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myLot reputation of 75/100. asereht1970 (132)1 week ago

My family is fond of watching movies and listening to music. Most of our copies, however, are pirated copies. I know it's bad patronizing pirated copies and it's not helping the economy or the entertainment industry. But my point is, here in the Philippines, watching movies in a theater will cost you about a P100 per person. Buying an original copy sometimes costs up to P400 per copy. While buying a pirated copy will only cost P50 - P75 and more often, it is usually more than 1 movie. I mean, there are 12-in-1, 10-in-1, copies. So for less than P100, you can watch 12 or 10 films and you can watch it with the whole family. They say that the pirated copies have poor quality and that it can be destroyed easily. For me, it's no big deal, anyway you'll only watch a certain movie once or twice. So why buy an original copy that cost sometimes 5x higher than the pirated when you will only watch the movie once or twice? What's your stand on this?

 
 
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1. Prophet_Warrior (99)   1 week ago

I do buy a secondary copy of the original one when the content is clear. Just like you said, the price is much cheaper than the original one. And you just watch in one time, and you just abandon so why spend more when you can spend less. In other times though, I buy original copies if those were to be used over and over again. It is better than the pirated copies. Good day!


myLot reputation of 75/100. asereht1970 (132)  1 week ago

Thanks! It's nice to know there are people who also think like me when it comes to buying pirated copies. I also buy original copies when it comes to music coz i'm going to listen to them over and over again.

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2. myLot reputation of 92/100. gerald_lian (502)   ranked 1,290 out of 6,025 in watching movies   1 week ago

I think buying pirated DVDs or CDs are more of less justified if you compare the cost of buying originals and the pirated copies. To be honest, my family and me also buy pirated DVDs or CDs from the night market in my country because it is so much cheaper than originals. In my country, the margin is even larger than in your country Phillipines; originals cost up to 10 times more than pirated copies. I think everyone knows that to buy and support pirated things are wrong based on the law, but when we consider ourselves and our hard-earned money, these wrong acts can be argued to seem that it's justified. I find it really hard to have a stand on this matter, but if you were to give me the choice between buying pirated DVDs/CDs and originals and say that there's no wrong or right choice, I think I will still pick pirated stuff because I'll benefit most from the choice made. happy


myLot reputation of 75/100. asereht1970 (132)  1 week ago

Correct! If it's about movies, i'll also stick to pirated copies but when it comes to music i go for the original ones.

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3. Phenomenal1 (52)   ranked 2,541 out of 6,025 in watching movies   1 week ago

I usually buy pirated movies, but since I found a site that shows newly released films I have recently been watching them online. They give you the option to download the movies and then you can download them yourself. But, if the viewing is clear and they are cheaper than the norm, I will remain all for it. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. We are paying for the copies, so we are buying them legit. We aren't the one's burning them and such. We are simply the consumers.:) There is no problem in my opinion.


myLot reputation of 75/100. asereht1970 (132)  1 week ago

Now i'm also watching movies online at movie6.net or at vid-stream.com. There are always new releases.

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