Comments on: Order Pirated DVD’s Online

By: Urineidiot

Urineidiot — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:22:52 +0000

I have friends who work in the biz, and they are “supposed” to get residuals from DVD sales. Last year, one of them who worked on XMen Wolverine, got an annual residual check for $54. The movie sold almost 4M DVDs. This is equivalent to less than a one tenth of one penny per dvd sold. YET, the production company (i.e. already rich people who do very little), and the distributor (i.e execs who do very little), netted more than $12M EACH! Divided by the number of producers/execs they still made over $400k each on ONE movie’s DVD sales. We’re not even talking about the theater sales (her check was $800), cable rights (ZERO), PPV (ZERO), or digital distribution (ZERO).

She worked for over 80 hours a week on the film for about 7 weeks. She makes about $80k/yr on contracts and works on about 3-6 movies per year. She recommended piracy to me, because she realized that the bosses are getting all the $, while she doesn’t get relatively squat. Cost of living in LA not withstanding she’s making an average living but will never make more unless she works more hours.

This is what is wrong with the US today. There’s no way to get ahead, because the people in control are almost literally STEALING from the people below.

And many others in Hollywood get NOTHING in residuals. I also know some name actors in big TV shows that make a very average living. And they have to supplement that living by doing theater when off season.

By: clickgirl86

clickgirl86 — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:51:42 +0000

just want to ask you guys if that q8 site could send its dvds international
im from japan & i want to buy dvds from that site

By: cajie

cajie — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:50:26 +0000

Copyright Guru,
I am afraid K.Kuwaiti is on the mark when he talks about customs consficating DVD’s. I have personally given up a DVD shipment because the cost of clearing it was more than the actual cost of the DVD’s.

And they were for my kids. “Dora the Explorer” for goodness sake!!!

On the bright side, I just received a camera from Amazon costing $1600 without ANY freaking customs duty!.

By: Copyright Guru

Amen brother

By: Nael

Nael — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:19:50 +0000

Downlaoding software, movies, programs or any other non-materialistic product that is copywrited and selling them for proift is considered “Theft” and if you do it, then you’re a low life “Thief”. I won’t buy crappy excuses such as “I’m just making a living, I have a family raise, bills to afford”, because that is extremely ridiculous since you’re living in a country that is considered one of the richest in the world.

I don’t give a damn if you download anything through torrents and use them for your own purpose, but downloading them and then selling them and charging people for it, then this is just disgusting….. how would you feel if somebody broke into your store, stole your goods, and attempts to re-sell them again with a cheaper price.

By: Global Voices Online » Kuwait: Order Pirated DVDs Online

Global Voices Online » Kuwait: Order Pirated DVDs Online — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:26:31 +0000

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By: Q80 BOY

Q80 BOY — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:35:56 +0000

whats all the fighting for,
i would rather by a 1.5kd movie than buying the same movie with the same quality for 7.5kd

BTW, the movies in Q8 dvds are not censored

By: KtheKuwaiti

KtheKuwaiti — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:57:55 +0000

Copyright Guru:

Just to set things straight .. I am not condoning the actions of the website. I personally think charging money for pirated goods is ridiculous.

However, my view on the availability of original DVDs in Kuwait still stands. When your order DVDs through Aramex, there is a high possibility they will be delayed, or worse, confiscated.

If the MOI was to reduce restriction on DVDs/Movies, then we wouldn’t have such a high piracy rate.

By: Copyright Guru

KtheKuwaiti
I have been ordering from amazon through DHL for the last 5 years and not once has it been stopped or confiscated. Movies, books you name it. So that is a cheap excuse. If you want to download torrents for your own personal use, though illegal in Kuwait also, thats up to you. But when it starts being for monetary gain that becomes worse than what al-qabas did.

This goes for all of you!

By: KtheKuwaiti

KtheKuwaiti — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:21:11 +0000

Anonymous Coward:
The Al-Qabas article is about not giving the photographer credit for his work. If Al-Qabas listed their names or websites, they wouldn’t have been mad.

In the case of *pirated* movies in Kuwait, its not the consumer that should be blamed. You can not purchase an original DVD movie from Amazon, they will confiscate it. You can not watch a movie at the cinema, its edited to bits. And finally, you can’t purchase the DVD from Kuwait because no one sells it.

By: Natural

Natural — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:56:47 +0000

Are the dvds Censored ?

By: K u w a i t o o n s . c o m

K u w a i t o o n s . c o m — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:46:29 +0000

The best way is that guy who walks into the office with his “DVD laugage” and lays them out on ur table .. you pick, you test.. you shortlist, you pay… then back to ur job wishing ur at home watching ur dvd’s lol