For-Profit, Illegal Movie Download Sites Threaten MPAA 387
vossman77 writes that BitTorrent is no longer the MPAA's enemy number one. They are now more concerned about illicit, for-profit movie download sites. This reader adds, "Just a thought, but maybe if the studios offered a low-cost, for-profit, legitimate download site without DRM, they could receive the profits at the expense of the cyberlockers." "Movie fans downloading free pirated films are no longer Hollywood's worst nightmare, but that's only because of a newer menace: cheap, and equally illegal, subscription services. Foreign, often mob-run, businesses aggregate illegally obtained movies into 'cyberlockers.' Cyberlocker-based businesses operate from Russia, Ukraine, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, and elsewhere. ... Hollywood movies are made available via illegal for-profit sites within days of theatrical release, while the advent of global releasing now allows the proliferation of individual titles into an array of language dubs within the first month of a theatrical debut. ... When movies are released on DVD and Blu-ray disc, the sites upgrade the quality of video offered from camcorded images to pristine digital copies. 'Sometimes these sites look better than the legitimate sites,' Huntsberry said. 'That's the irony.'"
Re:from the good-luck-shutting-those-down dept. (Score:5, Funny)
Good. Now it's MAFIAA vs. Mafia.
Pay attention to the site names (Score:5, Funny)
If you are a subscriber to:
Sorny.com
UniblersalStudios.com
Fox.com
You are probably getting ripped off by the mob.
Disney vs. The Russkaya Mafiya (Score:3, Funny)
Now THAT is a movie I'd pay money to see.
-S
Re:No different from the "legit" studios (Score:5, Funny)
"legit" studios MAKE FUCKING MOVIES.
No, the porno studios make fucking movies.
Re:Reminds Me of AllOfMP3 (Score:3, Funny)
It was just RIAA which was refusing to accept the money
ARE THEY RETARDED!?
Re:Who would give their CC # to a questionable sit (Score:3, Funny)
OTOH, the illegal sites are less likely to rootkit your computer than the legal ones!
Re:Just a thought (Score:4, Funny)
Cheap and DRM free is not going to happen if that small city is going to eat and dress their children
I'm not sure I want to be paying them if they plan on using it to eat their children!! ;)
Re:Irony Of Ironies (Score:3, Funny)
Wow, you must be a lot of fun at parties. Are you Lewis Carroll's ghost? You make a convincing opium addict, I will give you that.
Re:why would anyone BUY an illegal copy? (Score:3, Funny)
How is babby formed? How girl get pragnant?
Re:why would anyone BUY an illegal copy? (Score:1, Funny)
And the price I want to pay is zero, so there will always be a black market for people like me.
At least you're part of the minority that's honest.
Re:why would anyone BUY an illegal copy? (Score:3, Funny)
Mod +1, Ironic
Re:Crime Pays (Score:5, Funny)