Comments on: Star Trek Most Pirated Movie Of 2009 – Paramount Not Happy

By: bob FAJ

bob FAJ — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:56:51 +0000

I find that a little surprising. I have yet to see that movie and don’t know anyone who has seen the new Star Trek.

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By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:59:47 +0000

Maybe if the the movie theater’s didn’t charge $20 for 2 people to see a movie and $10 for popcorn and $4.50 for a soda, then maybe I wouldn’t have to pirate movies. Don’t even get me started on the commercials they show before the movie, or the $30 comemorative trinket they sell. And what’s up with the candy. A pack of gummy worms costs over $3. WTF!!!!!

By: D.F.

D.F. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:47:11 +0000

Going through the messages still, I see some people saying that there those people who are talking about how wrong it is to pirate something..

You need to look at it from my POV…

First I want to state that this isn’t about Star Trek or watching bootleg movies of movies that are in Theaters. But of movies already out of theaters.

When I download movies, I don’t see it as stealing something…. I look at it the same way I do as when I turn on the television. When a good movie is on TV I will watch it. However, sometimes nothing is good on… So instead download a movie (fairly quickly) and watch it instead… It’s no different than turning on a TV…. Either way, it’s just something to pass the time. One could argue that TV isn’t free. However, if your like me and live at home with your parents, you don’t pay the tv bill. So it’s really all the same to me. Watching free tv is no different to me than downloading and watching a movie for free. If I want to download a 5 year old movie that I haven’t seen in a long time, why not… Have my pc hooked up to my TV so it’s essentially the same thing as TV for me.

And before anyone says something about commercials in TV, who really watches commercials these days… I like commercials. Its’ the perfect time to go the bathroom or get a snack….

By: D.F.

D.F. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:28:11 +0000

I see the word illegal over and over in these comments… Let’s make it clear.. Everyone knows (depending on what country your in) that downloading the movie is illegal.. However, that alone does not make it morally wrong. People are getting the law mixed up with their senses of right and wrong.

At one time it was illegal for a woman named Rosa Parks refuse to give her seat up for a white person….Just because it was illegal, was she still in the wrong…

Laws are changed all the time…. Just because something is illegal now doesn’t mean that you still don’t have the right to do it. If you truely believe that your stealing which some of you do, then don’t do it…. However, I’ve already explained why I don’t see it as stealing. If a company is not losing money from me owning a copy of a movie (since I wouldn’t buy the movie anyways), then why are they complaining. Why do they care if I watch something that I wouldn’t normaly pay for… If anything it only make me want to start paying for stuff in the future..

Say I downloaded Star Trek and never heard of it before. After watching it, I started getting into it. So I download all the other movies and tv shows without paying for them… Well, since I love the show now, I then then go to a store and buy Star Trek figurines or collectables…. Next I pass the love of Star Trek onto my future children who grow up loving the show and buy star trek items and toys…

THERE YOU GO.. MY PIRATING JUST EARNED THE OWNERS OF STAR TREK MONEY THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ORIGINALLY MADE.. case closed.

By: D.F.

D.F. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:56:03 +0000

Sorry for the third post, but I just thought of one more thing.

I have hundreds of VHS tapes that are now obsolete….. I should legally be able to get free dvd versions of these movies or atleast download them off the internet for free…… Why pay for the same movie again???? There should have been a step-up program when dvds/blu-rays came out where you could turn in your old VHS tape to a store in exchange for the dvd at a much lower price (say a couple of bucks.)

Seeing at that didn’t happen, I don’t want to here any complaints from comanies when I download “Aladdin”, the original Star Trek Movies, or any other movies that I own on VHS and want on a digital format….

By: D.F.

D.F. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:40:46 +0000

Also, even if you could stop every torrent site, do you think you would really stop pirating.. People have been doing this since VCR’s came out. Any companies have had their panties in a bunch ever since….. It’s not going to go away..

ADAPT OR DIE.

I can just as easily rent a DVD for 1.50 from my video store and make a ripped copy of it in no time to keep forever.

Your lucky I like to have DVD’s with cases, which is the reason why I don’t download a lot of stuff. Mainly stuff from my childhood that I can’t find..

My goal is to have my child grow up in an enviroment similar to the way I did of the late 1980’s early 1990’s… I am trying to get all my old shows and even commercials downloaded. I am collecting 90’s toys and games and one day will rap them as gifts for my future children.. I’m not letting them grow up with the stupid stuff that is on TV now (or in the future.) Darkwing duck, and Talespin for my children!!!!! Pirating is the only way to get alot of these shows.

BTW, am I the only one who thinks DVD prices are to high. I’m willing to pay no more than $5 dollars for a movie, unless it is a classic… I usually just go to pawn stores and by them for abour 2-4 dollars a piece. People who pay $15- $20 a DVD are insane.

By: D.F.

D.F. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:25:01 +0000

IF I AM NOT GOING TO PAY FOR A MOVIE/SONG, ECT THEN IT DOESN’T MATTER IF I DOWNLOAD IT BECAUSE YOUR NOT LOSING MONEY EITHER WAY. IT’S NOT AS THOUGH I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT IF I DIDN’T DOWNLOAD IT… so technically your not losing any money…
Besides it’s a copy. How can you call it THEFT.. Theft is taking something that doesn’t belong to you, thus the owner no longer has it.
One could argue that (atleast for older movies/ TV shows/ songs that they grew up with) are not properties of companies, but has become associated with who they are, thus giving them just as much of a claim on the property as the companies and studios that made them.
Shows such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Are you Afraid of the Dark, and Power Rangers, defined who I was as a child. I deserve to own these shows and pass them down to my children. They are a part of my culture. More than just a wad of money to add to a companies bank account.

for your information, I did downlowd Star Trek from a torrent site… But I did it after I watched it in Theaters because I wanted to see it again, and by that time it wasn’t in theaters anymore or on DVD yet…

But My CAPS statement stands true.

When a corporation takes this kind of stand it only serves to alienate the people who call themselves “fans.” Good luck, you just made a whole lot of enemies Paramount.

By: Max

Max — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:51:25 +0000

OK, I’ll admit it…I’ve D/L’d a few movies……watched a few NFL games……Ripped some CD’s…….Know why???

Cuz of this great frickin country now, I’m NOW, an unemployed Assembly Lineman of 19 years…w/ a family of 5 who can barely get beans for a decent dinner…..we have no more luxurys such as cable, phone, or dining out anymore….used to…but not anymore, we figured the one thing we could try and afford is small no-frills low-spped I-net package for my kids to learn from actual News media, and not that fluff piece, script-read talking head crap on Network TV
I refuse to be a part of the Welfare system, and I’m doing all that I can for my Wife and 3 kids…….Fak Corporate greed scumbag CEO’s for us taking a wee bit of change out of their already fat-lined pockets.
I still love this Country, but I passionately Hate what the political fat cats and the Fed, and the Bankers have done to this place…..

So theres my reason for trying to get a couple hours of entertainment into my family’s otherwise bleak life
So PISS OFF u Corporate shmucks….

~M.G