Profondo Rosso
Well-Known Member
But there are people who do have a whole stash of films that they have downloaded illegally from the internet for free and in so doing have cost these companies millions by sharing these files with others, that's how you costing money to the producers.
I don't believe for a second that you wouldn't buy a dvd or go to the cinema if these things weren't so freely (no pun intended) available off the internet. If I'm honest I also don't believe that you would download these things with the intent of just watching them once if you disliked them and go out and buy a dvd of the films you do like when you already have the exact film on your pc which you can just burn onto a disc for a fraction of the price.
I'm not saying you're the only person doing it, you aren't the first who is out to save a quick buck at the expense of others and you won't be the last but what you're doing is morally and legally wrong on a big level IMO.
It's news to me that lending someone a dvd are illegal but you can understand why companies would be less bothered about it than they are about illegal file-sharing. If someone rents a film and likes it there is a good chance they will go out and buy it for themselves whereas if they download it illegally and like it there's a good chance it will go onto several blank discs and be dished out among the peers for the cost of a pint of beer and a packet of peanuts at the local.
So if you look at it by that logic, you are not only costing companies money but also making a quick dollar for yourself in doing so :icon_lol:
I dont have a DVD burner on my laptop for one :icon_lol: And i absoloutly would and do go on watch the movies if they wer eplayed at the cinema (its always far better to watch a movie at the cinema) in fact i go on avergae once a week to the Odean or the Phoenix depending on whats on. And i do also rent DVDs, i have a LoveFilm account and an account at the Movie place in Blaby, but these have very limited stock and as soon as you want to watch anythign even slightly obscure, and by slightly obscure i mean most of these places dont even stock David Lynch movies I'm ****ed. And no, i would never buy a DVD of something ive never watched before, for me the whole point of buying a DVD is so you can watch it several times, and if theres a good chance im not going to like it and watch it again, i wouldnt buy it.
And im not even gonna bother getting into the debate that i think to charge people for art and entertainment is stupid because thats another matter, and i understand that they have to do it when it comes to movies because they cost so much to make