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40cakesI've been watching a lot of DVDs for work this week, and more than once I've seen this anti-piracy ad (PSA?) with the following onscreen graphics:
You wouldn't steal a car.
You wouldn't steal a purse.
You wouldn't steal a television.
You wouldn't steal a DVD.
Downloading movies on the internet is illegal.
Movie piracy is stealing.
Yada yada yada [I made that part up]
You're right. I wouldn't steal a car. Or a purse. Or a TV. Maybe a DVD. MAYBE. But those things require some sort of strategy and escape plan. And they hurt the people who, for example, bought the car. Had personal items in that purse. The small-business owner who needed the revenue from that TV or DVD.
Stealing movies from Paramount Pictures? Hey, I'm pretty honest. I'm also an American Capitalist. That means that I demand to pay what something is worth. And "Little Black Book" is worth the price of the time it takes for my internet to download it and the CD I burn it onto. Maybe. Hey, I pay for quality merchandise. For example? As of this Tuesday, I'll have bought "The Princess Bride" on DVD TWICE.
Oh, and if you're the kind of movie studio who makes a hot mix trailer of your films on DVD to a hard-hitting action-packed song, and you include SIDEWAYS, then I definitely don't feel bad about stealing.
You wouldn't steal a car.
You wouldn't steal a purse.
You wouldn't steal a television.
You wouldn't steal a DVD.
Downloading movies on the internet is illegal.
Movie piracy is stealing.
Yada yada yada [I made that part up]
You're right. I wouldn't steal a car. Or a purse. Or a TV. Maybe a DVD. MAYBE. But those things require some sort of strategy and escape plan. And they hurt the people who, for example, bought the car. Had personal items in that purse. The small-business owner who needed the revenue from that TV or DVD.
Stealing movies from Paramount Pictures? Hey, I'm pretty honest. I'm also an American Capitalist. That means that I demand to pay what something is worth. And "Little Black Book" is worth the price of the time it takes for my internet to download it and the CD I burn it onto. Maybe. Hey, I pay for quality merchandise. For example? As of this Tuesday, I'll have bought "The Princess Bride" on DVD TWICE.
Oh, and if you're the kind of movie studio who makes a hot mix trailer of your films on DVD to a hard-hitting action-packed song, and you include SIDEWAYS, then I definitely don't feel bad about stealing.
