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[Mighty Midget]

A documentary on piracy, copyright and culture, in case some of you guys are interested

http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/

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yeah i saw that one, good one. there's also been an interesting movie about this called "steal this movie" and then after it's success "steal this movie 2"

you can legally download it at your favourite torrent tracker

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Wow that's way too long for me to watch. Did they take a real view on the world of copyright or was it another corporation-funded view?

When it comes to piracy, it always baffles me how hypocritical companies are. They throw around false figures, blow up the impact of piracy while playing down their own role in declining sales.

Example:

The music industry. For years you were forced to buy either an entire album for 15+ euros/$20 or if you were lucky and the song you wanted was released as a single ,you had to pay 5+ euros/$6 for a single song with a crappy 'B-side'. No wonder people were making mixed tapes.

But then you had the entire "artificial band" generation popping up: boy bands, girl bands and a LOT of fake artists with a pretty face that are marketed. The result is a lot of one-day-flies and many many CDs with only one or two decent songs. People were starting to get tired of being forced to buy entire CDs.

When Napster came along, it showed the potential of the mp3 format. But did the music industry do anything to satisfy that need? No. They did the opposite: they boycotted every artist who released his album online or let people buy the songs separately. They attacked and sued people downloading MP3s which further dragged the reputation of the big music corporations and labels through the mud (RIAA is one of the most hated organisations in the world now, apparantly).

And what was the result? With no cheap alternative, they either had to go for illegal downloading or paying the outrageously high prices of entire albums. And with MP3 players appearing, the need for a physical CD dropped through the floor. MP3s were actually MORE wanted than the physical item. It's more convenient, you can mix songs from many artists the way YOU want and you can carry it everywhere. Not to mention you could store TONS more.

It took the music industry several years and a lot of pressure before they submitted to online music stores and even then it was only half-hearted at first. But by then, the reputation of the music industry was shot to pieces.

So now the music industry is still accusing everyone while it's the small bands that suffer. But the truth is: they're suffering because of the incompetence of the music industry. They should have been the first to offer songs digitally yet left it to piracy to steal away the market first. Plus, the cry for real talent is ignored while fake, orchestrated, artificial bands rule the hit parades.



It's really very similar to what's happening with the PC games industry. A lot of half-assed crap is being released: tons of bugs, poor support, unfinished games, rushed games, no innovation, cheap rip offs, lazy sequels, etc. etc. And yet the price tag remains the same. So why pay so much for an incomplete product? Many people pirate a game while they wait for a proper patch to make it worth buying. A patch that never comes because the game didn't sell enough to make it worth getting properly patched . Which in return makes gamers pirate even MORE because they don't want to buy a game that will never get properly patched.

Good example: GTA IV. A really terrible port that requires a monster PC to run well and yet Rockstar didn't even admit that it was a terrible port. Oh no, apparantly it was geared towards future hardware.

Has no-one noticed, then, how well polished games sell?

[Juanca]

Originally Posted by Mighty Midget

A documentary on piracy, copyright and culture, in case some of you guys are interested

http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/

Very nice, I recomend it to all!!! :thumbs: thumbs up