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For-Profit, Illegal Movie Download Sites Threaten MPAA

Posted by kdawson on from the good-luck-shutting-those-down dept.

vossman77 writes that BitTorrent is no longer the MPAA's enemy number one. They are now more concerned about illicit, for-profit movie download sites. This reader adds, "Just a thought, but maybe if the studios offered a low-cost, for-profit, legitimate download site without DRM, they could receive the profits at the expense of the cyberlockers." "Movie fans downloading free pirated films are no longer Hollywood's worst nightmare, but that's only because of a newer menace: cheap, and equally illegal, subscription services. Foreign, often mob-run, businesses aggregate illegally obtained movies into 'cyberlockers.' Cyberlocker-based businesses operate from Russia, Ukraine, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, and elsewhere. ... Hollywood movies are made available via illegal for-profit sites within days of theatrical release, while the advent of global releasing now allows the proliferation of individual titles into an array of language dubs within the first month of a theatrical debut. ... When movies are released on DVD and Blu-ray disc, the sites upgrade the quality of video offered from camcorded images to pristine digital copies. 'Sometimes these sites look better than the legitimate sites,' Huntsberry said. 'That's the irony.'"

12 of 387 comments (clear)

  1. Re:from the good-luck-shutting-those-down dept. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good. Now it's MAFIAA vs. Mafia.

  2. Pay attention to the site names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you are a subscriber to:

    Sorny.com
    UniblersalStudios.com
    Fox.com

    You are probably getting ripped off by the mob.

  3. Disney vs. The Russkaya Mafiya by cutecub · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now THAT is a movie I'd pay money to see.

    -S

  4. Re:No different from the "legit" studios by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    "legit" studios MAKE FUCKING MOVIES.

    No, the porno studios make fucking movies.

  5. Re:Reminds Me of AllOfMP3 by Shikaku · · Score: 2, Funny

    It was just RIAA which was refusing to accept the money

    ARE THEY RETARDED!?

  6. Re:Who would give their CC # to a questionable sit by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 2, Funny

    OTOH, the illegal sites are less likely to rootkit your computer than the legal ones!

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  7. Re:Just a thought by kevinNCSU · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cheap and DRM free is not going to happen if that small city is going to eat and dress their children

    I'm not sure I want to be paying them if they plan on using it to eat their children!! ;)

  8. Re:Irony Of Ironies by jeffmeden · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, you must be a lot of fun at parties. Are you Lewis Carroll's ghost? You make a convincing opium addict, I will give you that.

  9. Re:why would anyone BUY an illegal copy? by nacturation · · Score: 2, Funny

    How is babby formed? How girl get pragnant?

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  10. Re:why would anyone BUY an illegal copy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And the price I want to pay is zero, so there will always be a black market for people like me.

    At least you're part of the minority that's honest.

  11. Re:why would anyone BUY an illegal copy? by BronsCon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mod +1, Ironic

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  12. Re:Crime Pays by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, with hookers you often end up paying every time you pee.

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