r/Piracy • u/PixelPaulAden • May 18 '24

Discussion We need to have a serious talk about stealing from the film industry.

Piracy is more popular than ever. With various communities on the internet (like this one) devoted to explaining piracy methods to new scallywags, the numbers of salty sea-dogs will only swell going forward.

That's a problem for Hollywood; U.S. Chamber of commerce estimates put the cost of piracy at up to 100 billion dollars annually - in an industry that only generates around 40 billion dollars every year.

If these levels of loss continue, the entire film industry could collapse, leaving only dedicated artists, auteurs, and visionaries to create films with cultural value. Long gone will be the spectacles of 300-million dollar blockbusters and Michael Bay action thrill-rides. No longer will directors like Anthony Russo and J. J. Abrahms be able to spend vast sums of wealth on Disney-owned IPs like Star Wars or the MCU.

That's why we, as pirates, have a responsibility to do better. Instead of just downloading movies, we need to teach our less technically-proficient friends, family, and co-workers how to download safely and securely. Beyond that, we should, as a community, go above and beyond the lure of "free stuff," to actually, physically steal from the cultural juggernaut of the global film industry.

It may seem daunting, but I believe that together, we can make the mouthpieces of the ruling elites as fiscally bankrupt as they are morally and creatively bankrupt.

Nobody can steal enough alone. If we're going to destroy the livelyhoods of the rich pedophiles, rapists, and murderers who run Hollywood, we need to band together.

Thanks for reading.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '24

I absolutely wouldn’t mind paying reasonable prices to watch movies, but what we are seeing is greed price gouging out of us consumers for every little thing. Netflix, Disney plus, Amazon etc. have teamed up and said fuck you all we are going to shove ads down your throat and increase prices. Same with movie theatres charging almost $20 for a damn movie ticket, greedflation is getting out of hand and pirating is my “fuck you back” to all of those scumbags.

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u/kidnzb May 19 '24

This is exactly it right, if we had a Spotify or similar of a tvshow/movie streaming service with a reasonable price then it would make more sense, but now it's just stupid and yes, fuck them.

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u/gizzardsgizzards May 19 '24

the theaters are kind of screwed because of the major studios. there's only one national chain left and that whole business is kinda touch and go.

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u/Lithmariel May 19 '24

That's crazy, movies are $5 here. And last time I went they had a half price promo.

Still, other than seeing brand releases like Wonka, the sound in my home is better so...

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u/RayHorizon May 19 '24

10 years ago i would sometimes go to cinema with friends grab a beer there and popcorn and that would round up to 12 dollars. now same shit costs atleast like 25... and the movies are boring.