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Oscar winners see huge surge in pirated downloads following the awards ceremony
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article published on 4 March, 2014
While the Academy Awards will undoubtedly lead to a surge in movie sales and legal downloads, it has also proven to be a boon for unauthorized pirated downloads.
Citing data from public torrent trackers (not including cyber lockers and private trackers), Torrentfreak says illegal downloads for "12 Years a Slave" tripled week-over-week and "Gravity" saw downloads double.
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8. March 2014 @ 04:26 |
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Originally posted by getanacct:
Originally posted by Virgil_B:
Originally posted by peterdou:
Originally posted by Virgil_B:
Why pirate a copy of the movie when you can stream it in HD for $5.00 from Amazon? Besides, the pirated versions are not necessarily the same quality as the one you stream or buy. DVDs have always seemed to be reasonably priced to me considering the money invested to produce the movie so I would rather buy the movie than pirate it.
try telling that to someone without $5 to feed themselfs
I am not trying to start an argument, but if a person doesn't have 5 dollars to feed themselves then how are they going to defend their actions in court should they get caught pirating movies? I have a friend that was caught pirating movies and uploading them to the internet. The courts fined them $600,000 dollars and literally destroyed them. The court and the attorney's fees virtually took everything that they had.
+1. If someone can't afford the attorney's fees, etc., then they should not pirate any movies, books, music, or what have you.
I was a poor college student once upon a time, but I graduated, and then found out what they'll do to those that download copyrighted material illegally.
I got with the program, and now download stuff legally, after I pay for it.
i disagree, its like fining a homeless suing a poor person, as long as they have the knowledge or assistance and time they can fight it and keep fighting it.
do you get a receipt or something for downloading stuff legally???can't a pirate just claimed they brought all the movies off itunes???
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8. March 2014 @ 08:25 |
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Originally posted by pmshah:
Originally posted by Jemborg:
Originally posted by Virgil_B:
I am not trying to start an argument, but if a person doesn't have 5 dollars to feed themselves then how are they going to defend their actions in court should they get caught pirating movies? I have a friend that was caught pirating movies and uploading them to the internet. The courts fined them $600,000 dollars and literally destroyed them. The court and the attorney's fees virtually took everything that they had.
Professors of constitutional law in the US have been arguing that these fines are unconstitutional because you are only allowed to sue for damages in a civil court... you understand?... NOT the PUNITIVE FINES that have obviously been imposed as examples to others!!!
If many more of these court cases went through there would be an uproar. They are getting away with it because of the small number of cases, the financial circumstances of the accused and because the US is beholden to big corp.
So if I download a movie illegally and don't upload it to anybody, they can only sue me for say 10 or 15 dollars, possible price if I were to purchase it ?
I guess they might take into account the number of people you might have shown it to plus court costs etc. ...but essentially yes.
It would be difficult to argue you were a "pirate" under the new definition of the word.
I guess a corp could argue emotional damages but I reckon that would be a tad hard even for them :)
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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16. March 2014 @ 12:32 |
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37 Originally posted by wheelstb:
I think this trend speaks to the core of piracy. People are not stealing movies in the conventional sense. They are watching movies that interest them simply because they are free. If they have to pay for the movies, they wouldn't have anything to do with them.
The award ceremonies generate interest, people are going to want to check them out without risking anything.
Absolutely agree thats the crux of the matter as we would never pay for half of the trash coming out of Usa filmwise - well maybe with the exception of Riddick - Awesome - i torrented it then being so impressed i had to see it at the cinema and i will purchase the Blue Ray when it comes out so a winner for the producers.
I think this is the point the piracy hunters are missing.
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16. March 2014 @ 23:01 |
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Originally posted by omendata:
37 Originally posted by wheelstb:
I think this trend speaks to the core of piracy. People are not stealing movies in the conventional sense. They are watching movies that interest them simply because they are free. If they have to pay for the movies, they wouldn't have anything to do with them.
The award ceremonies generate interest, people are going to want to check them out without risking anything.
Absolutely agree thats the crux of the matter as we would never pay for half of the trash coming out of Usa filmwise - well maybe with the exception of Riddick - Awesome - i torrented it then being so impressed i had to see it at the cinema and i will purchase the Blue Ray when it comes out so a winner for the producers.
I think this is the point the piracy hunters are missing.
I concur. From the IMDB ratings I see an increasing trend towards werewolves and grisly bloodthirsty visuals amongst US viewers. Something that turns me off totally. I am more into genuine comedy and good action/suspense/drama. At my age I have also stopped watching human interest movies. What I am interested in is entertainment, and not something that gets me worked up but be unable to do anything about.
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17. March 2014 @ 15:33 |
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Originally posted by pmshah:
So if I download a movie illegally and don't upload it to anybody, they can only sue me for say 10 or 15 dollars, possible price if I were to purchase it ?
Depends how you download direct link from a host site possibly, you would probably have to download on an open network that is not secure to get caught that way. Utorrent is the worst as what they end up doing is seeding the file and grab all IP's that connect. Everything is traceable online I am sure just give them time and they will get all the dirt on you. They are not looking to fry small fish either they want a boat load of cash and to set an example that you are not really free you better listen to the man, man.
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17. March 2014 @ 18:00 |
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Originally posted by Mr_Bill06:
Originally posted by pmshah:
So if I download a movie illegally and don't upload it to anybody, they can only sue me for say 10 or 15 dollars, possible price if I were to purchase it ?
Depends how you download direct link from a host site possibly, you would probably have to download on an open network that is not secure to get caught that way. Utorrent is the worst as what they end up doing is seeding the file and grab all IP's that connect. Everything is traceable online I am sure just give them time and they will get all the dirt on you. They are not looking to fry small fish either they want a boat load of cash and to set an example that you are not really free you better listen to the man, man.
They certainly DO go after a small fish like students etc. who cant afford to challenge the unconstitutionality of the fine to make examples of them... they certainly DON'T expect to recoup their losses but are using the courts to stop the practice of "piracy".
As to the rest... I guess that's why many in the USA use Usenet nowadays. It cant be packet-sniffed.
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