CUTTING OWN THROAT

A new day brings not only a new sensation or innovation, but also a new trouble. So the copyright pirates are! They really ARE the trouble, a splinter in the finger – not quite dangerous for a life, but very annoying. A question is – Will Copyright Pirates Kill Television? – personally I don’t think so! I will try to prove my point.
The problem is that people blame piracy, mentioning the low quality of their “production”, but at the same time it continues to flourish thanks to our connivance. The State tries to struggle somehow, but all in vain, because the means they choose are not quite appropriate and fruitless. For example, what’s the sense in collecting pirate copies and crushing them with the help of a road-roller? None, I believe… My idea is that the evil should be extirpated in the root; otherwise it will continue to thrive.
Why do people buy low quality copies? It’s very simple:
1) they are cheaper (the most frequent argument);
2) they are offered for sale earlier than they appear on the big screen;
3) some films just don’t appear on the license discs at all;
4) the choice among pirate copies is wider.
Thus, the most disturbing for a population is a question of the price. Some people just can’t afford buying a license copy. So, the way out is quite obvious – to sell it at the price of a pirate copy. This is the only way to cope with the illegal business on this stage, because changing the national consciousness is even more enduring process.
Frankly speaking, sometimes I also download different films or music from the Internet to watch at home…((( It happens due to some reasons. For example, my friend and I tried to get to the cinema to watch “The Painted Veil” twice or even three times, but failed, because first – the tickets were sold, then – the time-table wasn’t very convenient. More than often it is impossible to find a film or music I like or need on sale. But nevertheless, I strongly believe that licensed CDs and DVDs or a film on a huge screen with a good sound will always be without a rival. And our duty is to contribute to developing the real Art; not playing into hostile copyrighting’s hands.
So, my idea is that unduly copyrighting is only a parasite on the media industry’s body. It won’t be able to survive without its victim; that is why there is no sense in killing it either. It is equal to sawing off the bough on which the piracy is sitting. But we are to do away with a parasite itself!
To sum everything up, I would like to cite the words of Karen Shaknazarov, a famous film director: “Pirate films are very much like singed Vodka”. Everyone knows that it is destroying and dangerous, but resorts to it at least once in a life willingly or unwillingly.