he legal use of P2P movie illegal is the use of such
downloads is currently software to download movies and
under scrutiny, as the music) that is protected by
movie companies bare their teeth copyright, and that includes just
and growl. However, they are a about every commercial movie
bit like toothless dogs, who can currently available online.
bark but whose bites are next to
However, there are many movies
useless as a weapon. that are legal to download
At the moment the illegal use of because they are now in the
P2P file sharing software to public domain. Included among
download copyrighted movies these are: 20,000 Leagues Under
outnumbers legal downloads by the Sea (1916), Bloodlust (1961),
around 5 to 1. There is very Charade (1963), Cyrano de
little likelihood of an Bergerac (1950), the 1940 Flash
individual being prosecuted for Gordon series, Gulliver’s Travels
doing so for personal use, (1939), Hercules (1958) and Sons
although they are taking more of of Hercules (1963), Two Women
chance if they are downloading (1960), The 39 Steps (1935),
with the intention of selling the Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and
pirated movies.
McClintock! (1963).
Much has been written about
There are thousands more, but
the distinction between legal and you won’t find any current
illegal downloads, and this blockbusters among them. However,
distinction is still not fully it is debatable whether or not
understood. In fact there is no movies broadcast on TV should be
such thing as an ‘illegal any more illegal to download than
download site’ since peer-to-peer to video them. The major problem
file sharing is not illegal. that the movie companies are
Hence, the software that allows facing are illegal downloads of
it is also not illegal. What IS newly released movies by people
that mass produce copies and sell to download and burn a movie onto
them illegally. It is not so much a DVD they will. You can legally
the schoolkids downloading a download movies now, but the file
movie to watch on their computers disappears from your computer
– although the movie companies after a while. Who wants to pay
will disagree with that. good money for that when you can
If P2P file sharing is such a download to a DVD for free?
problem to them, why don’t the
The movie companies had better
movie companies get together and get their act together before
offer their own P2P registration somebody develops a P2P system
system? That way nobody could that is totally invisible to
complain that there was no them. Then they will really be in
alternative. This is now trouble. In the meantime most
happening with music, so why not download sites do not advocate
movies? Or are the movie that you download copyright
companies so Neanderthal that materials, although it is
they are unable to break into the sometimes difficult to tell if
21st century? A legal membership you need a license or not.
site would seem a logical answer,
Others, on the other hand,
and on payment of a fee you could falsely state that the use of
use the service legally as you their sites to download current
currently use file sharing movies is legal. All file sharing
services to download sites are legal – it is the way
illegally.
that some people use them that is
It is unlikely that we will not. The legal use of P2P movie
see such a thing, however, and downloads can bring thousands of
even Bittorrent’s negotiations movies back to life that have
with the big movie makers look seen their day, but are wonderful
like they will take years to movies nevertheless.
finalize, at least to enable you
Many of these are now
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