Bag's Rants

I wonder why?

Looks like the sell done by the RIAA and the MPAA is failing to keep the hearts and minds of Joe Public. Read more here. Seems like more and more people don't believe that buying a basic DVD is helping terrorists. Bummer.

Plus with most of these copies you just get a basic film. No forced menues or adverts you can't skip. In many respects they are better than the original. OK the creator doesn't get anything from it but he would if he produced a cut down version for people. Imagine if every film had two versions. The basic version, no trailers, forced scenes etc. for £5 and then a better version for £10 with the extras for the fanatics. The pirates would not be able to make copying viable. Especially as the quality would still be down.

Same with CDs. The general public is getting fed up with being ripped off. We have the technology now to mix and match tracks on our MP3 players and iPods but again the music companies screw us by stopping fair use. Pirate copies allow us to mix and match as we want. Again the creator doesn't get anything but at this point who cares.

I for one wouldn't report anyone selling these sort of goods although I do believe that it should not happen. I won't help or buy from them but at the same time I'll turn a blind eye. I think they make enough with the rip offs to compensate. After all how much does Ozzy make a minute? How much profit do the music companies make every year? How much is a CD with two or three good songs cost? Do the maths.

posted by Bag @ 12:42 pm