Comments on: MPAA accused of slander

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:47:42 +0000

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 05:12:02 +0000

No hardware was taken from the company. Only a few stampers and DVD discs were taken. The MPAA simply inflated the seized materials by 2,000%. If this company were doign piracy business, they would have been shut down by now.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:50:39 +0000

I hope they sue the fu*k out of the mpaa and whoever else was involved. Hey maybe they can wind up owning the mpaa.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:49:15 +0000

Great post… I would love to get a gram of hydro for $10.00 . I pay $15.00 for a gram sometimes and other times I pay $20. My ounces of schwag cost me $40 lowest and $55 highest.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:12:44 +0000

or are in charge of paying royalties….

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 04:59:45 +0000

They confiscated no hardware…in fact they couldn’t find anything that would suggest the plant was making illegal copies. The “High Tech Task Force” took approximately 2,440 sets of Genius Products, Inc.’s 6 DVD Romance collection…and each of their respective stampers (total value of around 15k)…only because no one at Genius Product’s could be reached at the time to confirm their legitamacy.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 03:23:32 +0000

by the way, my little formula may not be exact. So you stoners out there don’t rip apart the formula just because i didn’t get the dollar or weights right. Look at the meaning behind it

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 03:22:07 +0000

Wow, this is starting to look more and more like the drug war every story i read. The way the MPAA and RIAA got their figures, is the same way police do when they confiscate drugs. You always hear of million dollar cocaine busts, or 1 Billion in confiscated drugs. Well what they do is, they break the product down into its smallest sellable form, at the highest price someone would pay for it. An example: 1/4 lb of marijuana will usually cost somewhere around $350 (i’m not sure, but thats what it used to cost back in the day), if you sell it as ounces for $200, you get $800. right there, its an inflated cost. you sell those in 1/8ths of an ouce at $30 a peice, and the price becomes $960. Break that down even further, to 1 gram dime bags at $10 a peice, and the value goes to $1120. So while the cops confiscate $350 worth of pot, they jack the value up to $1120 because theres the possibility of 3 other people getting involved. The real value of it is still $350, but they estimate that it would change hands and get broken down, even though it probably wont. I imagine the MPAA/RIAA is probably using the same skewed scheme, just to make themselves sound more impressive. Just remember this the next time you hear about that $5 million dollar coke bust on the news, or read about it in your paper. The guys in question probably only spent about $50,000 for that stash. Still impressive, but not THAT impressive.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 02:03:24 +0000

Ahhh, the math expert s the MPAA and RIAA own. I wonder if these are the same people who do their books.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:20:02 +0000

“The MPAA in its new statement did not retract the $30-million figure but explained that it came up with the number by estimating the value of the DVDs seized during the raid as well as the value of DVDs that could be produced using the equipment.”

(from latimes.com)

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:00:48 +0000

Looks like to me that the MPAA is using this as an excuse to destroy competing businesses! Those evil bastards think they have the right now to do whatever they want…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:53:16 +0000

uh yah, the police confiscate first and then ask questions later, that’s pretty much S.O.P. They will do this merely on suspicion.

it’s then a real bitch to get your belongings back even if you’re proven innocent.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:34:36 +0000

“Genius Products, Inc” appears to be a legit company, what’s the scoop ?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:20:14 +0000

If it’s a legit business, why was some of their equipment taken??? And if it is a legit business, why would you just let someone walk in a take your high-priced hardware?