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I don't think running a protection racket is the best way to get your point across. "I promise never to watch a movie until my demands are met" might actually

by defen 16y ago

I don't think running a protection racket is the best way to get your point across. "I promise never to watch a movie until my demands are met" might actually carry some moral weight.

krainboltgreene 16y ago
No it wouldn't, because the people companies make money from aren't willing to stop watching movies. It would be like saying "I won't walk outside until the city cleans the streets!" It's a promise a majority of people simply won't, or can't, keep.
- defen 16y ago
  Sorry, but it just sounds like entitled whining. No one has an inherent right to watch any movie, no matter how much they love them, and it's not a necessity.
  - Confusion 16y ago
    He's not claiming they have the right: he's claiming they feel the need. That feeling of need has been created and fostered by the filmstudio's, who spend tons on advertising to make people feel they need to see movies. Just watch your average trailer: it is hardly about the movie and much more about why you need to see it anyway. Some consider that quite an achievement in market experience; others consider it exploitation of the human psychology bordering on criminal behavior.
- markstansbury 16y ago
  So, you're saying, if a company is successful at creating and marketing its product and I don't like the price I can steal it?
  - tptacek 16y ago
    I PROMISE not to steal the 2011 BMW M3 Coupe SO LONG AS you price it no higher than cost + 5%.
  - krainboltgreene 16y ago
    I didn't say that at all, but thank you for putting words in my mouth. What I did say is that suggesting the American populace stop seeing movies if they don't like the treatment is silly. The American populace isn't going to ever stop seeing movies. It wont happen, and so suggesting that it happen is moot.
Goronmon 16y ago
This wouldn't matter as the companies in question will just count that as a "sale lost to piracy" regardless. They already assume that their profits should be going up every year. Do you really think they care that you are taking a moral stand when it benefits them to label you as a "pirate" as opposed to just a lost sale?

by defen 16y ago

I don't think running a protection racket is the best way to get your point across. "I promise never to watch a movie until my demands are met" might actually carry some moral weight.

krainboltgreene 16y ago

No it wouldn't, because the people companies make money from aren't willing to stop watching movies. It would be like saying "I won't walk outside until the city cleans the streets!" It's a promise a majority of people simply won't, or can't, keep.

defen 16y ago
Sorry, but it just sounds like entitled whining. No one has an inherent right to watch any movie, no matter how much they love them, and it's not a necessity.
- Confusion 16y ago
  He's not claiming they have the right: he's claiming they feel the need. That feeling of need has been created and fostered by the filmstudio's, who spend tons on advertising to make people feel they need to see movies. Just watch your average trailer: it is hardly about the movie and much more about why you need to see it anyway. Some consider that quite an achievement in market experience; others consider it exploitation of the human psychology bordering on criminal behavior.
markstansbury 16y ago
So, you're saying, if a company is successful at creating and marketing its product and I don't like the price I can steal it?
- tptacek 16y ago
  I PROMISE not to steal the 2011 BMW M3 Coupe SO LONG AS you price it no higher than cost + 5%.
- krainboltgreene 16y ago
  I didn't say that at all, but thank you for putting words in my mouth. What I did say is that suggesting the American populace stop seeing movies if they don't like the treatment is silly. The American populace isn't going to ever stop seeing movies. It wont happen, and so suggesting that it happen is moot.

Goronmon 16y ago

This wouldn't matter as the companies in question will just count that as a "sale lost to piracy" regardless. They already assume that their profits should be going up every year. Do you really think they care that you are taking a moral stand when it benefits them to label you as a "pirate" as opposed to just a lost sale?