Check this out: [8.4.2010 5792261] Notice of Copyright Infringement

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I don't understand why in this day and age, when film and TV is available on iTunes, Netflix, Redbox (a $1???) and PPV, why people continue to illegally download.

Theres still a huge perception of "victimless crime" or "screw Hollywood, they are all rich anyways"

That combined with the relative anonymity of the internet to disguise that you are stealing.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Theres still a huge perception of "victimless crime" or "screw Hollywood, they are all rich anyways"

That combined with the relative anonymity of the internet to disguise that you are stealing.

I know why people do it - because they perceive it as "free", when that's far from the truth.

If I came to your place of business and took a minimum of 20% of your revenues away forever, I'm certain that people would be let go and your profit margin would be considerably reduced. I'd also end up in jail for that theft.

Yet when people steal movies or music, they choose to believe they're not actually stealing because let's face it, 95% of the people in the world don't understand or respect intellectual property and justify it as you described above.

I'd expect more from someone like Reerun, who's experienced unemployment for a considerable length of time, first hand. But he clearly doesn't care if and how piracy effects others, even though puts people in the same exact position that he was in: Unemployed and probably in need of a career change.