Why I Steal Movies (Even Ones I'm In)

Jamie found a link saying "Like a billion other people, I download things illegally. I'm also an actor, writer, and director whose income depends on revenue from DVDs, movies, and books.This leads to many conflicts in my head, in my heart, and in bars."

Re:Why??

[click2005]

Its not the previews that bother me.

Its that 'you wouldnt steal a car' advert which cant be skipped.

I would if it meant i wouldn't have to see that stupid advert.

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[drc003]

..."I live in London and many of my favo(u)rite TV shows are American. So if I want to see the latest episode of South Park or Friday Night Lights..." I threw a flag right then. If you spend your time downloading and watching Texas' version of Days of Our Lives I have no more time for you. Personal Foul. Good bye now.

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Re:Stopped reading at...

[drc003]

Flamebait? Wow! People are so sensitive now that they get worked up over a little joke about their favorite show. /. just ain't what it used to be.

Re:Stopped reading at...

[dwye]

Obviously, they thought that you meant South Park was Days of Our Life in Texas. That certainly would be flaming.

Re:You dont steal, you copy.

[TheJodster]

If you downloaded "Hurt Locker" and you get a summons in the next few weeks, can you post back and let us all know how this argument worked out for you? I would pay money to sit in court and watch you tell that to a judge as a reason to have your case dismissed. I would find that quite a bit more entertaining than a movie downloaded from a torrent.

Re:Nice article

[DarkKnightRadick]

Darth Maul spoke? :p

Re:Just cos he does it - doesnt make it right

[DarkKnightRadick]

Steeling movies is very different

I agree. When you steel a movie, you are encasing it in an alloy with iron as the base. :p

Re:Just cos he does it - doesnt make it right

[Thanshin]

You wouldn't steal a bag
You wouldn't steal a car

You wouldn't steal a baby.
You wouldn't shoot a policeman.
And then steal his helmet.
You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet.
And then send it to the policeman's grieving widow.
And then steal it again!

Re:Why??

[Bing Tsher E]

I would use the replicator to replicate 10,000 more replicators.

Then I'd bring the 10,000 replicators to a Star Wars Collectable (or Longabergers Basket, or anything else like it) convention. I'd give the replicators, free, to all participants.

The chaos would be fun to witness.

Re:Just cos he does it - doesnt make it right

[adamofgreyskull]

There are a great many who would do all those things if they didn't have to leave their PC to do them.

Re:Why??

[Anonymous Coward]

Worst, plan, to create chaos...ever!

Re:Why??

[pelrun]

Steal a car? Hell, I'd kill a policeman, steal his helmet, poop in it, give it to his widow, then steal it back again if it meant I'd never have to see that wretched thing again!

Re:Why??

[g0bshiTe]

Funny that he's been in the IT Crowd, I've downloaded that torrent.

Re:Why??

[MacAnkka]

I sense a grand future for car-loving open source enthusiasts!

I, for one, can't wait to download the new Carbuntu 25.4. I hear they've moved the steering wheel to the other side to open some space for future widgets and the brakes don't seem to work with the radio on, but the new color scheme is beautiful!

Also, they removed reverse to streamline the user experience

Re:Why??

[sjames]

The "cheap" players are far more likely to be no-name models that cheat a bit on the specs to let you skip the unskippable and ignore region codes. It's the expensive ones that slavishly obey the spec rather than the user. Seems there's a theme developing, the more you pay the worse it gets.