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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 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!"
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.
you're the boss that steals the idea's from the little guy and presents them as his aren't you?