Posted by Gaz on 12/28/05 03:08

RCE Defiant wrote:
> "Covenant" <covenantWITHOUTTHISBIT@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:H4isf.39401$vl2.283@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>
>> "Vhit" <invalid@vhit.co.uk.INVALID> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1e1bb14b935f2ead98aa2c@no-cancel.newsreader.com...
>>> <uk.media.dvd , Schrodinger , no@way.com>
>>> <C2hsf.201690$xV6.161554@fe02.news.easynews.com>
>>> <Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:59:30 GMT>
>>>
>>>> We have bought quite a few DVDs over Christmas, after not buying any
>>>> for
>>>> a
>>>> few months.
>>>>
>>>> On every one there is a couple of minute long video about "Why steal
>>>> intellectual property if you wouldn't steal anything else".
>>>>
>>>> This, of course, can't be skipped.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So in effect - pirate dvds are better because they dont have that stupid
>>> cant be skipped feature ? .
>>
>>
>> In effect, people maybe MORE inclined to *get* pirates if they have to
>> sit
>> through a holier-than-thou piece of propoganda, aimed at the people who
>> HAVEN'T actually bought the disc, rather than the person who HAS bought
>> it, has to suffer!
>>
>>
>> --
>> Covenant
>> A Man With Far Too Much Time On His Hands
>>
>
> Those anti-piracy pieces you have to put up with at the cinema and on
> DVD's
> must be aimed at the people who make the anti-piracy messages cos only
> them
> must be stupid enough to believe their own shite!

Quite, I remember on this very forum some years ago, when the whole cinema
to dvd piracy was taking off, the fantastic dvd screener of Lord of the
rings, and the first harry potter.

No more where pirate copies second rate, this was as good as it got, the
threads ran on for miles people dismissing the screen captures as fakes etc.

The fact is, on all but the newest releases, it is usually possible to get
some fantastic quality pirated dvds. A very well done telesync can be
amazing, for the companies to claim every fake dvd is like watching it on a
mobile phone is nonesense.

Gaz

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