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     Chris Hughes (Chrish) New member Username: Chrish Post Number: 2 Registered: 5-2006 Rating: N/A |
Is converting a 2d dvd to 3d and then selling it illegal? I have come across websites selling these dvds. If it is illegal why have they not been closed down ? | ||
| Charles Arrants (Charles) Junior Member Username: Charles Post Number: 27 Registered: 5-2006 Rating: N/A |
Selling ANY version of a commercial motion picture in any media format without explicit permission of the agency holding the authorization rights is illegal. eBay, among other outlets, has been openly offering pirated versions of old 3-D DVD movies for years. Obviously, the Hollywood studios who own the rights to these films are aware of this -- and have apparently been turning a blind eye to the practice. My guess is that the 3-D market is so extremely tiny by their standards that the studios simply aren't concerned about it. (Ther lawyers could stop it with one phone call to eBay.) | ||
| Lenny Zimmermann (Zarlor) New member Username: Zarlor Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2006 Rating: N/A |
Actually if the studios were smarter about it (and I don;t think they are in this case) they would view that kind of piracy as an opportunity in the same way so many Japanese companies have in terms of Anime. Many Japanime companies watched the piracy market closely and used that as a gauge to determine which of their products had greater potential (particularly in the foreign markets) and it was those that they would start professionally dubbing and subtitling and marketing. In effect piracy has long been a method of "try before you buy" for those who would view the output of pirated media. Very often the most heavily pirated stuff is exactly the stuff that then begins to sell. Viral marketing in action, if you will. IN this sense I think Charles is probably right that, although the studios are probably ignoring the market because it is too small, it is always possible that if that market grows and get the interest of the studios that we might begin to see actually licensed, high-quality offerings from the studios for those titles. I just think they don't view the piracy as a marketing opportunity, is all. |
