star wars

how illegal and or hard would it be to obtain star wars episode 2
im a newbie and im just trying to measure the pros and cons
i don't want to actually be led to a site or e-mailed the files i just want to know the penalties

u can have a pirated copy on your computer for 1 day only then you have 2 delete it (so i"ve been told)

Camcorder+Movie Ticket=Copy of StarWars

Seriously though. We don't swap or trade pirate copies and such here. This is a security site. If you want info on this. Get Kazaa, Grokster, Limewire or any of the many file sharing progies around.

Just search Google for them. http://www.google.com :D

It's easy

and as prodikal said, legal if u don't have it for more then one day,
just google / irc (NOT AO ! !) / KaZaA it...

(did I just help a " warez dood "?? where is this world comming 2??)

from what I hear...the movie was filmed all digital, and therefore, you need to view it on a digital player, such as DVD or the dreaded movie theater in order to really get the full effect, so unless you want to ruin it by seeing a crappy warez version...just pay the 7 or 8 bucks to go see it..

It would be easy to obtain Star Wars 2, just take a camcorder into the cinema and tape it.

As for how illegal this is, well it's piracy so it's obviously illegal and, depending on how your criminal record looks and what country you live in, you could get anything from a slap on the wrist to 5 years imprisonment (or maybe more, I don't know how strict countries other than the UK are).

Hrm....how hard? Not very. Penalty could be thousands of $ in fines and possibly jail time depending on how far they want to pursue things and if you further distribute it. Go buy a movie ticket.

I never did understand that whole "it's ok if you have it for one day" thing....

I've also heard it for game roms....

Why is it only illegal after two days? Is this a rental policy? What if I wanted to "rent" it for a week?

I don't remember coming across a clause like this in the legal books.... as far as I can tell, it's always illegal

I think the whole one day thing is a myth.

You can't just pirate something for one day, otherwise what's to stop people "renting" it for one day, then another one day etc.?

If you want to see the film so badly, just go and buy a movie ticket, it'll probably be cheaper than buying a pirated copy anyway... :)

IMHO to get a good and full movie experience go and see it.. And when it's released on DVD buy it.. Never trust crapy DivX or VCD copy's if you really want to have entertainment :).

*lol* It's not hard at all.... I have had Star Wars II for a while now....

You can find it in some irc channels or you can try downloading Kazaa.....

You can find Kazaa at kazaa.com


System_0verload

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how illegal

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entirely and completely....kind of like how pregnant are you....you is or you isn't

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and or hard would it be to obtain star wars episode 2

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not hard at all

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im a newbie

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really?

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and im just trying to measure the pros and cons

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to avoid being a con, leave it the the pros

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i don't want to actually be led to a site or e-mailed the files

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lmao...can you imagine trying to email a divx - you'd have to split it into like 60000 segments...

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i just want to know the penalties

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15 years $250,000 some places...

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just pay the 7 or 8 bucks to go see it..

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must be nice...12 bucks here for an evening show...9.50 for a matinee

Honestly, just contact someone in Hong Kong or China and tell them to get it for you. They are all VCDs, Video Compact Disc.

TMD kicks the crap outa VCD.......

Oh yeah if your going to be downloading movies be sure to download a divx player.....
divx.com


System_0verload

prodikal the whole 1 day thing is a load of BS

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Offences: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Under Section 107(1) a person commits an offence who, without the licence of the copyright owner -
(a) makes for sale or hire, or
(b) imports into the United Kingdom otherwise that for his private and domestic use, or
(c) possesses in the course of a business with a view to committing any act infringing the copyright, or
(d) in the course of a business - (i) sells or lets for hire, or
(ii) offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
(iii) exhibits in public, or
(iv) distributes, or
(e) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright, an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing copy of a copyright work.

Under Section 107(2) a person commits an offence who -
(a) makes an article specially designed or adapted for making copies of a particular copyright work, or
(b) has such an article in his possession
knowing or having a reason to believe that it is to be used to make infringing copies for sale or hire or for use in the course of a business.

Under Section 107(3) where copyright is infringed (otherwise than by reception of a broadcast or cable programme) -
(b) by the public performance of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or
(b) by the playing or showing in public of a sound recording or film,

any person who caused the work to be so performed, played or shown is guilty of an offence if he knew or had reason to believe that copyright would be infringed.

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it doesn't state that it only become illegal after a day ;)

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As Valhallen pointed out, it's illegal to obtain a pirated copy of it at all. There is no law that states you're allowed to have it for twenty-four hours, that's just a myth that lets people justify what they're doing.

Technically speaking, with something like software, you could have more than one installed copy, as long as only one copy of the program was in use at any given point in time.

At any rate, pirating or obtaining a pirate copy of Star Wars is not a good idea. Just fork over the bucks and go see it at the movie theatre. It'll help Lucas pay for the next installment, and hopefully that'll pay for VII, VIII, and IX. :)