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- Ajajadude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+66Well, if the MPAA considers that part of their "creativity," we're in for some seriously bad movies in the near future...
- spudnic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+61A more accurate question would be 'If you could perfectly replicate a car without altering the original in any way, and for free, would you do it?'
- pieoncar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+56The anti-piracy short did not credit the music it used. Pure genius.
- Poopoopants, on 10/12/2007, -1/+48I think I'll pirate more stuff now.
- bioskope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+39wtf was that *****. I couldnt even make head or tail of it.
- andyrobo60, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29Do you think they paid for all the movie clips they used in the video??
http://torrentfreak.com/mpaas-propaganda-contest/
this one is much better (it has pirates in it). - InfinitySnatch, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31"You wouldn't steal a car, would you?"
If stealing a car was as easy to get away with as downloading a movie, I'd have a dealership in every state. - Lnomis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29I was walking home one night, and I passed by our local park. I noticed there were two guys inside, halfway into the bushes, kissing each other.
Up until now, that was the gayest thing I had ever seen. - cptn_cardboard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25if you download a song, your making a ww2 veteran cry
- PATSCRU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21i wonder if the creator of that monumental slab of cinematic cancer took the time or effort or money to get a sync license for the song he used in that PSA......WHERE YOU AT NOW, MPAA?
- samfishercell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Can we get the RIAA to sue the MPAA for using illegal music to advertise their cause?
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20The MAFIAA
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Someone NEEDS to kill their "creativity"
that was absolute craziness...
@jasmin888
wtf, how did you come to that conclusion. You just rambled about how good open source is then said, be thankful to the anti piracy movement. What movement, there is a ton of lawsuits and ridiculous ads, thats it. - mfearby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19These propaganda videos are so lame that if you weren't involved in piracy before watching them, you'd be googling for "how to pirate stuff" afterwards. I felt embarrassed just watching this one!
- selrahc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18So was that monster thing supposed to represent the MPAA and RIAA?
- Supernova36, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18I'm scared. Hold me.
- jihadjohnson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Well, no one has killed the MPAA's sense of creativity yet!
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I wish whoever made that video would steal some creativity.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18nice ad. made me go and download some more gigz of warez
- kronix2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14"coping movies or any other form of entertainment and sharing them is stealing and is unethical."
It's copyright infringement, not theft. Learn the difference between taking a tangible item (which results in a material, quantifiable loss of sale) and making a perfect copy of digital media (no physical product taken, no quantifiable loss of sale). The majority in a society decides what's ethical and what isn't, and the people have overwhelmingly declared that downloading copyrighted content isn't unethical.
Since you brought ethics into the equation, how "ethical" are the following?
* The outrageously long copyright terms which exist only to protect ancient revenue streams, and serve to stifle innovation.
* The hostility of the MPAA to any technology which allows consumers to easily format shift.
* Region coding for optical media, designed to protect the business model of charging some parts of the world substantially more for the same IP. It also ensures that you can't play your legally purchased DVD in another country's DVD player.
* Vociferous support for the DMCA, which makes it illegal to circumvent DRM in order to exercise your fair use rights.
* Opposition to consumers' ability to sell any digital downloads they've purchased.
* Placing non-skippable anti-piracy propaganda ads at the beginning of every DVD, thereby accusing every consumer of being a "thief".
I could go on... - cptn_cardboard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15yeah, thats one thing I didn't understand from the video
"stealing creativity kills creativity"
ohnoes! downloading music will turn America into an Orwellian nightmare!
thats just an insult to our intelligence. I cant believe they're saying people wouldn't make art if they weren't getting paid for it >_> - teamgwho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13anytime the MPAA talks about piracy, just remember they (the MPAA) illegally copied Kirby Dick's movie about the MPAA. Hypocrital isn't a strong enough word for these censors. And the sad part is that *if* the MPAA was just about censorship, that would be bad enough, but it's not. Without a doubt the MPAA exists to avoid a government rating system, but more importantly, and what is little known is that they exist to ***** the independant filmmaker.
If you watch the film "This Film is Not Yet rated" you will see that filmmakers creating movies for the major studios (Warner Brothers, Paramount etc) are told exactly what they can do when given an NC-17 to make it an R. Independant filmmakers are told "we can't make specific recomendations" Also independant films are far more likely to be given an NC-17 then a film from a major studio. Admitedly the edgier topics will be found coming from the independant filmmakers, but that alone doesn't explain why the MPAA votes this way.
See more about the MPAA in Kirby's film here http://www.ifc.com/films?aId=18019
Bottom line: the MPAA is full of moral censors and media moguls (some of the people on the appeals board work very high up within the studios) who have no issue breaking their own rules whenh it suits them, and will do anything to ensure that what they say go. I wouldn't suggest taking what they say with a pinch of salt. I'd say "don't believe a single word" the whole piracy argument is as hollow as Dick Cheney's heart. It's about profits and control and nothing else. - yourmightyruler, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14I wonder if they pirated the Juno Reactor song. They probably used it without his permission.
Hypocrites. - Kajman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I find it hilarious that just about all of these videos draw downloading a movie synonymous with stealing.
"You hate it when somebody rips off your stuff..."
If someone came into my house and copied all my stuff I really wouldn't all that upset about it. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11How do you "steal" creativity?
Also, the MPAA and RIAA love associating themselves with law enforcement. They both wear windbreakers with their respective organizations on the back, like the police or FBI do... They also go with the police on the big busts... I'd consider that impersonating a police officer. Maybe we need to get someone investigating the **AAs.. - cyranthus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10the greatest lawsuit of the century! RIAA vs. MPAA!!! One will fall!! One will stand victorious!
id love to see that on pay per view. - MrAnderson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8apparently colleges use windows movie maker.
edit: oh right, it's Kirkwood COMMUNITY College. - jasmin888, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11It's not about stealing a car. It's about refunding cost of production. Digital production is so much cheaper - and extra copies are virtually no cost for the producer - and the cost will mostly be on the end user anyway.
