Originally posted by Godzilla2000
Well, I for one think downloading movies currently in the theater is deplorable. You should be ashamed of yourself that you were too cheap to pay.
But you all know i'm gonna buy the proper dvd for the special features, and the EE for the extra specal stuff, and probably the vid too, cos I'm weird!!
I'm such a fanatic...
Originally posted by feanor
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Would you think it funny if this reprehensible practice stymied the budgets of films? Just think of the ramifications of cheating a studio out of money. Budgets could be lowered because they do not have the funds for talent, special FX etc. It's simple economics at work here.
Budgets of films ? What are you even talking about ? Does watching a sports game on TV lesson the teams budget because you are not at the stadium watching the game ? No I think not.
Everyone here who has a copy to enjoy in the privacy of their own home, all have stated that they have spent their money going to see it in the theatre.
How many times have you gone and seen ROTK ?
*sighs* No. I'm talking about money as a resource. Simple economics here. A studio gains money for future products by hawking their movies to theaters for a profit. In layman's terms:
Stealing from a store lessens the profit of said merchant if you do not pay for said product.
Much the same can be said when you do not pay for a movie ticket. The Box Office intake of a movie goes not just for the people involved in the movie, but the studio that distributes it as well. Say, New Line distributes ROTK. If because of people downloading the movie do not pay for their tickets, New Line will not make as much money as it should because people are getting it for free on the internet. Therefore Newline Studio will not have that pecentage of the profit to put in the coffers for future movie productions from each ticket sale they could have gotten of said downloader had actually paid to see the movie.
Originally posted by Member.
u think the same way about dl music off net?
Well, it would depend. Music and theatrically released movies are two different beasts altogether. Music is more publically accessible than movies in a theater. Alot of very fine artists without National exposure thrive on samples of their music being downloaded online by people. They usually provide links to where you can get their albums if you like their music. Now if one were downloading whole albums from artists before they've been released and afterwards, I object to it. There's this little thing called copyrighting which is a very sticky,legally binding thing which is why RIAA has been handing out hefty lawsuits because downloading unreleased material is kind of illegal. My concession is that any songs released to the public via radio should be released to the public. For example: Evanescence has released downloadable MP3's of their single My Immortal. Basically, I believe anything that has been released on the public airwaves be it Radio or TV, and notice I say public airwaves, not in a theater that gets it's living from ticket sales, should be allowed to be downloaded. Because let's face it, alot of us have probably taped things from the TV or recorded things from the radio.
Originally posted by Godzilla2000
Would you think it funny if this reprehensible practice stymied the budgets of films? Just think of the ramifications of cheating a studio out of money. Budgets could be lowered because they do not have the funds for talent, special FX etc. It's simple economics at work here.
I for one do not think it funny, by any means. It just sounded like something my father would have said to me. However I do agree with you on that subject, unfortunately it can't be stopped. It's human nature for all of us to find a way of attainings things that is in someway against the establishment whether for good or ill.