|
|
|
Louisiana man sentenced to one year for piracy
|
|
The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 23 August, 2008
A Louisiana man has been sentenced to one year in prison by a federal judge today for pirating thousands of DVDs and CDs in his apartment.
Although the case was pretty cut and dry, (he was caught trying to sell them) there was something more notable to be taken from the case, that of the MPAA's valuation of the pirated discs, which has slowly fallen from $3200 per disc in 2006, to a current ... [ read the full article ]
Please read the original article before posting your comments.
|
Member
|
25. August 2008 @ 23:10 |
Link to this message
|
|
lol, yea, i meant the spirit of New orleans...not the actual ppl who is rebuilding it. Heck, they find the cheapest labor they can find!
Your right, they dont get treated any differently, i understand where you are coming from. Is the fact how we react towards them when they are ungratful towards us, we just shouldnt take it personally but look at it differently if u know what i mean.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 25. August 2008 @ 23:13
|
|
Advertisement
|
 |
|
|
Newbie
1 product review
|
26. August 2008 @ 10:07 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by Hyasuma:
I'm sure everyone has a burn copy of cd or dvd somewhere in their house, unless they are flat out rich and can buy every single dvds cds out there that is released. I only buy the one i like, but before i buy them i download them and if they are worth buying, then i buy. For those who is selling for their own benefits...hell, if you go to Toronto in Canada, Pacific mall, every freaking movie store in there is burn copy, counterfit. Last year i saw Transformer in Toronto for 4th of july and the next day at the mall, they have them for 5 bucks on the shelf. They just cant win them all, i tell you, ppl is going to do it, and it ant no stopping them.
It is retarded, they charge 13-14 dollars per cd, they making more than 500% profit worth of making PER cd. LOOSING money? bull shi*, they ant losing crap, they keep saying they are losing money, but the truth is that they miss the days that counterfitting dont exist, because they get to make MORE profit out of them, thats why they are going after these ppl. f*c*ing selfish ppl. But yet, i still buy them just depends if i like them or not, and no i dont support the company, i support the artist themselves.
I have been in various bands and let me tell you, the band makes about 9-13% for their merch they sell (t-shirts, CD's, etc) The label gets the rest of the 91-87%. Bands are poor. That's all there is to it. So, what do you do? Go to shows and buy merch there. The band gets all the profit and it helps them tour, which brings them money, which helps thme record another album. The labels are the ones to blame. Also, major labels force bands who sign to them to sell all their music to the label, which means that the label has the copyright and essentially owns all the bands music. Labels screw bands.
|
Senior Member
4 product reviews
|
26. August 2008 @ 12:52 |
Link to this message
|
|
What if Pirates cut bands a deal of 50% of every counter fit sell, still making more than what the labels want to pay you.
|
Member
|
26. August 2008 @ 13:40 |
Link to this message
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Hyasuma:
I'm sure everyone has a burn copy of cd or dvd somewhere in their house, unless they are flat out rich and can buy every single dvds cds out there that is released. I only buy the one i like, but before i buy them i download them and if they are worth buying, then i buy. For those who is selling for their own benefits...hell, if you go to Toronto in Canada, Pacific mall, every freaking movie store in there is burn copy, counterfit. Last year i saw Transformer in Toronto for 4th of july and the next day at the mall, they have them for 5 bucks on the shelf. They just cant win them all, i tell you, ppl is going to do it, and it ant no stopping them.
It is retarded, they charge 13-14 dollars per cd, they making more than 500% profit worth of making PER cd. LOOSING money? bull shi*, they ant losing crap, they keep saying they are losing money, but the truth is that they miss the days that counterfitting dont exist, because they get to make MORE profit out of them, thats why they are going after these ppl. f*c*ing selfish ppl. But yet, i still buy them just depends if i like them or not, and no i dont support the company, i support the artist themselves.
I have been in various bands and let me tell you, the band makes about 9-13% for their merch they sell (t-shirts, CD's, etc) The label gets the rest of the 91-87%. Bands are poor. That's all there is to it. So, what do you do? Go to shows and buy merch there. The band gets all the profit and it helps them tour, which brings them money, which helps thme record another album. The labels are the ones to blame. Also, major labels force bands who sign to them to sell all their music to the label, which means that the label has the copyright and essentially owns all the bands music. Labels screw bands.
I really meant to say i support the artist, but not the company, yes i'm buying their cds and all that, but i got no choice if i want to purchase them do i? yes, i know band or artist dont make as much, but it all depends on how popular they are, the more popular they are the more money they make, and not only the company makes the money, they make money also. Is all a trade, you want to be famous, this is the trade we have to do, i keep this much, u get this much. If bands decides to do so, thats their problem, and they will make money other ways, advertising, tours, or selling their own bubble heads or something. They have more money than you think.
|
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
|
supersoad
Suspended permanently
|
26. August 2008 @ 19:34 |
Link to this message
|
|
bummer for that dude
|
|