So this is about lazyness and complacency on the part of producers - they got used to overpricing, reissuing compilations etc. So now you have a music industry with administrators and other non-artists making up the vast majority of those extracting value from the arts business.
What you want out of your money spent on art is that it supports new creativity.
Why waist money supporting stupidity? - cptn_cardboard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9well, its just a matter of time before they do get their own police force. The IRS has a police force, and their just a banking organization (the same way the mpaa is a movie organization)
: - borg357, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Hey!!! That music is stolen.. And the logo at the end has been stolen and used with out permission too!
- NtHammer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7the creators of movies and music SHOULD get paid for their work, not the small portion that they do get (compared to the recording companies fat wallets!).
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"get around these things"
what are you refereeing to?
The ridiculous commercial? The masked thing killing someone in their room? The exploding building? - dilbertmouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Thanks for the effort, but I ask that you check the your centerpiece figures before going through all of that work. Your number 141,030 was so interesting (and the fine print so very fine) that I had to go dig it up for myself.
It turns out that the MPAA hired a consulting agency, LEK Consulting, in May 2006. Through magic processes which I have yet to find documented, they came up with this 141,030. This number was then used in the "by the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a non-profit, non-partisan public policy think tank" [MPAA press release 09-29-2006]. Apparently, IPI was able to get more information, as their report states: "Absent piracy, 141,030 new jobs would have been added to the U.S. economy." WHOA! What was that? 141,030 new jobs WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED?
So, let me get this straight. The MPAA repackages the same boring, unimaginative drivel to be released for $10 per ticket at my local cinema (with the $6 popcorn and $3 fountain drinks). Then, they release the DVD for $25 and DRM it so badly that it won't play in my home DVD player or computer. Now that I've realized I don't like their tactics, I stop buying their products. So, instead of biting the bullet and solving the problem, they pout. "We WERE going to hire 141,030 people, but now we're not going to. And it's because you pirate movies. So there."
I believe in paying the creators of content for their work. If they really bring joy into my life, they deserve that five or ten (or even fifteen) dollars. At the same time, people who download movies off the Internet, burn them to DVDs, then sell them will find no respect from me. If you want to use that argument, I'll be right there with you. But don't throw statistics around to impress me. And if you do, let's make sure they're the least-bit defendable.
Now, let's call the problem for what it is. Reasonable people don't pay $10 to sit through twenty minutes of commercials, eat $6 popcorn, drink $3 soda, and listen to people on cell phones. They also don't pay $25 for a crippled DVD that's too secure to work. Instead, they'll borrow or buy a movie from a friend. Does that make us immoral? Are we criminals? Will we be damned?
I sure hope not, because I'll have no trouble sleeping tonight. Thanks for your time. - toppgun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6even the bible school students?
- nismo334, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I personally know the people who made a couple of the videos, and I can guarantee and verify they pirate all the time. They only made the movie in order to get some publicity. In fact I'd wager that at least 75% of the videos that were submitted for this were made by people that pirate on a regular basis. So... good job MPAA way to make kids lie and promote something they don't believe in.
- Myonosken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"Ah Bobby hahar"
I ***** pissed myself. I need to get me some weed and watch this again. Might make more sense. - Justinsb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I hope the MPAA is paying them per download and not illegally sharing these files
- breakflows, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Don't blame them for their lack of creativity; piracy stole it from them.
- tallonx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4the same way you can abuse freedom....
because clearly, freedom doesn't actually mean freedom, it's a mixture of what the government thinks is freedom today and some fairy dust. - generalloy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5dear kevinmart3ian: extended copyright terms has nothing to do with rich vs poor, unless you mean the rich get to profit off ideas that were once public domain and then ensnare them in a copyright that seemingly never ends (see Sunny Bono Act of 1998). Copyright is a LIMITED MONOPOLY and the extensions are unconstitutional because they are leading up to life + infinity thing that you know, the founding fathers specifically wrote against. Might want to read up what the rationale of copyright actually is. Also, might as well just call copyright infringement "murdering" since that's illegal too (....ok I stole that from another digg poster, can't remember who!)
- skyfire1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Only if we can get the MPAA to sue the ESA for not letting people download EA movie-to-games titles that could potentially boost the movie's popularity.
- enano275, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well I guess they don't mind that their ad is on YouTube already.
- noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Don't they though. I feel like I need about twenty good movies to wash that pile off my mind... and I don't have money for 20 movies.
- 81v3d07g0d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Can I just say as an artist and going to the design fields, I have no idea how I would get along without piracy. DO you think I can afford the adobe products I do nearly all my work on? I do everything I can to share the wealth of knowledge I have about using bittorent or other programs with everyone I find who can use it, not only that but I routinely hook people up with whatever i can just to help, it has broadened my horizons and made me a better person. If it wasn't for piracy I wouldn't get the chance to be truly creative.
- Neo189, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4somebody should tell the RIAA and MPAA to "respect art." What the hell was that *****?
- 3seed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LkWKvMCzqA
...they got jack!
oh well, at least it's intentionally funny,,,,
btw, creativity is a trait, not a physical thing... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You are more than welcome too. It's all encrypted thou, so you won't get much use out of it.
- cubedude6491, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3at the end of the day, there is always a way to get around these things, "where theres a will, theres a way"
- cyranthus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3all these anti-piracy films actually make me want to go download stuff.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The IRS is unconstitutional, so they already ignore the laws.
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