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

From: "Neil Leyton" <leyton _-at-_ fadingwaysmusic.com>
To: "General Copyright Discussions \(questions, organizing, etc\)" <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 09:15:00 -0400

Wow, right on - well done!

Congratulations, and thanks - you are absolutely right about this approach!

N.

> 
> 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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