Thursday, 27 May 2010

My gripe with those "You wouldn't steal a ...." adverts


(Don't get me wrong, I
am opposed to theft)

They should pitch those anti-copyright theft adverts a little better; the stuff they portray is far too context-sensitive to be shown so ambiguously. An example- Yes, it is true that I would not go to a video store and steal a movie. However a far more accurate analogy depicting the realities of video piracy would instead be as the following: "Would you steal five pounds from James Cameron?", as in this scenario there are no local film shops at a loss, only a money-grabbing twat who could quite frankly do with an income deduction of way more than a fiver. Of course, they'll never air my version, because you'll end up with millions of people sitting down, seeing that advert and thinking "Yeah, actually".

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