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Why I Steal Movies (Even Ones I'm In)
Jamie found a link saying "Like a billion other people, I download things illegally. I'm also an actor, writer, and director whose income depends on revenue from DVDs, movies, and books.This leads to many conflicts in my head, in my heart, and in bars."
I'd recommend Look Around You, it's (IMHO) far better than The Peter Serafinowicz Show. Of course, Shaun of the Dead (also mentioned in the article) is absolutely brilliant, and should be required viewing for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
He was the voice of Darth Maul. He also created the fantastically funny "science" show Look Around You, and has been involved in various comedies including Shaun of the Dead.
Best DVD Easter Egg ever, and this really works on nearly all discs and all players. When you pop in the disc and the auto-preview garbage starts up, hit STOP, STOP, and then PLAY. In most players, this automatically starts the main feature on the disc. I found this info in a youtube vid some weeks ago. I'd credit it, but don't have the URL.
I only post comments when someone on the internet is wrong.
He was the asshole who stole Simon Pegg's girl on Spaced. He's done a ton of other stuff too (mostly in Britain). He's one of those guys who pops up on a ton of BBC shows, mostly comedies. I had certainly heard of him, but then I've seen a lot of BBC comedies.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Steam showed that halving the game's price results is more than twice the sales. Which in the end means more profit.
Not necessarily. Sometimes the publisher of a video game based on a licensed underlying work is required to pay a fixed royalty per copy to this underlying work's copyright owner. This means that whether the game costs $20 per copy or $10 per copy, the underlying work's copyright owner still gets its $2 or more per copy.
Don't watch DVD's on your Xbox, or on any system made by Microsoft or Sony.
Plenty of non-name-brand DVD players don't implement the 'user can't skip' feature. Mine doesn't implement that. I can skip all that crap, and always do.
While he's probably not very well known outside of the UK, it's a bit harsh to call him an "actor"; he's been in quite a lot of successful stuff including Star Wars: Episode One, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced, Black Books, The IT Crowd, Look Around You, etc.
Actually, if he were in court on trial for any variation of "theft" (eg robbery, burglary, etc.) for simply violating a copyright, the case would be dismissed. These are not the same terms, they are not the same crimes, and they cannot be tried as such. Copyright infringement is not, has not been, and hopefully never will be considered in legal terms theft. People need to stop conflating these terms.
I support the Slashcott and will not be reading or commenting from 2/10/14 to 2/17/14. Beta is steaming pile of dog shit