“Yeah, but we’re in school, and it’s still in the theaters.”
“I got it right here on my iPod.”
“How did you do that?”
“You can find anything on the Internet.”
This hypothetical situation is a common occurrence around MC.
Movie piracy, or copyright infringement, has been a growing problem recently. In fact, __% of MC students have admitted to pirating movies. It is defined as the unauthorized duplication of movies. Movie piracy is illegal and for getting caught the pirate will receive a small fine.
“I pirate movies all the time,” sophomore Trent Waller* said. “It’s easy, quick and cheap.”
Many websites exist for pirating movies. Through a simple process, one can access thousands of movies for free.
The main reason that people pirate movies is because they are too impatient to wait for the movie to come out on DVD, or they can go to the theaters and see the movie for less money.
“I don’t go to the theaters because I don’t like going to the theaters,” Waller said. “Everything is overpriced and I would rather watch the movies at home.”
Many people argue that the alternative of iTunes or a site that you must pay for your entertainment is too expensive.
“iTunes is way too expensive,” sophomore Jack Guy* said. “To get a movie, it costs $15. It is ridiculous.”
Another option to get your fix of movies is to use the rental version of iTunes. A 24 hour rental of a movie costs $2.99 to $3.99 and you can watch it as many times as you want.
“iTunes rentals would be okay if you could keep it longer.” Guy said. “It starts the 24 hour counter when you hit buy, and it takes about three hours to download. That means if you want it for a road trip, you have to get it early in the morning and watch it right away. You cannot split it up and watch different parts at different times unless you want to buy it again. Plus, I like to share the movies with my friends at school, and I can’t do that with a rental.”
Some people don’t have a problem with paying the extra money for an iTunes movie.
“iTunes movies are higher quality,” sophomore Alex Unger. “With pirated movies, they are mostly from people who videotape d them in theaters. You can hear people talking and see people walking around.”
Unger thinks it is funny when people think there pirated movies are better.
“There are a crapload of pirates in my pirated pirate movies about pirates.”
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