This is ridiculous. RIAA is suing people for file sharing, and the MPAA is plaguing our TV and theater screens with those ridiculous propaganda ads trying to convince people that by us downloading pirated movies, some chick Hollywood isn't going to be able pay off her student loans. Hey you know what? These people are going to get paid for what they do no matter what I download off the internet.

The record industry is getting so fussy about music downloads, and major decrease in sales because, frankly, they do have a right to. With the growing developments in technology and such, people have been able to recreate the full quality and convenience of CD audio (among others) and therefore provided folks with a near lossless alternative to going out and buying CDs. And yeah, I think that sucks. Companies need to make money to produce bigger and better things, and if people are not paying for CDs and such, this isn't possible. This is such a big issue only because computers are able to recreate a perfect alternative to CD audio, and if you can get it for free why go out and buy it?

Things are a bit different with the movie industry however... we can obviously see why they are worried, with the sales decrease in the record industry and all, and they are probably intertwined with the record companies too. But why give people some cockamamie idea that the movie pirate situation is even near as prominent as the one the RIAA is facing? Until the day every god damn person on the planet is willing to spend hours and hours downloading a 'rip' of a DVD or whatever, pirates aren't going to cut a big hole out of the MPAA's pockets. Most common forms of movie downloads come in DVD rips. A rip is usually a DVD movie that has been decoded and compressed for easy download and playing. The keyword is 'compressed.' These downloads aren't even near the full DVD experience. Let us not even mention cam-recordings. These are horrible quality movies that people got somehow in some place, that have been recorded with a camcorder. These movie downloads are grainy, and colorless. And even the best of this bunch has hissy and crackling sound.

Most people don't have a 50ft projection screen in their living room or a THX certified giant speaker system, and if they did they would most likely be violating some sound ordinance code in their neighborhood. Most people aren't willing to give up the theater experience for a cheap 20 dollar multimedia speaker and 15 inch computer screen. Even back when television was first invented, some people were afraid no one would want to go to the theater anymore, when they can get free shows and movies on a little box at home. The movie industry however, stands strong today in 2003. No one with a set of eyes and ears realize the theater experience is truly unique, and I for one strongly doubt a computer would replace such a medium.

People usually aren't willing to download 4.7GB of data for a full DVD, even if they existed. The average consumer in America has either dial-up, cable, or DSL internet. It takes hours to download crap-quality movies even for people with a decent internet. What makes the MPAA think it is such a threat, at least in this time in history? Most average computer users don't even know where to find movie downloads. The people who download these things are geeks sitting at home eating potato chips that have no life to go to an actual theater.

And speaking of geekdom, the ripping and compressing process is truly only for geeks, as for it takes on an average computer about 8 to 9 hours just to compress a 2 hour video file. Then, as already mentioned, one has to download these movies, which most likely takes several more hours, then perhaps they want to watch it as a VCD on their DVD/VCD player? That again takes about several more hours. Not mentioning the know-how and the software to do this kind of thing, but merely the time consumption alone is enough to sway the average user from going through with this process. Only the truly, err, dedicated, or perhaps even obsessed is really going to rip, upload (or download), and burn. Approximately 16 hours, at least in my experience, wasted to watch a crappy, grainy, colorless, 2 hours movie.

Yet the MPAA still bombards us with this propaganda campaign. I believe it was Cris Judd who said that he doesn't care about any of the RIAA/MPAA crap, because although he's part of the movie-making process, he still gets paid, and it does not affect him. So you know what MPAA? I say to everyone since these fucks are so worried, let us give them something to INDEED be worried about. I say download your hearts out, rip DVDs, and share, share, share! Boycott theaters, DVD, and VHS? Maybe... All I'm really concerned about is how fast this damn movie will finish downloading.
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Yeah man. everything is fucked up.

