nine movie site busted

for the romulation users who down load illegal movies be careful you might get sued read http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/109975/nine-movie-sites-busted-in-pirating-crackdown

Dang, the one online movie site that I haven't used in months got shut-down. Well, I don't really care at this point, and they don't appear to care about individuals at this point either.Basically, at this moment in time, the average joe has nothing to fear.

they have sued the average joe. people with really bad luck
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Replying to #3

If you're talking about "The Hurt Locker" deal, that was for torrenting the movie, not streaming it.

Replying to #4

This is exactly why people should not torrent movies, at all, unless from a very private tracker. Demonoid does NOT fit in that category, they may as well be public

How about movies that are old? about a decade, 2-4 decades ago? Will it still be illegal to download such movies?If they sue you for downloading Soylent Green, i think its stupid, right? Most of the Cast, director, producers are dead...

Replying to #6

Doesn't matter, it's still copyrighted and protected. The rights to Soylent Green are owned by MGM.

I learned my lesson quite quickly after downloading movies, not so much with older titles that are already on DVD but I haven't done that in ages either. This must be the summer that ESA goes apeshit...by shit if they start touching comics I will flip out!

Replying to #8

I'm pretty sure some new copyright laws are in the making, in both the US and UK. These new laws in the works may be the reason behind the increased anti-piracy movements of the companies.

copyright expires 70 years after the death of the copyright holder. blame disney for that.

Meaning, there are still people who earns from those movies, even though they dont distribute them anymore thru cd's and dvd's?So, for example, I have a company like HBO, and want to broadcast a movie like Soylent Green, I need to pay MGM a fee/royalty for the film or else my company will be sued?

Replying to #10

What does that mean? If MGM went bankrupt, I can only show their films after 70 years after the date of declaration of bankruptcy?

im not sure how it applies to corporations. It might be 70 years from its date of creation.

damanali · #11So, for example, I have a company like HBO, and want to broadcast a movie like Soylent Green, I need to pay MGM a fee/royalty for the film or else my company will be sued?

Yes, I'm pretty sure that's how it works.

Loonylion · #10copyright expires 70 years after the death of the copyright holder. blame disney for that.

Damn, wonder if that means Marvel comics is going to crack down again. They are already slim pickings via direct download unless you torrent. and with the latest PSP firmware upgrade which allows you to download view digital comics....I feel something wicked afoot.[edit] As a side note I seen PSN is now offering for 50.00 a year "Playstation Plus" one of the key things it offers is being able to "try before you buy" full game trials.

MadmanNero · #14Damn, wonder if that means Marvel comics is going to crack down again. They are already slim pickings via direct download unless you torrent. and with the latest PSP firmware upgrade which allows you to download view digital comics....I feel something wicked afoot.[edit] As a side note I seen PSN is now offering for 50.00 a year "Playstation Plus" one of the key things it offers is being able to "try before you buy" full game trials.

Usually we call "try before you buy trials" Demo's, they are usually free Lole.