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The Hurt Locker Producers Sue First 5,000 File-Sharers
Voltage Pictures, the production company behind 2008's Oscar-winning Iraq war film The Hurt Locker, today sued 5,000 people who illegally downloaded the movie over BitTorrent. Quoting CNET:
"Attorneys for Voltage wrote in the complaint that unless the court stops the people who pirate The Hurt Locker then Voltage will suffer 'great and irreparable injury that cannot fully be compensated or measured in money.' Voltage has asked the court to prevent those who downloaded the movie without paying for it from downloading its movies ever again, and order them to destroy all copies of The Hurt Locker from their computers and any other electronic devices they may have transferred the film to. As for monetary damages, the movie's producers want those found to have pilfered the movie to pay actual or statutory damages and cover the costs that went into filing the suits."
According to the complaint (PDF), the 5,000 infringers are known only by their IP addresses at this time.
Pure and shameless war propaganga. The fact that not even americans would pay to watch it says everything. After all, a good movie brings good money regardless the degree of pirating - or, maybe, because of the pirating.
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These people are BREAKING THE LAW
No they're not. It's copyright infringement, which is a civil matter. Before spouting nonsense, try knowing a modicum about the subject first, otherwise you come across as another paid MAFIAA lacky.
"The movie sucked" isn't an excuse to steal it. Try taking a candy bar from the store and then telling the cops "man, I heard this candy bar tastes terrible! no way would I pay for it."
Netflix and Redbox have agreements with the studio to rent those movies out. The people who made the movie AGREE to have their movies rented that way. That's the difference between renting and stealing.
Bottom line: Don't break the law and then cry about how unfair life is when you get called on it.
Those who think pirating helps companies make money are just trying to justify their own illegal activity. You want it, you pay for it. Not willing or able to pay for it? Do without. It's a movie (music, game, whatever). You don't need it.
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Seems to have worked pretty well for Lost, Heroes, Bones, and other television shows.
Because those are TV shows that rely on a different business model. They do not ask you for money up front. They ask you to watch commercials that retailers have paid them to show. They seek market share over everything else because the more people are interested in a show, the more they can charge for advertising.
Movies and music are paid for just like bread. You walk up and hand over cash. If you walk out of the store without paying, you're a thief. Same thing here...
Piracy may be common place, but not everybody does it. Luckily, a significant amount of people still have some morals left.
Your goal is to make piracy acceptable, both morally and legally. If you succeed, do you really think said people will still exist? If there's no moral or legal reason not to pirate?
No, if you make it acceptable, there WON'T BE those "record years". And hence no money for movies to be made.
On the other hand, maybe you don't really want piracy to be legal and/or moral, you just want those who do pirate to be left alone. On the one hand, you want one group of people to pay for content so it can still be made. On the other hand, you want to be part of this privileged group that gets to do what they want, enjoyning the works that others have paid for.
You, sir, are an elitist prick, just like every other pirate out there.
And this is why people say pirates are assholes. They're not contributing to society in any meaningful way so they should not get to enjoy the benefits of society - whether this society is just digital entertainment or something greater. You're like those morons who claim that their property is an independent state not subject to the laws of their country; yet still expect gas, water, electricity, phones, internet, emergency services, welfare and unrestricted travel with said country.
Ok, troll.