Comments on: MPAA sues 22 web sites

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:27:30 +0000

=uck the mpaa

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:48:44 +0000

Of course its our right. We have to make back the money we lost on 30 dollers we spend on snacks not to mention the expensive tickets.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:00:01 +0000

Even ifpi that paragon of virtue always complaining about tax shelters, is incorporated in Swizterland so that the sluch funds from the majors can be funnelled anonymously through to their ‘enforcement actions, time for someone to expose the disgrace

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:25:17 +0000

in any other industry, when customer purchasing declines, they start to look at lowering their costs, improving products etc. Not the entertainment industry, they claim it’s theft and continue to increase costs etc.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:01:28 +0000

Maybe the average WARNER BROS or UNIVERSAL movie costs 100meg but the average movie does not. Indie product, direct to dvd stuff, foriegn films etc are being made all the time in great profusion for a couple mil or less. And a lot of them are excellent films.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 05:03:53 +0000

Most of the Hollywood studios use offshore tax shelters to ensure that film projects NEVER make a profit. Somehow the stars still manage to get their $20 million for doing the movie though.

One well known scam involves giving people involved with the film a percentage of profits, but because the film never makes a “profit” those people never get paid.

So 60% of movies recoup their investment doesn’t sound bad at all considering Hollywood has enough highly paid accountants to make the figues say whatever they damn well want.

ALWAYS take a percentage of gross revenue.

And Google Uwe Boll too.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:47:21 +0000

I could’nt agree more. If you cant produce somthing creative with 10 million dollars something is wrong.

The law of supply and demand dictate something is worth what people are willing to pay for it. Hollywood is willing to pay millions of dollars to actors and everybody else to produce a movie. However, most people arent willing to pay the outrageous prices for the crap hollywood produces. So instead of lowering salaries (common sense) hollywood tries to extort the money from the public by having the government act as their personal (tax-paid) police force.

I’m sick of it!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:30:42 +0000

isn’t it everyones’ right to camcord a crap copy of a movie and then sell it online as if it were the real thing? I mean…freedom man.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:00:13 +0000

That’s because a lot of the people involved in the movie making business are way overpaid. Should that be my concern? Certainly not.

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Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:27:05 +0000

At least this time mpaa has paid to have evidence to be stolen it seems however all these cases could fall over if the claims of evidence theft and conspiracy etc are proven, here’s hoping

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:25:49 +0000

Nah, neither do I. They deserve to go down. This is where the MPAA and all the others should be spending their legal dollars.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:59:57 +0000

its about time that the MPAA took down these Scam sites that promise unlimited “legal” downloads for $20 a month .

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:53:48 +0000

“The average movie costs almost $100 million to make…”

Okay, let’s use THAT as a realistic starting point for what is wrong with hollywood.

Craptastic $100 million movies. Need I say more?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:50:47 +0000

I don’t feel sorry for these imitration sites