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King Kong vs. Movie Pirates

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the movie-sets-better-than-fort-knox dept.

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?"

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  1. Why bittorrent users??? by mobiux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because bittorrent users won't find you and pop a cap in your ass like organized crime sydicates tend to do.

  2. Re:Bitorrent User Group by Vorondil28 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  3. Re:Bitorrent User Group by op12 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, that'll go over well:

    "T-shirt inspector!"
    *slap*
    "No, really! I am a t-shirt inspector!"