This sucks good thing I don't download movies. My dad knows someone that is getting sued because he was shareing mass amounts of movies.

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I can't see why the jail sentences are so long. Up to 10 years for a movie/song that is not out yet. Do murderers and rapists get that long a sentence?

I think if you kill someone and you ment it the jail time is 25+ years, but 10 years for shareing a movie WTF.

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so what you're saying then is that if i want to pirate a movie from the theater, I should kill the guy that sold me the popcorn so I have something to plea bargain down to? I agree that movies should be given a chance to make their money in the theaters, and I also agree that online piracy is hurting this among other industries, but damn, shouldn't the punishment fit the crime? Its almost scary what a bunch of money and attorneys can do in this country; I seem to remember this place being a democracy, yet I don't recall voting on any of these issues, or being given the chance to...

Lol. 10 years for distributing a movie, CMON! How stupid are americans??? Well. Luckily it doesn't affect me, since i dont live in the US :p neither do I watch CAM or Telesync movies. But maybe this will slow real piracy down a bit. Almost every pirated movie on the blackmarket is a copy of a CAM-version of the movie or some shit like that. Time will tell. BUT 10 FUCKIN YEARS?? You have got to be kidding.

So what's that have to do with fair use rights. ?

Listen the whole thing about this issue is it's just a smoke screen that the us congress uses so that they don't have to held responsible for passing an abortion like the dmca.

it's illegal to bypass the css encyrption on a prerecorded movie dvd and those people in mpaa are so greedy that they are on record as being in opposition to amend the dmca so that a person who has a LEGALLY bought dvd can make a back up copy of it.

They lump fair use rights and pirating in the same catagory.

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE US CONGRESS TAKE KICKBACKS AND BRIBES FROMN THE MPAA AND THE RIAA ?

DON'T PEOPLE KNOW THE US CONGRESS IS ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT ENTITIES IN THE WORLD?

I guess its illegal to buy movies like Kung Fu Hustle from Hong Kong before it comes out in the United States? I bet in Chinatowns right now, they sell legit region 3 dvd's

Just dont download anything american any more, Stick with asian films, Thats not mpaa.

I'm all for P2P and think the movie/music industries are about the greediest people on the planet, but I do agree that a movie should have a chance to make some profit in the theaters (can't wait to go see Star Wars episode 3).

But I do also agree that the punishment is way out of proportion. A friend of mine knew (of) a murderer who (legitimately) got out of prison after five years. To think that someone could get thrown in prison for twice that long just for bringing a camcorder into a theater is rediculous.

And they don't even have to share the movie to get punished - now they'll probably start trying to sue people for remembering the movies they see, since they're creating "unauthorized copies" in their cerebral cortex. I wouldn't put it past them.

Correction: ridiculous*

Too bad there's no edit post function here.

this is rediculous. america's legal system is so fucked up.

'hey what are you in for?'
-"i killed 3 people with a dull spoon and wore one of their stomachs as a stocking hat...what did you do"

"I downloaded a movie"

here, http://reopen911.org/freedvd.php

i want everyone here to visit this website, fill it out and you will recieve an absolutly FREE dvd.

i know it sounds insane, i thought it was when i saw the first 10 minutes of it. but just watch me. the government were responsible for 9/11.

Keep in mind that it's a LEGAL system - not a justice system.