Posted by Gorf on 12/06/07 15:44

Brian Henderson <BrianL.Henderson@NOSPAM.verizon.net> wrote in
news:84pel3libcn3lo3njthp20vb47la6cancj@4ax.com:

> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:43:00 +0100 (CET), Gorf <pew@pew.pew> wrote:
>
>>pure bull. because of the online thieves, dvd releases trail theater
>>releases by about 6 months, and the bulk of the reviews for any given
>>movie are released during its theater run.
>
> The speed of DVD releases has nothing to do with people taping movies
> in theaters, it has to do with the realization that nobody is going to
> go back to the theater to see most movies, they might as well make
> money while the money-making is good. The simple fact is, people have
> been making tapes in theaters for decades, ever since video cameras
> have been available, it didn't have a damn thing to do with it.

red herring. the mpaa is not concerned with lossy bootlegging. organized
criminal pirate networks' use of bribes and thievery allows them to
acquire dvd-quality workprints and screeners before movies even open. it
doesn't matter if bootlegging went on before, because the situation
today is much worse. really, even you must realize the difference in
scale that internet distribution makes. comparing 2007 bootlegging crime
rings to 1970s bootleggers is like comparing a nuclear weapon to a six-
shooter.

>
>>you are brainwashed. piracy is happening in a big way and it is
hurting
>>the music and movie industries. if you think "spider man 3," one of
the
>>examples cited, was not hugely pirated you are ignorant, crazy or a
>>liar. there is no other explanation.
>
> Oh, I'm sure it was, that doesn't change the fact that Spider-Man 3
> sucked donkey dicks.

explain then why it was massively sought-after.

> You're mistaking correlation with causation.

actually, that's your bag - arguing that your subjective assessment of
movie quality somehow suffices as an argument explaining lackluster dvd
sales, in the face of the industry's hard data which clearly shows the
effects of piracy.

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