Ok, first, Google Video removed my review of Heroes from Season 1. Now they removed the whole episode. Sure, I don't own the copyrights to Heroes, or any other movie, TV show, etc, but it's not like I'm making money from this.
It just makes me crazy that these people are so worried that some putz who does a review show is using footage from a popular show, like Heroes.
It's like the whole bootleg movie deal. When people sell bootleg DVD's on the street, the industry loses money. Bullshit, these companies have money coming out their ass every day. Google needs to relax, as does the rest of the world.
Pssh, yeah, not happening.
Erikjust
The typical counter argument goes something like this well one download might not hurt but 1 billion downloads does.
Again this is bullshit.
Lets look at movies such Watchmen,The Dark knight and iron man sure there was a lot of downloads there, but whats that no it canīt be they all had quite an earning in fact The Dark Knight rounded the 1 billion from cinema alone and who knows what it makes from DVD and Blue Ray sales.
Now some might scream that John hasnīt payed for the rights to play Heroes and as such he breaks the copyright and steals and so forth.
Actually what is really happening is that videomastertv are giving free commercial to the show.
By showing it AND actually saying well this show is actually good
(though i myself found it to be a little slow in the uptake, but i guess its like riding a bike it takes some time for it to gain speed) it might inspire several of the audience to say okay iīll give the show a try.
All in all a lot of the so called Copyright laws are hopelessly outdated, technology has simple advanced too far for it to up to date.
Splodge
A version of Wolverine was leaked this week. Somehow I think this will hurt the box office for that film. It's out a month before release and so far reviews are fairly bad for it. I wouldn't be surprised if ticketsales were very low next month.
Still, I believe that if the film turned out to have been good (Iron Man or Dark Knight good), people would still pay to see it even if they have pirated it.
It's a little unfair to judge it right now because it is a work in progress. Army of Darkness taught me that a little editing can turn a mediocre film into a decent movie (the director's cut was a lot better).
As for the Heroes thing, isn't it legal to use that footage for review? Isn't that how the AVGN can sell dvds of game footage - because he's using it for review, not outright pirating it?
John Gibson
Erikjust wrote:
The typical counter argument goes something like this well one download might not hurt but 1 billion downloads does.
Again this is bullshit.
Right, cause the films will make money regardless. You're talking 1 billion people compared to the giga-jillion people all over the world. Not everyone is going to want a pirated version of X film. Some still prefer the movie going experience, as well as the overpriced popcorn, hehe.
Erikjust wrote:
Now some might scream that John hasnīt payed for the rights to play Heroes and as such he breaks the copyright and steals and so forth.
Actually what is really happening is that videomastertv are giving free commercial to the show.
By showing it AND actually saying well this show is actually good
(though i myself found it to be a little slow in the uptake, but i guess its like riding a bike it takes some time for it to gain speed) it might inspire several of the audience to say okay iīll give the show a try.
Exactly. While I don't expect all our reviews to inspire thousands or millions of people to buy a game, watch a TV show, or see a movie, that's one of the bonuses. If someone posts a message saying "Your review of Heroes prompted me to check it out, skeptical as I was. As it turns out, it was great. Thank you". When someone says that, it makes me feel great. I reached someone, whether 1 person, 1 dozen, etc. That's one of the purposes of the show, reaching people, not in the sense of spending money on a game, or whatever.
NBC did not pay me to promote their show. Hell, they probably don't know I exist. In some cases, some unknown schmuck employee of NBC will "hear" of some footage of their show being used, and think that this person or entity has no right to do so. He or she could gain something financially from it.
Well, that's simply not true. DVD sales of Season 1 don't count. You folks who bought the DVD didn't pay for my footage of Heroes.
What are people so afraid of, seriously? By doing a review of Heroes, and using footage, did I just make you a billion dollars with each Youtube view?
