@laureth, If the stripper doesn’t want to work for me for free, then she should close her windows. If she’s getting naked in full view of me and expects me to politely avert my eyes, then she’s got a lot of nights of working for free ahead of her. Plus, she’s already made all of her money for the evening. Whether I look or not, she makes the exact same amount of money.
Just because my friend bought the movie, doesn’t change the fact that my viewing experience is 100% free. Whether I see the movie or not, the company makes just as much money.
If everyone watches a movie illegally then it would make zero dollars but everyone doesn’t so that shouldn’t even be in the equation.
My question is this, would you have paid $10 to see every movie that you’ve borrowed or seen on TV. I know I wouldn’t. But maybe you would. Maybe you should mail Miramax (and whatever other company) checks for movies you didn’t purchase that you got to see. I bet they would accept them.
As a matter of fact, every argument you put towards me, I could use as an argument not to sell second hand movies. The company doesn’t make any more money when you sell a movie as second hand. Only you make money. If the original purchase price was considered buying the intellectual property, then you are actually profiting by watching the movie and then selling it. For shame!
Just so you know, I’m a huge proponent of paying for GOOD merchandise. If I borrow a game and beat it and it was a really good game, I’ll go out and pay the $50 purchase price for it (even if I never play it again). Same with movies. Same with books. Same with everything.