And I'm sure those website have ads on them ...nothing is free. It's nice to have your work appreciated but it's even better to get paid for it...forget the top executives and the big stars and directors...behind every film there's hundreds of people putting in hard work...they deserve to earn a decent living for the work they do. I just don't understand why it's so difficult to pay a few bucks to download a song you like, or rent a movie you're interested in seeing. It's a matter of respect too. Hundreds of people putting in hundreds of hours to create a work of art that no way I could ever do. The least I could do is support those people if I like the work... I pretty much flat out refuse to watch any burnt movies as a matter of principle.
I watched it via Netflix subscription. This movie isn't that good (it is a good war movie but not worth an Oscar imo). And it certainly is not worth getting sued over. If I am getting sued over an illegal download, I want to make sure it is for the world's best p*rn movie ever made, something like the last 30 minutes of the last installment of Lord of the Rings where the Hobbits went wild.
Yes but you're making the assumption that its a loss of revenue for them, which is not true in probably 90% or more of the cases, here it sounds like they are people who downloaded and watched the film, not people downloading and then selling it. If the people who downloaded it had no interest in going to watch it or rent it anyway then the film company has lost no money from it. I think its easy for people to make claims about how bad it is but really in terms of revenue lost its a small amount... in the film industry anyways, music its more of a problem. The case could also be argued that the fact people download and watch some of these lesser known films actually bring back some of the profits, they download films like this and tell people 'its a really good film' and those people go and rent/buy it. I personally have no problem admitting I have downloaded films. I also go and watch any movie I really want to see or have heard is good at the cinemas(which for me is over an hour away). You also must remember that some of these movies(the smaller budget ones) have been released on DVD in the US before we even get them to theaters here. So if there is a movie I really really want to go see why should I wait over a year when there is DVD versions of it available just because the company with the film is trying to draw every $$$ they can by limiting the amount of reels they send about?
I would argue this movie would have made even less profit if people couldn't download it. 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the people who downloaded it would not have spent anything on it. And then there are the weirdo-o's who go to the movies more now to support Hollywood.
I can't believe they can get all the download records from ISPs. What is next? Finding out who downloaded p*rn illegally? Then 50% of the population would be in trouble.
Not when the movie was in theaters at the time and you didn't feel like dishing out the $10 to go see it.
I hope you don't watch cop movies/TV out of respect for your police officer friends, or legal-themed shows out of respect for your lawyer friends, or sports shows out of respect for your athlete friends, or...
If you downloaded it, then you must have had some interest, however small, in watching it. You telling me you can't pay one dollar to rent it from a redbox? If you have netflix you can't put it in your que, or stream it? You don't have to spend 10 dollars at the theater; instead you can go on a weekend morning and spend only 5. I can understand for the low budget flicks that don't get a wide release...why wait a year when it's right there at your fingertips...but again for me it's just a matter of principle...I suspect in no small part because I studied media production in school. And even for the low budget flicks, wouldn't it be even more important to go through legal channels to purchase it or rent it, so they can make a little bit more of a profit?
