More Unskippable Piracy Warnings for DVDs
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This. This a thousand times, then a couple more until your eyes bleed.Tipsy Giant said:
I think if they wanted people to really care, and they still thought the only way to go about getting people to care was with ads and warnings, at least make them interesting. instead of walls of text and stupid eagles, maybe actually try to make them funny? or silly? or show a well known video game/movie character getting pissed off, losing his house because "the pirates make him lose money?"
All im saying is, if I thought I was getting Link kicked out of his tree house, I'd buy all the DVD's.
All. The. DVD's.
The whole point is that this is ANOTHER 10 seconds adding on to the already several warnings we have. so it's already over 30 seconds of wait time, and its just boring, stupid text.Crono1973 said:
My point was, it might get people to actually care if they just said "Ok, the warnings aren't working" and just have one commercial that might actually make someone laugh/care as opposed to just rolling their eyes or leaving the room, as it is currently.
Don't encourage them to annoy people even more with live action propaganda. People don't give a shit because they finally realize they have been getting ripped off for years by Hollywood and the music industry. iTunes saved the music industry, what will save Hollywood? Not annoying ads.thereverend7 said:
...I, uh, wasn't saying they need to use propaganda. But I see your point. I was trying to offer a solution in a way that they would probably use (AKA the tried and true method of ads) but your absolutely right, it would do nothing to "save" Hollywood.Crono1973 said:
This is fucking stupid. Forcing legitimate customers to watch this UNSKIPPABLE shit every time they watch a movie will make them want to get a version that doesn't force them to put up with it, i.e. an mp4 file. Same applies to intrusive DRM.
Being treated as a criminal for legitimately buying stuff is not how you deal with piracy.
Being treated as a criminal for legitimately buying stuff is not how you deal with piracy.
Recently in the UK, I've been seeing a lot more DVDs that come up with a great big "THANK YOU", basically providing positive reinforcement. I realise a pat on the back isn't much but it's at least as effective as "You wouldn't steal a handbag!" and it's much nicer.
On the subject of which... I haven't, thank you, and I didn't steal you, so kindly shut up so I can watch Keanu Reeves backflip off a wall
On the subject of which... I haven't, thank you, and I didn't steal you, so kindly shut up so I can watch Keanu Reeves backflip off a wall
So I'm expecting the forum to be filled with people who are angry at this new inconvenience, whilst totally apathetic to piracy and utterly incapable of suggesting a way for the government to magically fix the problem.
Yes, it is annoying. But I'm willing to man up and accept that it is probably a necessary evil when there is no obvious solution to an endemic crime. Pointing out that this new warning will hardly solve piracy is not a good argument. You're saying that if one can't achieve a perfect result, there is no point in trying anything in the first place. That is not helpful.
Yes, it is annoying. But I'm willing to man up and accept that it is probably a necessary evil when there is no obvious solution to an endemic crime. Pointing out that this new warning will hardly solve piracy is not a good argument. You're saying that if one can't achieve a perfect result, there is no point in trying anything in the first place. That is not helpful.
I liked the I.T Crowd's anti-piracy bit. It was the standard "You wouldn't..." ad, but they added "You wouldn't shoot a cop and steal his hat, take a dump in the hat, mail it to his wife and then steal it back would you?"
Use VLC to watch your DVDs, it skips all the unskippable crap even if the disk says "Make this unskippable."
Use VLC to watch your DVDs, it skips all the unskippable crap even if the disk says "Make this unskippable."
Who are you referring to? The industry, the pirates or the consumers?RJ Dalton said:
Pirates are selfish, entitled shits who pee in the pool, the industry are the ones who stick up signs telling people to stop it, and the consumers are the ones who suffer both the piss yellow water and the obnoxious signs. Consumers like to complain about the signs, whilst failing to realize that they should be moaning about the ones who pissed in the pool in the first place.
The industry is an exploitative cabal of greedy fucks who take all the profit from the creative endeavors of others, file lawsuits against individuals worth millions of dollars for what amounts to petty larceny, use unethical business practices to avoid paying those who do the real work what they are owed and ultimately contribute nothing at all to society.maninahat said:
The people that piracy generally "hurts" are people who have no right to the money they lost on piracy anyway. I have no sympathy for them and never will.
