February 13, 2012
Published: 6 Jan 10 12:28 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/24230/20100106/
In a corporate David and Goliath-style case, a Stockholm-based internet operator is fighting a file-sharing lawsuit against a collective of large US film companies.
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I personally don't buy,hire or even download any films most are a load of rubbish these days anyway i would happily hire or buy a English film as they are rather good to watch
Disney Enterprises, Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures can all rott in hell as far as i am concerned these companies are just fat greasy pigs!!
I do not and never have downloaded any film or music that I have not paid for But to have these grabbing American sods trying to dictate to Sweden what WE should do really gets up my nose.
They want
"to shut-down a so-called tracker, a device they state is being used illegally to simplify file-sharing."
Typical American lawyers they make a statement without any real evidence and just because they are big shots Swedish ISP's should just bend down and be shafted.
The original court decision was right allowing these guys to get away with this would set a very dangerous precedent give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Most probably the lawyers will be demanding names and IP addresses of anybody on the Local who posts against them: LOL
That thought has crossed my mind but for other things. What do you think the Local would do? They will give us up in a heartbeat. Dollars speak louder than ethics
Gone are the good ol' days for Hollywood when people would just go see crappy movies and all they could do after seeing crap would be to b!tch about it...now you dont HAVE TO see crap AND pay for it.
Download, sample... if crap... delete and tell all your friends.... repeat as needed.
Disney for one is known to mistreat animals, the retriever pups in Air Buddies were suffering from Parvo virus - an ugly disease that eats into their internal organs and kills by dehydration and flooding the lungs with blood, guess who got priority the pups or the movie ;-)
Nevertheless, I recently downloaded a screener of AVATAR (do not try to track me, as I am using my neighbors wifi) and I think it is worth seeing in the cinema.
So there you go you big thieves... I will put more money in your fat pockets because I downloaded a bad quality screener which served me as a teaser...
It is a win - win situation for them...
The argument is that portlane is a common carrier, infrastructure, like a highway.
We don't sue the owner of a highway if a car driving on it crashes into another car due to negligence by the driver.
The studios need to realize that we are in a new era, where technology allows options that just wasn't there 10-15 years ago
Today i can afford a near-cinema experience in my own home. A projector (or big screen TV), a decent sound system and a recliner will give me at this point a better experience than cinema. Therefore, if i have to choose between the two, 9 out 10 times it will be watching a movie at home
If the studios want less piracy, they could try to:
1) Release the movie at the same time to cinema, DVD and online. Then people can decide how they want to watch the movie and pay a fair price for it (obviously cinema will have to be the most expensive, DVD the second and online the least expensive)
2) Stop producing so many movies and produce fewer but better movies. Seriously, after watching "Jennifer's body" i wanted to burn my TV
3) Rationalize the fees. If the actor gets $30M, then the script writer should make at least the same amount. This will lead to better movies or at least kill the huge actor fees
at last someone speaks out for decent behaviour. Illegal downloading is stealing and whatever bs people droll out to excuse their actions does not change the basic fact that if you download illegally then you are no better than a shoplifter. So please everyone spare me your ranting about boo hoo "overly wealthy" film companies you are just trying to avoid your own responsibilities by making everyone else responsible for you. To the person that says they download via their neighbours wifi. You even expect other innocents to pay for your thieft. What a great example of a human being you are. (not).
"Illegal downloading is stealing and whatever bs people droll out to excuse their actions does not change the basic fact that if you download illegally then you are no better than a shoplifter."
how is this even true?
when you shoplift something, you create a damage because one less item will be available for sale. An item that it was paid for by the shop owner and the shop owner won't see any return on investment
when you "steal" a movie, the movie is still there. The studio has spent x amount of money to make the movie, and that amount does not change, even if the movie is watched by 1 person or 1 billion people
The studio does not have an actual damage, it only has "potential loss". But it also has a "potential loss" in the case where you see the film, you don't like it and you tell me to NOT go an watch it. It has potential loss when a newspaper reviews the movie and says it's crap. It has a potential loss cause.. cause i wanted Danny DeVito to be Spiderman, and since he didn't got the part i am not going to watch Spiderman. You see where i am going here?
Can you explain again how is this similar to shoplifting?
A better protest is to stay home from the crap movies, read some reviews, and rent it for 3 bucks on your mini-home theatre.