DVD pirates put out hits on Lucky and Flo the crime dogs

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James @ Mar 22nd 2007 4:20PM

I wish people could get their shit straight:

* College kids downloading movies they wouldn't have paid to see anyway: real. Impact to movie industry bottom line: pretty much squat.

* College kids that the MPAA wants you to believe look exactly like Snidely Whiplash and who STEAL from HARD WORKING ARTISTS AND FILMMAKERS: not real. Impact to movie industry: see above.

* Chinese, Russian, Malaysian, etc. crime syndicates engaging in mass piracy as a retail operation: real. Impact to movie industry bottom line: not trivial -- DVD revenue in Asia is pretty much non-existent.

So I worry for these poor dogs (I have a soft spot for working canines) and feel zero sympathy for assholes like these guys who had their operation busted up. Small scale piracy hurts no-one; these industrial operations are a big part of the reason consumer media has gotten so expensive and DRM/copy protection has gotten so onerous. I wish good luck to Lucky and Flo.

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Muu @ Mar 22nd 2007 5:28PM

Don't go saying that Average College Joe isn't hurting the industry by sharing a few titles here and there; individual effects may be small, but there's enough people doing the same thing that when combined it's significant enough to be hurting sales.

That said, the decision of one pirate is going to have no effect whatsoever anyway, and since most people know this, nothing short of very strong negative incentives are going to stop them all. My point? If you're a pirate, you ARE part of the problem; just don't sweat it 'cause nothing you do will make a difference anyway.

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