DVDs, Blu-Rays To Show 20-Second Unskippable Govt. Warnings 587
bonch writes "DVDs and Blu-Rays will begin displaying two unskippable anti-piracy screens, each 10 seconds long, shown back-to-back. Six studios have agreed to begin using the new notices. Of course, pirated versions won't contain these 20-second notices; however, an ICE spokesman says the intent isn't to deter piracy but to educate the public."
Whenever those asinine warnings come up .... (Score:5, Funny)
I think of this: Video Pirates [youtube.com]
Re:Educate the public? (Score:5, Funny)
No, see, the issue is that people don't know they're not supposed to pirate DVDs. If pirates knew that movie studios didn't want them to do that, they'd immediately stop.
It's similar to the way that people didn't know that they were allowed to say "no" to drugs, but when Nancy Reagan told them that they could say "no", suddenly everyone stopped doing drugs.
Re:Educate the public? (Score:5, Funny)
I has a policy (Score:5, Funny)
Whenever I see an unskippable copyright warning on a DVD I legitimately own, the movie industry owes me another movie for free. I can't help it if the MPAA just keeps on breaching my policy.
Re:Twenty Seconds? (Score:5, Funny)
Twenty seconds...that's too much for you to suffer through?
Fuck, get a drink or take a piss. You probably won't have time to do either.
If this is the level of inconvenience that would cause anyone to get upset, they need to see a shrink because they have issues.
20 seconds might be plenty of time for you to do all of that, including fuck, but the rest of us usually sit down to watch a movie after we've done all that (and I for one, last a lot longer than your few seconds... ask your Mom when you see her Sunday).
I'd prefer not to sit there for 20 seconds to be annoyed by messages that, by PAYING FOR THE MOVIE, do not actually apply to me.
How about a California constitutional amendment (Score:5, Funny)
I wish someone would craft a carefully worded Proposition for California which would make any unskipable content on media which is sold or rented unconstitional... Something about not being allowed to accuse people of crimes without evidence that they are at least thinking of committing the crime.
It would make for such a fun round of election ads - the more the studios argue that it is a good thing the more the population would be reminded just how irritating these warnings are.
Regards,
-Jeremy
Re:Twenty Seconds? (Score:5, Funny)
I know a number of professional Mistresses, there's more than a few people who pay for punishment.
Though, mostly, it's negotiated in advance what is acceptable. Why is there no safe word for all this rubbish?
Re:Are they trying to make people stop buying DVDs (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Educate the public? (Score:5, Funny)
Because its not allowed.
Pvt. Joe Bowers: What *are* these electrolytes? Do you even know?
Secretary of State: They're... what they use to make Brawndo!
Pvt. Joe Bowers: But *why* do they use them to make Brawndo?
Secretary of Defense: [raises hand after a pause] Because Brawndo's got electrolytes.
Re:Twenty Seconds? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Twenty Seconds? (Score:3, Funny)
For the Love of Dog, someone mod this anon up!
Next coming to Starbucks near you! (Score:5, Funny)
Single snotball in your coffee... that's too much for you to suffer through?
Fuck, just scoop it out with a spoon. You probably won't even notice any taste change.
If this is the level of inconvenience that would cause anyone to get upset, they need to see a shrink because they have issues.
Re:Twenty Seconds? (Score:5, Funny)
Twenty seconds is longer than the average new movie's plot line.
Re:Twenty Seconds? (Score:5, Funny)
When I find a dominatrix that accepts payment to show people FBI anti-piracy warnings, then I will have seen everything and Rule 34 will be dead.
Re:Twenty Seconds? (Score:5, Funny)
Twenty seconds...that's too much for you to suffer through?
That's a hell of a marketing slogan.
Re:Twenty Seconds? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes. It's my money, and as the customer I demand they not put bullshit in just to make me suffer through it.
If they can't manage that, I'll gladly not give them my money. Capitalism is grand.
I'm sorry citizen, but your right to not purchase something vital to a strong national economy and thus vital to national security has been superseded by the Commerce Clause.
Please send Notary-witnessed copies of your US media purchase receipts for this past tax year for verification of your compliance with the Federal Individual Minimum Allowed Yearly Purchase (F-I-MAY-P) including payment for any difference between your receipt totals and the minimum allowable media purchase to the IRS.
Remember, failure to prove compliance with the Federal Minimum Media Purchase requirements carries the same risk of felony prosecution and Federal imprisonment with the same level of severity and sentence-lengths as aggravated Federal income tax evasion.
Failing to make your patriotic media purchases helps the terrorists club baby seals to death with other baby seals for fur they sell to pedophiles to photograph naked children on.
Strat
Re:Educate the public? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Educate the public? (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe that's one of the reason why Best Buy is having a hard time.
Re:Educate the public? (Score:4, Funny)
Exactly correct. The two 10-second pieces of unskippable "educational" content will serve only to annoy those people who legally purchased the DVD and Bluray discs. Those who acquire illegal copies will not be subject to such annoyances.
So really they should make a law that all pirated movie copies must have these unskipable warnings.