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Posted by higgy on 05/12/99 11:30
"The Man With No Name" wrote:
> Ever notice that, although the MPAA seems to think it's somehow
> useful to include the forced anti-piracy adds* at the beginning of
> DVDs, they don't consider the adds useful enough to justify paying to
> air them as
> television-commercials? (Were, at least, they would be specifically
> seen only by people who have paid for the DVD)
> Just a further indication of the contempt the studios have for their
> customers. They don't even have any confidence in the usefulness of
> these adds, but might as well include them anyway; who's cares about
> the customer's convenience?
>
> *Or, as I like to call them, the "If you were a pirate you'd already
> be enjoying the movie" commercials. (Not sure if that phrase is
> outdated, etc. but I seem to recall hearing it mentioned somewere as a
> common real-estate add. Apartment building with a sign that says "If
> you lived here, you'd be home by now")
Is the MPAA really responsible? So far I've only seen these "ads" forced
on UK discs. They're skippable on every R1 disc I've seen them on.
I must say that I find it a bizarre tactic - I actually regret paying
the fuckers everytime I encounter shit like that.
--
higgy.
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