Comment Why Pirating DVD's is a Good Thing (Score 1) 212
I own the Myazaki box set and it was worth every penny... and then some. It was worth more than i payed for it because I get the extra satisfaction of knowing my money ISN'T going to Studio Ghibli!! Just because they're Japanese, let's stop to realize that Ghibli is just as bad as Disney. Why are there no subtitle releases of SG movies outside of Japan? Because they've sold North American distibution rights of *every*movie*Myazaki*will*make*till*he $#!@ dies!! There are no options for those of us who would even be willing to pay good $$$ for authentic imports. Like Disney, like Ghibli, the decisions theses bastards make is how to best screw the consumer. Does Ghibli care about fans in the States?
Its very sad that brilliant artists can't get closer to the truth about salesmenship in the modern world and are jerked around by Big Media. I think of this every time I am *forced* to buy a David Lynch film that someone has decided that I can't have. Good example: Eraserhead. Apparently Australians have fit the target marketing strategy for several years and Americans haven't... no DVD for us? I think not!! I happily watch my region 4 DVD decrypted on the fly w/ DeCSS on my laptop.
Piracy will never go away -- it will always cut into your proft margin. The difference is whether you want to cut in by several percent, or by tens of points. Try to fathom the dollars that would be going into the pockets of SG if they sold what fans wanted directly to them, and didn't have to hide behind Disney.
Its very sad that brilliant artists can't get closer to the truth about salesmenship in the modern world and are jerked around by Big Media. I think of this every time I am *forced* to buy a David Lynch film that someone has decided that I can't have. Good example: Eraserhead. Apparently Australians have fit the target marketing strategy for several years and Americans haven't... no DVD for us? I think not!! I happily watch my region 4 DVD decrypted on the fly w/ DeCSS on my laptop.
Piracy will never go away -- it will always cut into your proft margin. The difference is whether you want to cut in by several percent, or by tens of points. Try to fathom the dollars that would be going into the pockets of SG if they sold what fans wanted directly to them, and didn't have to hide behind Disney.
