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Stealing A Movie

November 1, 2009 5:00 PM

John Malcolm, formerly the Director of Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations for the MPAA, shows Lesley Stahl how easy it is to steal movies on the web, using what is called "peer-to-peer" technology.

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by sly_64 December 18, 2009 10:05 AM EST
I don't download movies, But I'll be damned if I'm going to buy something like The Beatles White album for the 5th time. It's basically the same product. LP, 8-track, casette, CD and now MP3 ? They've gotten my money 4 times, LimeWire is great !
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by OnlineAntiMoviePiracy December 15, 2009 4:19 PM EST
God !!!!!! explained by director of MPAA ? This a kid knows now, There are so much of methods to control P2P, MPAA has to update their videos and promos of piracy, its of no use now, P2P is not a big task to handle, than P2P linkshare method is just eating every money of the producers, but there is no information about that from MPAA ?

Karan
Head of Operations - Online Anti Movie Piracy
www.onlineantimoviepiracy.com
admin@onlineantimoviepiracy.com
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by sagansrun November 16, 2009 8:35 AM EST
After viewing this so-called piece of investigative reporting, and after laughing after every tech cliche`, I have come to the conclusion that CBS and its reporters have no idea what they are talking about. It must me truely embarrassing to be this tech illiterate. How much is the MPAA paying CBS?
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by milo55 November 14, 2009 4:18 AM EST
The entertainment market is the only industry where you have to buy the product before you know what your getting... and they have taken full advantage of that.

Imagine if the used car market required a consumer buy the car before a consumer could even look at it..
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by rodivehr November 11, 2009 3:48 PM EST
So, what I am reading above is that people think it is okay to steal? That is what movie piracy is. Just as much as it is stealing when you see two movies and pay for only one or open the door and let your friend in. Do you go to a bank and take money that isn't yours? Do you go to a department store and walk out with a sweater you didn't pay for? Do you go to a restaurant, eat a meal then walk out without paying? Since when have our morals gotten so twisted and we have become so entitled that we believe you can justify outright theft just because you don't want to pay for something?
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by milo55 November 9, 2009 11:26 PM EST
The industry had no qualms about their practice of overpricing content and sticking movie goers with high priced concessions.. The industry thought gouging was just 'good business' sense.. and look now how they howl when the shoe is on the other foot.. the internet is just leveling the field.. of course they don't like it.. I'm sure CBS didn't like cable news either when it came out but thats progress..
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by PanAndrzejzWolynia November 7, 2009 2:54 PM EST
I'm quite disappointed that CBS dropped the journalistic ball and decided not to investigate the movie industry's claims of substancial economic losses of billions of dollars due to piracy. To wit the movie industry has survived the recession far better then most. The number of movie screens remained constant at 40,000 last year. The domestic box office was up to $9.7 billion and the global box office set a new all-time record of $28.1 billion (an increase of 5%). The number of domestic releases was up almost 2% and while U.S. unemployment rises above 10%, the movie industry continues to raise ticket prices to an average $7.18 last year, an increase of nearly 5% over 2007. Does their greed know no bounds?

Moreover independant studies have shown that peer-to-peer file sharers are the industry's best customers. It seems many individuals may download a low-quality copy of a movie only to buy the dvd or blu-ray if the movie actually appeals to them.

Its unfortunate that CBS has decided to become a mouthpiece for the MPAA and not do any independant critical analysis of its claims. What's happened to journalism? Don Hewitt is rolling over in his grave.
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by Bill-Milo November 4, 2009 2:30 AM EST
The video shows the guy uploading to the swarm. CBS, are you that stupid? 60 minutes is for old stupid people. "what's that thing?" It's tha internets. this is pure horse manure.
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by fapfapfap November 3, 2009 11:25 AM EST
Never have I seen bit torrent explained in such simple terms. And I have to agree with the poster a couple of posts above me, article is almost a propaganda piece for MPAA.
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by Cabaedium November 2, 2009 8:16 PM EST
I'm extremely dissappointed in CBS and 60 minutes because of the way this issue has been treated. I would expect investigative journalists to actually investigate their own facts. I get the impression, however, that all of these facts have been taken straight from the hands of the MPAA, without even bothering to check their veracity. Many statistics here have been shown to be false, and not just in a minor way either. The MPAA will tell you that piracy costs the movie industry at least $6 billion per year, but most un-biased sources will tell you this a gross and shameful fabrication. Some will even tell you that piracy has no impact upon the spending habits of the pirate, and hence no financial impact on hollywood. A simple Google search will show that more movies and more profit are being made than ever before, not less as the MPAA would have you believe. All in all, I found this 60 minutes to be poorly-researched, uninformative, misleading, and extremely biased. Much of my respect for CBS has been lost because of this "report," and I sincerely hope that in the future these journalists will focus more on hard facts and less on parroting propaganda.
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