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MPAA Plans To Launch Movie Links Site

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-evil-just-confused dept.

eldavojohn writes "To combat piracy, the MPAA's latest idea involves a site that would allow users to search for a movie and then provide links to legit legal downloads or ticket purchases for it. Why are they doing this? Because their research showed 'many users have a hard time differentiating between legal and illegal content online.' And all this time I thought people pirated movies because it was cheaper to do! Turns out they were just confused."

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  1. Where do I sign up? by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Normally, I would pirate a movie because it's free, has no DRM, and is available at any time (even while the movie is still playing in theaters). Then when it came out on DVD or Blu-ray later, I would buy it and give the filmmaker their fair cut (I'm not not looking to rip them off, I just want a copy of the movie to play at home).

    But now that the MPAA has given me a chance to pay money to download from a piss-poor selection of movies that are all crippled by DRM, all I can say is "Thank God!" I mean, what I really want is a poor quality copy of a movie that requires me to connect to the internet and get the studio okay every time I watch it, won't let me make copies or share it with friends, and costs just as much as if I went and bought it on DVD (with the added bonus of none of the DVD extra content).

    Yep, the MPAA finally gets it!

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    1. Re:Where do I sign up? by GigaHurtsMyRobot · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hackers Paradise!! I want to see this site serving camcorder torrents of the dark knight by the end of the week, and the MPAA suing themselves shortly afterwards.

    2. Re:Where do I sign up? by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just another case of Internet anonymity gone wrong.

      ...Says the "bravecanadian." Ohh look! I've got a strawman too!

    3. Re:Where do I sign up? by An.+(Coward) · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe you and all your friends should march into the nearest Apple store and take turns spending hours harassing the Geniuses there about Apple's DRM policies so that all the regular customers get so sick of waiting for assistance that they go home and build Linux boxes.

  2. Confused? by mseidl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, because whenever I'm downloading movies, I'm always confused where I should insert the quarters...

    As it turns out, the floppy drive isn't such a good idea.

  3. It's a trap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you don't buy anything they'll record your IP and launch a lawsuit.

  4. Your search... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Batman thepiratebay torrent" did not yield any results.

  5. We're just not explaining it right. by mcmonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is one of those debates I find fun because pretty much everyone is wrong. If you're getting something for free that you normally have to pay for, how is that not illegal?

    It's like the pennies in the tray at the cash register...

  6. Well... by Tastecicles · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I never knew what to do with all those pesky plastic discs.

    SKEET!

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