BOOTLEGS

[huntergreen_3]

imamommy wrote:
>>Every daggone time I rent a DVD from Blockbuster, and I mean *every
time* it's got a scratch or dirt or something. But believe or not,
it was my (legal) copy of Sorcerer's Stone that somehow made my laser
go berserk a couple of years ago. My husband wound up being glad I
had talked him into the extended warranty on that one. Somehow women
know...<<

Its because people don't seem to care about something that isn't 
theirs (that's how a movie that's only been rented 10 times can look 
like its been dragged across the pavement when movies I own that'd 
I've watched *many* times over work fine). There are a lot of factory 
defects out there, it happens a lot more often then you'd think. 
Brand new movies that are choppy, skip, or have other problems.

On the subject of bootlegs though, I'd like to point out that not 
everyone who downloads a movie is doing so to "get it for free". 
There is a lull between a movie being released in theaters and it 
being released on DVD. If you want to watch a movie at home during 
that lull downloading (or buying a bootleg, I suppose) is the only 
way to get it. Those versions are usually EXTREMELY poor in quality, 
especially compared to a DVD, so anyone that would rather have that 
then shell out $20 for a DVD probably wouldn't buy the DVD anyway. 

Uh, back to HP, I'd like to point out that all three Harry Potter 
movies made plenty of money in the box office and have made plenty in 
DVD sales. I think the concern over bootlegs and downloaded movies is 
more hysteria than anything else. There hasn't been a major decline 
in ticket sales, and since more and more people are buying DVD 
players, DVD sales are only going up. Music is industry I'd say that 
has reason to worry, but I don't see any cause for concern with 
movies.