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Here, here!

Thievery is thievery, no matter how it's packaged.

An acquaintance invited my daughter over to watch POA at her house 
months ago.  When I told my daughter that it had probably been 
obtained illegaly, she opted to not go watch it, even though she's a 
huge HP fan.  I was very proud of her!

Diane in Nebraska


--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Severina Amadenna Salem-Snape" 
<onceupona_party at y...> wrote:
> 
> 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.