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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Give Up The Illegal Movie Downloads Habit

By Joel Martin

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.

There's a big difference between illegal downloads and watching personal video on YouTube and other video sharing sites. In the latter, the owner of the video makes a conscious choice to publish what he has produced.

However, major Hollywood films and other movies are owned by the people that make them, and the people who post them online for your use are stealing them from the owners.

The problem is that a lot of people think the only ones who are doing anything really wrong are the people doing the actual uploading and that those who are only watching the videos, are innocent. However, it only takes a brief look at legal statements released by the Motion Picture Association of America, the MPAA, to know how very untrue that belief is.

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.

No matter how much emphasis there might be on those stories where somebody is caught doing illegal downloading, and no matter how scary the fines and even prison time they might have had to face could be, the fact is people who get caught are few and far between.

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.

The fact is, many people just never consider those lowly employees in the movie industry when they download movies. All they know is that they're getting something they want and that they have very little chance of being discovered doing it. This should be considered justification for this behavior, but unfortunately, in too many cases, it is acceptable.

Though it might be hard, you need to be a better person when it comes to downloading movies, and just stop doing it illegally altogether.

Imagine if you were in their shoes. Knowing how frustrating it would be will hopefully make you more sympathetic.

There are all sorts of people involved in the movie industry. Some of them make a lot of money, but many of them don't. It's easy not to feel bad about high-paid actors losing money, but what about the extras and other workers? Tell everybody you know to stop downloading movies illegally. They may not like the idea, but in the end, they'll feel better about themselves. - 18418

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