Today it is harder to find a store or someone on the streets selling pirated movies. Many of these people who sell pirated movies are now turning to the internet. Shari C. Hyman, director of the mayor’s office of special enforcement, tried to buy pirated movies on the streets of New York. Turns out that illegal DVDs were virtually nowhere to be found. Unfortunately, one women came out with the illegal DVDs stuffed in her jacket.
Hyman was happy to see the woman come out, because it gave her a reason to bust her for piracy. "Since December 2003, when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg started an initiative to stem the trade in bootlegged and counterfeit goods, Ms. Hyman has “seen a huge decrease in illegal DVDs being sold in buildings.” In a February sweep, the organization checked out three buildings and 32 storefronts for bootlegged DVDs, and found none."
May people who pirate these movies go to the theaters and record them on their phones or some fancy small video camera. It is becoming difficult to catch these people, but the Entertainment Merchants Association industry employs monitors who use night-vision equipment to see pirates in action, and theater owners pay employees up to $500 for catching a surreptitious recorder in the act.
Piracy will never go away; however the movie industry is advertising on how wrong and illegal it is. If you get caught purchasing pirated material over the internet, you could face some serious charges as well as the seller.
My question to you is, should it be fare for people to sell movies through the internet other than the entertainment industry? i believe that people should not pirate movies or music in order to get a quick buck. Music and movies should be sold by the entertainment industry only or some other store such as Blockbuster, who get their movies legally.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Fake Authors
The "All My Children" character, Kendall Hart, is played by the actress Alicia Minshew, wrote a fictional book called "Charm". This book was on the ABC soap opera for quite some time.
ABC decides to put this book out there in public bookstores for the real people. However, the true author of the book is not mentioned, the character Hart has her name on the cover as the writer. “Charm” was published by Hyperion, which like its sister company that owns “All My Children,” Disney-ABC Television Group, is a Disney property. It has sold more than 100,000 copies and made its debut in February at No. 13 on the New York Times best-seller list. THe book will be on sale in Sears stores nationwide beginning April 14.
According to Sara Nelson, the editor in chief of Publishers Weekly, “Since there seems to be a blurring of lines between fiction and reality on TV, in books, in politics even, it stands to reason that a fictional character could write a book that actually gets published. It strikes me as one of those ideas that’s so bad it’s good.”
I believe that this type of writing is a way to draw people to watch soap operas. Whether it is from a fictious character or not, the book reflects on the stories of the show.
My question to you is do you think this kind of writing is right or wrong for the public? I say, it's right as long as people know the difference between fiction and reality.
ABC decides to put this book out there in public bookstores for the real people. However, the true author of the book is not mentioned, the character Hart has her name on the cover as the writer. “Charm” was published by Hyperion, which like its sister company that owns “All My Children,” Disney-ABC Television Group, is a Disney property. It has sold more than 100,000 copies and made its debut in February at No. 13 on the New York Times best-seller list. THe book will be on sale in Sears stores nationwide beginning April 14.
According to Sara Nelson, the editor in chief of Publishers Weekly, “Since there seems to be a blurring of lines between fiction and reality on TV, in books, in politics even, it stands to reason that a fictional character could write a book that actually gets published. It strikes me as one of those ideas that’s so bad it’s good.”
I believe that this type of writing is a way to draw people to watch soap operas. Whether it is from a fictious character or not, the book reflects on the stories of the show.
My question to you is do you think this kind of writing is right or wrong for the public? I say, it's right as long as people know the difference between fiction and reality.
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