Piracy Documentary

[Jason Tate]

A documentary on piracy was recently released (http://www.piracydocumentary.com/). It contains interviews with industry execs, copyright lawyers, pirates, consumers, artists, and others. I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I hear it's pretty good.

[thewebguy]

A documentary on piracy was recently released (http://www.piracydocumentary.com/). It contains interviews with industry execs, copyright lawyers, pirates, consumers, artists, and others. I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I hear it's pretty good.

i'm not done watching it yet, but it's funny hearing the CRIAA guy. he sounds like a regular ass american dude except when he says a few words like 'out' haha

[preppyak]

interesting...now I know what I'll be watching tonight

[thewebguy]

rofl omg this is great.

the CRIA guy just said "there's all these studies out there saying that people are buying more music BECAUSE they are downloading, but when we ask canadians, they say the opposite"

dude swears some poll they put out (probably on the CRIA newsletter or something) beats studies ahahahaha

[ghostyouare]

creative website name.

[extrajunkmail]

When it comes to artists on major/rap labels just watch Cribs and you then will not feel for these people.

[shane hennessey]

worst background music ever. good video though

[thewebguy]

worst background music ever. good video though

yeah it's annoying as hell

[thewebguy]

interesting, in canada there is a tax on blank cds/tapes/dvds etc based on how much this particular beureau thinks people are privately copying.

[shermanology]

When it comes to artists on major/rap labels just watch Cribs and you then will not feel for these people.
amen to that.

[thewebguy]

i'm listening to this while i work and it's really interesting.

i'm glad the lady that works with the theater actually mentioned popcorn and stuff. most of the theater interviews don't even mention it. i don't really go to theaters much in orlando but i got to sunset or the falls when i'm in miami. i would guestimate by looking at the lines and the prices at sunset, on a friday night, they pull in $1000 in food/drink sales per movie per showing. maybe that number is low i donno

When it comes to artists on major/rap labels just watch Cribs and you then will not feel for these people.
woorrrrrrd

[.KillMoneen.]

Speaking of that, Telus (my internet company) just emailed me saying that im breaking copyright laws...because i dl music. And they said if i dont stop i may be disconected
WHAT BULLSHIT!!!

[lou<>phillips]

interesting...now I know what I'll be watching tonight

PORN!!! lots and lots of PORN!

[a hybrid]

wow so i stopped buying music apparently. news to me.

[MotionIsntMeaning]

Speaking of that, Telus (my internet company) just emailed me saying that im breaking copyright laws...because i dl music. And they said if i dont stop i may be disconected
WHAT BULLSHIT!!!

serious? i thought it wasn't illegal here....?

[ArTkY_]

Speaking of that, Telus (my internet company) just emailed me saying that im breaking copyright laws...because i dl music. And they said if i dont stop i may be disconected
WHAT BULLSHIT!!!
You're an idiot.

[preppyak]

PORN!!! lots and lots of PORN!
yeah, but after that...

[livelovecrydie]

great now every debate/arguement about file sharing on this website is gonna refer to quotes and ideas from this one, specific documentary.

[Don Trump]

That CRIA guy is really good at changing the subject or being a total douche in general.

[anthony_jr]

worst background music ever. good video though

i totally agree.

[12:46AM]

this background music is killing me. and the narrator's voice is annoying too.

[12:46AM]

PORN!!! lots and lots of PORN!
))<>((
back and forth
hahahahahaha
anyone here seen me and you and everyone we know?

[BrandNizzle182]

this first guy is a douche. im done watching this. fuck the music industry.

[Azkonate]

When it comes to artists on major/rap labels just watch Cribs and you then will not feel for these people.
I hate that whole argument. Just because an artist has made a lot of money, why is it wrong for them to make more money off something they CREATED or WORKED on? Maybe bill gates or steve jobs shouldn't make money off their software because they've made billions.

Stealing is stealing, why don't people understand the artists aren't the only ones making money off of the music. There are so many other people whose jobs rely on your $10-$12. I can't wait to watch this documentary. I wish more people knew how things really work.

[Erl]

i'm probably going to download it then watch it.
hahahahahahahahaha.
pirating a video on piracy.

[Stubby0918]

it got taken down, the guy used music that was under copyright, so they called him and told him to remove the link
Hahahah that's funny.

I download music. And then I buy the music I download. I had told a friend at school that I just purchased Relient K's Apathetic EP off iTunes and she's like "Ugh why? I can get it for free on Limewire." I just love having the actual CD, although I didn't get that for Relient K but that's because I was naive. I just buy my CDs from Best Buy or Target now.

[extrajunkmail]

I hate that whole argument. Just because an artist has made a lot of money, why is it wrong for them to make more money off something they CREATED or WORKED on? Maybe bill gates or steve jobs shouldn't make money off their software because they've made billions.

Stealing is stealing, why don't people understand the artists aren't the only ones making money off of the music. There are so many other people whose jobs rely on your $10-$12. I can't wait to watch this documentary. I wish more people knew how things really work.

Steve Jobs stopped taking money from Apple and only gets 1 dollar a year from Apple. I worry more about the poor souls working at McDonalds then I do these high payed artists. Maybe if they didnt blow the money on diamond teeth I would have more of a heart.

[.KillMoneen.]

serious? i thought it wasn't illegal here....?
yea i thought that too...soo im gonna keeop doing it..

[likethesquid]

It has interviews with Pirates? SICK.

[birdman]

what people dont realize is, the artist isnt the only one involved in making an album. There are producers, engineers, marketing specialists, a&r reps, tour managers, managers, agents, booking agents, promoters, etc...etc...etc... Dont they all deserved to get paid too? When you download aan album you arent really hurting the artists, but you are hurting all those hundreds of other people that helps put that album in your hands.

[Punk_is_Dead]

ironically, i am going to download it off limewire. hahaha

[fearthesloths]

i don't give a shit what anyone says to me about piracy and how it "affects" artists... i know personally these days i download about 400x music as i used to.. butsince i started downloading music, my cd collection has grown from 4 cds to 126... about 115 of those cds i would have NEVER heard without downloading the album first. i know i'm probably in a minority here, but personally, if anything my downloading has helped the industry

[X__inhope]

why don't people understand the artists aren't the only ones making money off of the music. There are so many other people whose jobs rely on your $10-$12. I can't wait to watch this documentary. I wish more people knew how things really work.Honestly, bro, I couldn't care less about John Smith (major label exec) or Bobby Teenager (A&R) when I buy a cd, I care about the band/artist. When I buy a cd, it's just so the band gets those 10-15 points off of it, not so the dudes at the label making like 80 points on a cd have a few more bucks in their money pile.

Also, this wasn't a shot at you, I see that you do work for or have a label, but this is about majors and many bigger indies.

[hockey0001]

what people dont realize is, the artist isnt the only one involved in making an album. There are producers, engineers, marketing specialists, a&r reps, tour managers, managers, agents, booking agents, promoters, etc...etc...etc... Dont they all deserved to get paid too? When you download aan album you arent really hurting the artists, but you are hurting all those hundreds of other people that helps put that album in your hands.

What you dont realize is the post about 5 above you saying basically the exact same thing. And I think most people do realize exactly what you said. I dont think that most people have a problem with record companies not wanting cds being illegally downloaded; people have problems with record companies being money hungry whores who do everything they can to screw over the comsumer. If the companies were reasonable about issues, the whole debate could have been over a long time ago.