Besieged Movie Industry Suffers Record Takings

nagora writes "The BBC is reporting that the movie industry, in yet another illustration of just how much damage the Internet is doing to the long-suffering members of the MPAA, has just endured a record breaking $1Billion dollar takings for the single month of June. Clearly there is a desperate need to tighten up copyright laws in the face of this huge mountain of cash that is literally being metaphorically syphoned into the studios' pockets. How will they survive? "

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Translation of the /. Article Summary:

[Anonymous Coward]

"Its A-OK to take copies of things we did not pay for! This just further justifies our illegal and immoral actions, in out own minds at least!"

Re:For those that didn't read the article

[Richard_at_work]

And nothing else can, can it? I really wish people would stop trying to legitimise copyright infringement everytime the MPAA or the RIAA announces record profits/takings/box office sales. If you dont want to pay the fare, dont partake in the reward, its as simple as that.

Some points commonly made:

• Ive watched it once (twice, three times) at the cinema, Im now downloading it because I want to watch it again. What is it that makes people think they have a right to not pay for a viewing of a film when thats the only legal way for the general public to view it? It doesnt matter how many times youve paid to see it so far, the offer is still "pay and see", not "pay and see, and see, and see, and see." THAT offer comes out when its on DVD.
• I want to see if its any good before I spend money IF you go into a resteraunt, do you refuse to pay just because you didnt like what you ordered off the menu? No, and if you did the resteraunt owner would be calling the police! You go someplace else, you dont go back to that resteraunt, you order something else off the menu, or all of the above! Its called 'voting with your feet or money', and that is what you should do with movies, dont view another one by that director/produce/whoever.
• I cant afford to see it in the cinema/buy the DVD. Auuh diddums. Read a book, they are cheaper and you can get more enjoyment out of them. I cant afford caviar or champagne, but I make do. I cant afford to go to the cinema everytime a new film comes out, so I paid out for a lovefilm subscription (UK version of netflix, theres also webflix and blockbuster doing similiar deals in the UK - 20 a month for 4 or 5 dvds at a time unlimited rentals). I now enjoy a new film pretty much every night when I want to, and I usually get new DVD releases sent to me the day they are out.
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  Theres no way that increased takings announced by the MPAA can legitmise downloading of copyrighted material, sorry but thats the way it is. The only person who can legitimise it is the MPAA or copyright holder themselves, and until that happens Im afraid you are in the cold. Unless you request a major copyright change through the government.

Re:If they don't stop making shit movies they won'

[UnixRawks]

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