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Originally posted by analog
1. Stealing is stealing, whether it's from a store or the net.
2. Less revenue means fewer films get made- everyone who works on them gets fucked.
3. Less revenue also means movies get made elsewhere (outside the country) where it's cheaper, which means we get no tax revenues from it's production and, again, everyone who works on the movies are fucked out of work. (by the way, this goes for most every country, not just here in the U.S.)
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1: False. Stealing IS stealing, but copyright infringement does not deprive an entity of its property. Only the benefits that it should rightfully receive from my use of their creation. Pirating movies from the internet is copyright infringement, this is recognized in law and in logic.
However, should I pirate a movie, dub it to tape, and then sell it to people, I am in fact depriving the company that owns the copyrights of profits that it should be earning. That's a seperate situation, though.
2/3: I don't consider this to be a bad thing. Foreign movies are enjoyable. Also, I could very well argue that an abundance of revenue leads to some fluffer money that will sooner or later end up being used to produce bad movies. If this can be argued, then the opposite can be argued that less revenue can mean (while a lesser quantity) a better quality movie being produced. Case in point: Independent films. But this is all based on taste. Personally I'd sooner watch any foreign independent flick over Corky Romano.