LG's TV Manual Shows TVs With Pirated Movies

[athreex]

REPACK is a scene tag. If a group releases a bad rip (bad RARs, overcropped, bad audio etc), they will release a Repack which will fix the problems. Either that, or it will be (nuked) and another group may release a PROPER version. OTOH, CiM sounds more like P2P-ish.

 

[eyemaster]

[citation][nom]joebob2000[/nom]To those that say "well what if they made their own files from movies they own?" Two things are at work here: The DMCA prohibits you from decrypting the DVDs you own since the decryption process itself is a violation. So, making a copy other than an exact duplicate is a legal grey area. Second, they show one of the movies tagged with 'CiM' (a ripping group) which means the TV owner either downloaded this file from a torrent, or they are the ones ripping the movies under the CiM moniker. Either way, a bit of a no-no.[/citation]

Makes no sense. If you are not allowed to decrypt a movie, how are you supposed to watch it? Surely there's a chip that decrypts the movies for you to see, so you're decrypting it.

The law says you're not allowed to download illegaly, but if you already own the movie, and you're not decrypting it but copying it from a source that's already decrypted, you're breaking no law. You didn't decrypt and you downloaded legally since you own it.

 

[surfer1337dude]

[citation][nom]Scarecrow72[/nom]Sorry but this doesn't mean illegal copies. Just means they ripped a dvd they had in their possession to make it easier to access[/citation]

[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]A bit too late I was, thank you though! I am not the only idiot who knows this stuff[/citation]

Sorry but you are both wrong; while if you do own the movie it is legal to make a back-up copy for your own personal use (so ripping it would be legal as long as your not selling the copy) BUT it is ILLEGAL to break the RMA on the disc. So the law is a contradiction since you can copy it legally, you can not break/get rip of/go around the copyright protection the industry puts on the disc. I am not a fan of this and personally think they need to change the law immediately....


[citation][nom]Spoony[/nom]it does mean its a pirate yes as avatar isnt out on dvd yet so its a screener or cam is it not ?[/citation]
Sorry spoony but you need to learn how to read carefully. The movie is no Avatar but Aviator (a movie about flying, not about aliens lol)

 

[urlsen]

[citation][nom]slartylite[/nom]avatar what a waste of time its crap.[/citation]
So was Aviator :&

 

[hillarymakesmecry]

So if it were an mp3 it's probably pirated too? Lets all jump to conclusions together!

 

[urlsen]

But still a cool addon on a tv...i would buy it

 

[adipose]

People are making the same mistake the RIAA makes: assuming the media file is what the title leads you to believe. All we have are some ascii characters in a certain order, and suddenly that's proof that he pirated a movie? For all we know, these could be trailers.

I mean, probably not but they could be.

 

[lunosnyper]

Some stories just should have been writen. Good reporting but not appreciated.

 

[HavoCnMe]

Does anybody do their jobs anymore? Whoever was suppose to do the proof read on the manual needs to be fired! In this global economy everybody should take their time doing their job, so you only have to do it once. JMO

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]will_chellam[/nom]Actually, the tags on the movies, while admittedly could have been created by anyone are ubiquitously used on torrent sites to describe the manner the torrent was created.... The REPACK tag strongly hints at this coming from a torrent site.The MPAA and RIAA almost never pursue individuals for possessing pirated digital copies of films or music - it's simply not worth their while. What does happen is all that time you're downloading over p2p, the same media is being uploaded to countless other people, and this counts as distribution, its a similar analogy to the difference between caught with a gram of cocaine in your pocket or a kilo in your suitcase.The MPAA and RIAA will pursue each uploading infringement as a case of copyright violation and hence if you download ten films and have up to 50-100 peers that's maybe 1000 infringements - at $10,000 a go you can see how the $0.25m fines mount up and hit the headlines. If anything many of the fines are extremely leniant and I dont think any 'home-sharer' has been hit for the full amount.[/citation]

This may be the case in USA but up here in Canada i can download all i want i just can't upload and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it. (yet)

 

[ooo]

They are showing just words, the real ripmovie wanst in the tv, thats different, you can write whatever you want, the gulty is whoever put the ripmovie in the usb, not a damn manual.

 

[seantm]

How can anyone know they are pirated, couldnt they have just ripped the dvds they own and placed them on TV for easier access to them. Hardly see how thats illegal.

 

[matt87_50]

well I mean where do you buy LEGAL video files that aren't so up to their eyeballs in DRM (and Apple's "YOU ONLY WORK WITH APPLE") that you can actually play them on devices like this?

 

[cloakster]

These are not pirated movies. If they were, it would show up as: The.Incredibles.2004.DVDRip.AC3.XviD or something similar.

 

[idisarmu]

[citation][nom]gekko668[/nom]Hehe lets see the MPAA try to sue LG now, MPAA will get their ass hand it to them.[/citation]

Ass hand it to them???? Don't you mean, "ass handED to them??" Grammar usage seems to be brutal for both writers and readers. The USA education system must suck.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

[citation][nom]idisarmu[/nom]Ass hand it to them???? Don't you mean, "ass handED to them??" Grammar usage seems to be brutal for both writers and readers. The USA education system must suck.[/citation]

Too many people are 1337 wanna-be's, not to mention the limitations on texting force bad abbreviations, and of course, there IS an education system that is forced to set priorities on benchmark exams instead of truly teaching the basics and how to think and solve problems for themselves.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]slartylite[/nom]avatar what a waste of time its crap.[/citation]12

 

[idlerp]

[citation][nom]cloakster[/nom]These are not pirated movies. If they were, it would show up as: The.Incredibles.2004.DVDRip.AC3.XviD or something similar.[/citation]

Did you even look at the picture? Thats almost exactly what it says. It even says DVDrip on the menu item thats highlighted. Morons arguing semantics in light of blatant facts. Apparently the sky is green people, we've been wrong the whole time.

 

[Guest]

face it. if you're defending the MPAA you've already been bought.

 

[martel80]

[citation][nom]stromm[/nom]Legally, no. Not since DMCA was passed in 1996. Duplication of any digital media even for backup/personal use is prohibited.[/citation]You make it look like the stupid USA laws applied world-wide. 😀
DCMA does not apply to anyone outside US, including me and possibly LG (they might be forced to change the manual to avoid US ban of that product, however).