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Arrest in Caridi FBI Investigation
skillio writes "The FBI arrested one Russell Sprague in Illinois on Thursday in connection with the previously reported Carmine Caridi dvd screener leak investigation. Given the FBI's figure of up to 60 screeners a year provided by Caridi, and Sprague's clearly sophisticated setup, one can't help but wonder if this will prove to be the main, if not sole, source of these dvd screener leaks. Caridi has yet to be charged, but after he's admitted to supplying Sprague with screeners for the last 3-5 years, I highly doubt his innocence will remain unchallenged for very long."
Killed *A* guy?
Reality check: Bush has killed thousands, without ever even seeing them. At least Janklow gave direct personal attention to the guy he killed. And then he took the responsibility.
And Bush won't serve a minute of time.
Why are actors paid $50,000,000 for doing a film instead of, say, $50,000 or $200,000? It's just acting. It's not like they're risking their life or health. I think we're at the start of a trend which will end up with people who work in industries where copying is a problem being paid less, and people who actually provide something useful to society, such as teachers, nurses, etc getting paid more.
Not all movies are like this though. And the people that put up the money for movies are not doing so out of the kindness of their heart. They would like to see a profit so they can turn around and make another movie.
For instance, the Lord of the Rings trilogy cost a lot of money to make, but it's all up there on the screen. The actors didn't get 20 mil a piece to do it either. I suppose they could have done the movies ala "Our Town": no sets, no costumes, no FX to speak of...just a barely lit stage against black with the actors simply acting their lines with a voice-over that tells the action. Yeah...Tolkein come to life!
And art isn't useful to society? I beg to differ. Art can enoble society. Can enlighten. Can cause discussion and (gasp) dialog with our fellow humans! Sure, 90% of movies out there today couldn't be considered "art", but there are some out there that are. Collabrative artform.
I suppose people will start justifing downloading movies like they do music. "the movies coming out today suck, so I'm not paying for it...but I'll download it".
"Actors/directors/producers/cinematographers/ makeup/wardrobe/sound/fx/grips/best boys/art dept/ have to understand they won't get money now from movies and DVD's, they'll have to get it from performing live gigs". Wow...sounds pretty stupid when I put it that way...huh?
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
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Hypocrite Troll. You yourself killed hundreds of Iraqi children because you either directly or indirectly paid taxes that paid for the bombs dropped on their homes.
My other first post is car post.
And by the way, I don't give a fuck about wheather you want any movies ever again. You've proven yourself to be too stupid to follow a simple thread and therefore I could not care less about what you do with your life as long as you stay the fuck out of my way. Of course, you sound so dumb that I would imagine you can't get a job and will eventually be on welfare - living off my hard earned money. But as long as you stay in the ghetto where you and the other social deviants belong, I am happy to watch you rot on a small pittance each month.
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