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=I**llegal Movie Downloading**=

Illegal video and movie downloading is becoming a major craze to a lot of internet users today. Unauthorized copying of movies from copyrighted movie files without the permission of the owner is illegal. Giving out illegally copied movies for commercial gain while the movie is still in theater is what is called movie piracy. Surveys show that there are more illegal downloads then legal downloads.Unless action is taken to stop piracy, the percentage of illegal movie downloads will most likely rise.

This illegal downloading is becoming a major craze everywhere. According to the MPAA about 25% of internet users have illegally downloaded movies before. 60% of these piracies are in South Korea. The MPAA is also saying that the theater and DVD sales are dropping even though they made $10.85 billion last year in the box office.If caught you can be jailed for many years and can be billed with a lot of money.



=Can I make a copy of a DVD I bought?=

Legally you can not make a copy of a DVD you bought. With those copies you make you could give them for free or sell them and either way it is taking money away from the movie industries. Even if you use the copy for your self it is still considered copyright piracy just like downloading a song or picture. With selling and coping you will pay and will be in prison big time. Copying DVDs you bought are just as bad as illegally downloading videos.

Even though it is just as illegal as downloading movies off the internet copying of DVDs is more common. You can easily download a program that will make copying a DVD a synch. Copying is harder to find out about for the movie industry but if found with multible copies you will be jailed and billed for over millions and a lot of years of prison depending on how many u have. Getting caught with a movie will cost more then if caught downloading illegal music. Now knowing this information I hope you will never download andy movies illegally or copy a DVD.

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