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Old 07-11-2011, 09:06 AM  
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Originally Posted by MaDalton View Post
this made me chuckle...

of course most individual citizens are against copyright laws - because they don't make money from creating something worth protecting, have a too small mind to understand the consequences and find nothing wrong in downloading music and movies for free. d'uh!
That 60 Minute special was pretty interesting. What really made me sad when was when they were talking about the movie The Matrix. Right now we are getting fed bullshit remake movies, sequels, etc. because in the current climate Hollywood won't take a chance on anything that they aren't 100% sure they will get a ROI on. The Matrix was an independent script that no one understood, but producers believed in it, threw $70 million at it, and the rest is history. Now in this climate that would never happen, and the independent filmmakers are getting screwed. It really is interesting the trickle down effect piracy has...
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