Quote: "This is ridiculous. RIAA is suing people for file sharing, and the MPAA is plaguing our TV and theater screens with those ridiculous propaganda ads trying to convince people that by us downloading pirated movies"

yeah man, makes me wanna switch to downloading all the tv shows and watching them on my computer. oh yeah and maybe stream the video of all those shows.

ok, first off the mp3 isnt as good as actually buying a CD, when will you people learn that. if you're gonna bass test your home theater, what the fuck are you doing, burning a 128kbps mp3 as CDA format onto a CDR(W) ? yeah i know 320kbps is really good, but still you dont get all of the frequencies. oh yeah and also when people burn them onto a cd for their cd player or whatever, theyre usually too stupid to know that they can burn it as good ol CDA, they usually convert the file to a huge ass WAV and then burn it. this calls for an extreme loss of quality, plus a possible popping/hissing/buzzing sound, and it isnt compatible in all cd players.

People who download movie rips are people who feel as though the movie isnt worth the price of a ticket/rental. i've had that feeling before. if the movie has some really good special effects, or if it is something that you need the theater experience, then you would go rent it or go to the theater. if nobody says its that great, but you still have an urge to see it. download it and watch it. if it sucked then you have no means to complain about the cost.

A lot of people dont know how to view a movie they downloaded on their TV, however most computer savvy people do, or at least can figure out a way in no time. of course you have your ways of connecting the computer to your tv, burning the movie so your dvd player can view it... a large computer screen is good. if you watch it from only a few feet away, it seems like a reasonably large TV (perspective wise, just like how a penny can look larger than the moon, you can see everything on the penny though). i'm just fine watching some movies on my computer. why else do people have DVDroms installed on their home pc?

Of course the actual DVD is always nice to have, if you want the full quality. but for the full quality you have to have a fuckin awesome home theater. if you dont, there is no difference from downloading a DVDrip.

ok people dont download a full DVD's size (~4.7 gigs). thats rediculous (unless ur on a godlike internet connection). most people who try to download movies dont have a fast internet connection, usually dialup or something. if so then why dont the people just go and rent the damn dvd. its gonna take you days to download that movie you want, even the small low ass quality bootlegs will take forever. just go and pay for the damn thing.

yeah people use vcds, they suck, unless you go with svcd, they look pretty good. i still havent tried xvcd, but thats so big that you would only use it if you encode for yourself. same with sxvcd.

Quote: "Yet the MPAA still bombards us with this propaganda campaign. I believe it was Cris Judd who said that he doesn't care about any of the RIAA/MPAA crap, because although he's part of the movie-making process, he still gets paid, and it does not affect him. So you know what MPAA? I say to everyone since these fucks are so worried, let us give them something to INDEED be worried about. I say download your hearts out, rip DVDs, and share, share, share! Boycott theaters, DVD, and VHS? Maybe... All I'm really concerned about is how fast this darn movie will finish downloading."

yeah the MPAA can waste as much of its money that it wants. i dont care. as a matter of fact i bought another DVD 2 days ago. I have plenty of CDs (which i also have many of the tracks on mp3). VHS sucks, i have a few of those which are pretty dusty.

fuck man, just PAY FOR IT. if you dont then la di freakin daa thats your own business. if you are a student, then go ahead dont pay for it whatever.

yeah, i totally agree with you as well, my stance is the fact that i dont like the MPAA being so bitchy about it. like you say, most people DO in fact choose to buy the DVD.. most people DO choose to just rent the damn thing. so i dun know what they are fussing about.

yeah, they're just some money greedy bastards.

Xero i so agreee!!!

Man that Paper... it inspires me...

Dang if i was an English Teacher i would give u an A for it lol

but i agree. This RIAA and MPAA Bulshit is too much.

THe government is creating so many organizations for so many things. That sooner or later the US will have a big fuss of watching broadcasted Television. THis has to stop. The free world should be how should i put this.... FREE!!! Due to people's unwillingness to share we have created a system of trade and barter and had eventually had let pieces of paper become the most searched for item in America! i understand that we should allow this but cmon.. this will fail. Once free it will always be free. The thing is that music is a form of speech. and according to the 1st amendment speech should be free! this hassle of people losing money was created becuz people are bozos.

You really want these guys gone lol... I bet you would go drop a nuke on them if it caused you to lose your life :roll:

You know what RIAA is actually causing... there making people so mad that there sales are going to decrease more because there making people mad... so people will start to not suppost the record company's.

Hmm, do you want to arrange something? I know someone who might be able to make it happen.


lol jk.

lol

Everyone is gonna rebel records that support the RIAA