COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT DRIVES WOMEN WILD

[defrog]

ITEM: The head of the International Actors' Federation says that media companies trying to fight copyright infringement must stop calling the infringers “pirates” because it’s too sexy.

"We should change the word piracy," she said at a press conference. "To me, piracy is something adventurous, it makes you think about Johnny Depp. We all want to be a bit like Johnny Depp. But we're talking about a criminal act. We're talking about making it impossible to make a living from what you do."

Maybe they should call them copyrapists?

Anyway, sure. Picking the right name for yr enemy is important if yr going to win hearts and minds. Because look what happens when you call them sexy names and suddenly everyone thinks downloading movies and uploading stuff on YouTube is okay:

2009 box office receipts up 10% from 2008 and 30% from 2005
More people going to the movies and more going more often, with the 10% who go once or more a month accounting for half of all ticket sales
31 films grossed over $100 million each.

[Sources here and here]

See, if it wasn’t for piracy copyrape, those numbers would be, like a million times higher. Can’t you see sexy pirates are killing Hollywood?

Give up the booty,

This is dF

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[kukla-red.livejournal.com]

Is that a sock in his leggings or is he just really happy to be walking the rigging?