Is it illegal to watch movies online?

Rui_Santos

superscaper wrote: »

Well I like to think of them as "them" not "we".

yes that is what I tried to convey.

bat999

Rui_Santos wrote: »

yes that is what I tried to convey.

But your post is off-topic.
This thread title is 'Is it illegal to watch movies online?'.

Paradigm

Is it illegal to watch copyrited material online? Yep.

Will I still do it? Yep.

Marty_J

Paradigm wrote: »

Is it illegal to watch copyrited material online? Yep.

Will I still do it? Yep.

Is there a reason you don't think people should be paid for their work?

I assume you work for free?

Paradigm

Marty_J wrote: »

Is there a reason you don't think people should be paid for their work?

I assume you work for free?

No I don't work for free & neither do any of the Hollywood stars.

If you'd like to explain how me watching a downloaded movie affects Bruce Willis' million(s) dollar fee then I'm all ears.

Esqui

Paradigm wrote: »

No I don't work for free & neither do any of the Hollywood stars.

If you'd like to explain how me watching a downloaded movie affects Bruce Willis' million(s) dollar fee then I'm all ears.

It probably won't. But it might well affect the small film companies who the large ones have a stake in, as the larger film company decides to negate losses by removing funding.

It might affect the hundreds of drivers, make-up artists, editors, set builders or camera engineers who suddenly find they're out of a job because the company is trying to save money because of lower sales.

Paradigm

Esqui wrote: »

It probably won't. But it might well affect the small film companies who the large ones have a stake in, as the larger film company decides to negate losses by removing funding.

It might affect the hundreds of drivers, make-up artists, editors, set builders or camera engineers who suddenly find they're out of a job because the company is trying to save money because of lower sales.

Which losses are these then? Try some facts Link

Seems like they have never had it so good!

superscaper

sporedude wrote: »

Call me a thief all you want, I really coudnt care less, After all, It is a form of money saving. :money:

So is stealing cars and I'm guessing you haven't read the forum rules on topics of discussion.

superscaper

Paradigm wrote: »

No I don't work for free & neither do any of the Hollywood stars.

If you'd like to explain how me watching a downloaded movie affects Bruce Willis' million(s) dollar fee then I'm all ears.

So it's justified because a very few have lots of money? Let's all conveniently ignore the millions of people who are not millionaires but earn their wages from the legitimate sale of intellectual property they/we worked towards producing.

JoeyG

superscaper wrote: »

Let's all conveniently ignore the millions of people who are not millionaires but earn their wages from the legitimate sale of intellectual property they/we worked towards producing.

I would argue their work is probably not popular enough to appear on youtube / filesharing sites, but I won't because in principal I am against piracy