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King Kong vs. Movie Pirates
Caoz writes "The New York Times is running an interesting article about movie piracy with Peter Jackson providing some comments. There a couple of comments that I thought were surprising. Like an executive admitting that file sharers are not the biggest threat to Hollywood. From the article: 'There is a very dark, black cloud in this game. It's not in the hands of kids who live next door to you; it's organized groups and organized crime.' Why are they suing bitorrent users then?"
They're assholes.
Nuf said
Because bittorrent users won't find you and pop a cap in your ass like organized crime sydicates tend to do.
Why are they suing bitorrent users then? Because suing johnusername @ xxx.xxx.xxx.xx has been deemed legal.
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Why don't consumers buying/wearing fake branded products get arrested?
Simple, Nike hasn't pushed for it, but the recording/movie industry has. However, I'd be nice if they did.
I, for one, would like to see law enforcement officers ripping counterfeited t-shirts off of materialistic girls.
This sig rocks the casbah.
Yeah, that'll go over well:
"T-shirt inspector!"
*slap*
"No, really! I am a t-shirt inspector!"
..and theres me getting all excited, thinking there's an early rip of King Kong out.
Back to the monkey pr0n in the mean time...
echo $sig;
"Imagine law enforcement officers roaming the streets and ripping counterfeited t-shirts off materialistic girls."
*blink*
*blink-blink*
*smile*
TFA failed to mention the strongest safeguard against piracy incorporated into the re-release of King Kong: The constant, talentless presence of Jack Black. Put him in every new movie, and nobody would want a bootleg copy.
Of course, it would also kill the theatrical releases, but no plan is perfect.
This wouldn't even be a real contest. I'm betting 5 to 1 on kong, in three rounds.
A guy walks into a bar... well, I forgot the joke, but the punchline is that he's an alcoholic.
"All posts marked "Funny" will be mod'ed or metamod'ed down."
Oh, poetic justice is going to be such a wonderful bitch...
"But I trust in the people's capacity for reflection, rage and rebellion." -Oscar Olivera
you're the boss that steals the idea's from the little guy and presents them as his aren't you?
Never attribute to malice what can sufficiently be explained by incompetence.
Imagine law enforcement officers roaming the streets and ripping counterfeited t-shirts off materialistic girls.
I dream of it every night.
Think yourself lucky. At least you didn't watch the whole of Madagascar.
No jury in their right mind would convict someone who downloads Britney Spears and 50 Cents.
- These characters were randomly selected.
Why wouldn't they rip a t-shirt off your chest? Is it your mad informatics skills? Your knowledge of Star Trek? Your chatting on IRC? Why? Why would nobody in their right mind rip a T-shirt off your chest? I it because you're...DUTCH?
Don't leave us hanging...
--Mike
Truth. Screwing a dog would be unpleasant for all concerned but at least you know that you're the only human likely to have been boning the animal, depending on where you live of course.
-- Using the preview button since 2005
That's the equivalent of being "that guy" who during a riot loots a box of Rice Crispies,
Why the hell not? No one is going to miss a box of Rice Crispies!
And they're good, too. Especially if made into cookies!
Karnal