BOOTLEGS

[Severina Amadenna Salem-Snape]

Just my opinion.
Sorry to point this out, but I do not find buying stolen material 
something to brag about. Bootlegs have hurt the industry so much and 
I am glad the quality is degrading. At our theatres they promote the 
snitch on a videographer before every film. If people stopped buying 
them, there would be no business. Movies on average take about 6 
months before they come out on video. 
Is it ok to take a stolen copy of HP? You might not think JKR needs 
the money, but books, cds, dvds finance more than just that project.
When someone buys a Britney Spears cd that money doesn't really reach 
her at all - it finances the smaller acts that can't afford to 
produce/promote a cd. 
Maybe they should just stop releasing anything at a theatre, book 
store or cd shop and have it available as a dvd or cd download. 
The industry knew it was in trouble when burners came out and now 
they are busy looking at ways to stop bootlegging. Disney was quite 
successful when it came to vhs, I don't know how they are with dvds 
since I have never tried to copy one. 
I saw POA 7 times and never once hoped someone was outside the 
theatre selling it on dvd. Is it really right to give a thief the 
money? I would rather Daniel benefit from it then some jerk who 
copied it. 
You can look through my collections and would be hard pressed to find 
copies, unless I have the original with it. I make copies of my own 
cds to travel with, because the car player tends to scuff them up.
I used to work in a cd/dvd store and saw the damage copying was 
doing. We would sell one cd and the 3 buddies would want blanks to 
copy it. Prices will keep going up, and why not - if they charge 
three times the amount maybe the companies would make some money back 
from the ones copying the material. 
As a writer, it isn't "write" to plagiarize written work, and in my 
opinion theft is theft, whether a film or cd is stolen/copied.
It isn't the videographer's (thief actually) property.

I know this will probably piss off some people, but that is what the 
discussion board is for...so discuss.