[d@DCC] Re: DVD "anti downloading" warning message

From: "3" <fupdh6ds02 _-at-_ sneakemail.com>
To: Discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca
Date: 2 Aug 2005 20:20:05 -0000

J C Nash wrote:
> Over the last weekend I rented a DVD movie. It commenced with a highly
> emotive "commercial" saying "downloading is illegal" and "downloading =
> stealing" and "it's against the law". Now the last one is not, to my
> understanding, correct in Canada.

and Neil wrote:
> I've seen the same thing in movie theatres
> before as well, the massive anti-piracy campaign was in full swing way
> prior to Canadian laws actually making it illegal to download... 

The last time I saw that "downloading hurts the little guy- stop 
or we might fire the painters" I was in a Galaxy theatre. I 
complained to the manager that I had come to the theatre and paid 
my money to watch the film. Since I was at the theatre to watch 
the film, I should not have to listen to falsehoods that did not 
apply to me when it was my time. I explained that it made me so 
angry, it made me want to  not come to the theatre in the future 
and in the future download a film I wanted to watch.

The Galaxy theatre manager took my complaint seriously and said 
he would forward it onto head office. I got a call back from the 
manager about a week later saying that "Galaxy has decided to 
discontinue all ads of this nature in Canada." I thanked him and 
I haven't seen one of those annoying lying ads from the RIAA in a 
Galaxy theatre since. (And now I always choose Galaxy as my 
theatre to watch movies.)

So my point is... complain to the distributer. The distributer 
has got to realize that their business is going to suffer if 
internet downloads (authorized or otherwise) keep people from 
buying their products and services.

A smart manager would realize that the RIAA (and similar groups) 
are a threat to them too. They may be very sympathetic and do 
something about it. In this case the DVD manufacturer/publisher likely has to pay the license holder, but may not care what's on the DVD as long as it's sold. If they think the "bonus" content is going to keep people from buying it, they just may axe the bonus content.
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