Posted by: Sleepless March 23, 2011
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Just to put things in perspective before you go "Then, Why am I not caught yet?"
As an end user, you are considerably more safer since they have bigger offenders to crack first and their copyright law wasnt clear enough earlier for them to start the prosecution. White House recently issued a white paper with the changes related to streaming content they have been seeking for (clarifying whats felony and what not - http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ip_white_paper.pdf). For example, users from websites like ustream.tv, justin.tv who broadcasted copyrighted content to millions of viewers. They were basically streaming feeds. Now they are subject to the law.
Another thing for the end user- you usually get a warning letter from the MPAA stating what you watched, when, and how that breached the law. Then, they will keep you on monitoring if you are a repeat offender.
So if you are one of those Internet rebels, watch whatever movies, be safe from viruses and just dont get caught. Or else, if you are a movie lover like me, show some appreciation for the movie-makers and go to theatres and pay for those movies. For everything else where I dont have to worry about streaming copyrighted content or where these copyrighted content are permissible for viewership - there is so much to choose from netflix / hulu / youtube / epix / vutopia / on-demand channels / premier movie channels and many more.
As an end user, you are considerably more safer since they have bigger offenders to crack first and their copyright law wasnt clear enough earlier for them to start the prosecution. White House recently issued a white paper with the changes related to streaming content they have been seeking for (clarifying whats felony and what not - http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ip_white_paper.pdf). For example, users from websites like ustream.tv, justin.tv who broadcasted copyrighted content to millions of viewers. They were basically streaming feeds. Now they are subject to the law.
Another thing for the end user- you usually get a warning letter from the MPAA stating what you watched, when, and how that breached the law. Then, they will keep you on monitoring if you are a repeat offender.
So if you are one of those Internet rebels, watch whatever movies, be safe from viruses and just dont get caught. Or else, if you are a movie lover like me, show some appreciation for the movie-makers and go to theatres and pay for those movies. For everything else where I dont have to worry about streaming copyrighted content or where these copyrighted content are permissible for viewership - there is so much to choose from netflix / hulu / youtube / epix / vutopia / on-demand channels / premier movie channels and many more.