Yarr
The last three DVDs I've watched (rentals from Blockbuster) have all started with a lame, psuedo-edgy public service message about how downloading movies is a crime. My complaints, in list form:
1. Preaching to the choir, nuff said.
2. It makes its point by starting out "You wouldn't steal a car... you wouldn't steal a handbag," and then demonstrates nogoodniks doing just those things. You're supposed to think, "Wow, they're right, I wouldn't do those things." I just think about all the petty thieves who actually have stolen a car or a handbag, watching the message and making fun of it.
3. It makes an example of a poor college student downloading the movie off the internet: a little close to home. Hey DVD makers, why don't you pick on the bootleggers in Hong Kong for a change?
4. The final message they leave you with is: "Downloading movies is piracy." Piracy? SWEET! Yarr, me mateys, we be lookin' fer doubloons and DVDs.
1. Preaching to the choir, nuff said.
2. It makes its point by starting out "You wouldn't steal a car... you wouldn't steal a handbag," and then demonstrates nogoodniks doing just those things. You're supposed to think, "Wow, they're right, I wouldn't do those things." I just think about all the petty thieves who actually have stolen a car or a handbag, watching the message and making fun of it.
3. It makes an example of a poor college student downloading the movie off the internet: a little close to home. Hey DVD makers, why don't you pick on the bootleggers in Hong Kong for a change?
4. The final message they leave you with is: "Downloading movies is piracy." Piracy? SWEET! Yarr, me mateys, we be lookin' fer doubloons and DVDs.
posted by Alli @ 3:23 PM
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