Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Illegal Movie Downloading Sites Are Not The Best

By Enrique Fisher

Everybody knows that movie downloads are illegal, and yet very few people seem to care. They are easy to find and use, and often you don't feel as though you're doing anything wrong. Because there's so little involved, whether you're downloading for a party or to entertain yourself late at night, it's easy to excuse this sort of behavior for yourself.

Note that this certainly doesn't apply to the sorts of things uploaded by individuals on sites like YouTube. These are their personally properties and are perfectly acceptable for you to watch.

However, the companies who make major films have no say when their movies are stolen to be published on other websites, making them lose out on their profits.

It's easy to find the legal statements produced by organizations like the Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, in regard to this issue. These leave no doubt in your mind that what is being done is wrong. Many people don't think they're breaking any laws just by watching these movies, but this is a huge mistake that can get them in a lot of bad trouble and pain.

You might not ever realize the amount of harm you could be doing in downloading movies illegally. For, you, understandably, it's just a great chance to save some money and get a movie that hasn't even been released on DVD. But again, these are stolen goods, and getting them online is just as bad as if you went up to someone and bought pirated copies of them on the street.

It's hard to imagine the money that would be coming in through fines if every person who ever used illegal downloads was caught. There are stories where it does happen, and companies are usually eager to get these out in the open, heavily promoting all the consequences people faced to get others to stop doing similar things.

However, these people don't always get caught. In fact, the vast majority never have to worry about a thing, which is why so many people continue to download no matter how horrible the stories of those few unlucky individuals who were found out might be to hear.

It's sad to say, but people are naturally selfish, and if they think they can get away with something, they're probably going to do it. With downloading movies, they're usually right, and so they won't stop no matter how much it could hurt others. Of course, it's wrong to keep using excuses like this, but it just doesn't stop people from doing it.

Try to understand how the people who work on movies feel. They live on the money they make from the film, and they won't make any when somebody downloads a movie as opposed to buying it.

You put them in a very bad position, and should feel guilty about what you're doing. It's a hard habit to give up, but it's just the not the right thing to do.

We often justify our downloads by thinking that all people who work in movies are overpaid, and in some cases, this is true. However, there are also a lot of people involved in film production who don't make much of everything and need every dollar they can get. When you stop downloading movies illegally, you'll be giving some things up, but you'll feel a weight off your shoulders as well.

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