kind of a meeting of the minds on unchecked piracy. I work in the music business and I have personally seen and experienced the damage unchecked piracy does. I was recently watching the movie SALT and listening to the director's commentary. He remarked that he was startled to find that within 1 week of the films release there was one or 2 sites that were offering copies of the movie. When he checked about a week later that number had risen dramatically. He then remarked that this is having an effect on employment in the movie business. That he has a number of friends who work in the production side of the business either as electricians, set designers, carpenters, who have seen a decrease in work which the director directly attributes to piracy. The studio heads, actors, directors etc always seems to weather the storm. People further down the line have seen their incomes effected by piracy. Those are the people who feel the pinch the most.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.