Aug 13 2010, 08:31 AM
QUOTE(daryl.k @ Aug 12 2010, 06:59 PM)
anyone seen The Dark Knight? I think its a perfect example of underworld vs legitimate business. Batman tries to squeeze the underworld ppl so bad, they resorted to rebel...in a bad way...
imho, there is a need for balance between both the underworld & legitimate business. strive one side too much till they reach the breaking point, then there's no telling how bad the ripple effect is gonna be.
whether piracy actually contributes to drugs, prostitution etc etc...i feel, at least with piracy as a 'side income' the warlords wont have to resort to increase their production in terms of drugs & prostitution. If all pirated DVD sellers were to loose their current job, they might be thinking of pushing drugs, or become human traffickers or even join robbery gangs just to continue paying for his Nissan GTR or Civic Type R..which is even worse...
but it doesn't mean i'm going all out supporting piracy. we can say a whole lot here, genuine title vs pirated titles...at the end, there's no stopping public from buying pirated movies. simple...not everyone is into the holiness of buying ori DVD or BD...not everyone wants to enjoy the HD effect of a movie...some just wanna watch the movie...
so, as per the movie, there needs to be a White Knight, as well as a Dark Knight...to balance things out...just my 2 cents...
our currency is not the issue with expensive BD movies...surely Speedy is aware amazon is selling BD movies some less than RM60 each..but they still selling RM150 per title. well...along the way...tax, customs, royalty bla bla bla...buy amazon...or from LYN sellers (legitimate ones) and we won't have to sponsor for some Dato's exotic super cars & multi-storey bungalows and multiple wives....
u got a good point there bro... but if our boleh land country law and authority is clean of corruption, i think there shouldnt be problem with the underworld networks...imho, there is a need for balance between both the underworld & legitimate business. strive one side too much till they reach the breaking point, then there's no telling how bad the ripple effect is gonna be.
whether piracy actually contributes to drugs, prostitution etc etc...i feel, at least with piracy as a 'side income' the warlords wont have to resort to increase their production in terms of drugs & prostitution. If all pirated DVD sellers were to loose their current job, they might be thinking of pushing drugs, or become human traffickers or even join robbery gangs just to continue paying for his Nissan GTR or Civic Type R..which is even worse...
but it doesn't mean i'm going all out supporting piracy. we can say a whole lot here, genuine title vs pirated titles...at the end, there's no stopping public from buying pirated movies. simple...not everyone is into the holiness of buying ori DVD or BD...not everyone wants to enjoy the HD effect of a movie...some just wanna watch the movie...
so, as per the movie, there needs to be a White Knight, as well as a Dark Knight...to balance things out...just my 2 cents...
our currency is not the issue with expensive BD movies...surely Speedy is aware amazon is selling BD movies some less than RM60 each..but they still selling RM150 per title. well...along the way...tax, customs, royalty bla bla bla...buy amazon...or from LYN sellers (legitimate ones) and we won't have to sponsor for some Dato's exotic super cars & multi-storey bungalows and multiple wives....
currently they can sell the pirated stuff even when authority is 3-5 feet away from them... (i've seen this before)
so until our bolehland clean of corruption, we going to see this scenario again and again...
im not totally agree with u bout the currency issue... if i were to work in US with my current salary in malaysia... im sure can afford to buy lots of ori Blu-ray titles a months... our bolehland gov always said dat our prices for stuff especially petrol is much more cheaper than other countries... but they didnt compare it with dat country income vs the expense of the citizen...
For example... i earn rm3000 here in malaysia... one blu-ray title if import from amazon already cost rm60 - rm120 per title... if i spend rm200 per month for blu-ray, i can only afford to buy 2-3 titles per month...
but if i were in US and earn usd3000 which is possible for me.... one blu-ray title cost usd20 - usd40 per title... if i spend usd200 per month also, i can afford to buy 5 - 10 titles per month...
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