Terry Gilliam on piracy
Feb. 23rd, 2006 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiPerhaps this explains why he has little sympathy for the Hollywood studios' current drive against DVD piracy.
"It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.
"When you look at one of their accounting sheets you realise you're never going to see a penny, so if someone wants to rip them off that's fine with me.
"If you're going to pirate, though, make sure the quality's good. Have some respect for what you're pirating!"
Note that this doesn't imply that piracy is legally defensible. Don't break the law, ok?
Ethically, however? You're not taking a meal out of a baby's mouth; you're taking custom rims off the company's fourth stretched Humvee.
(note: That probably doesn't apply to indy films as much).
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sweinberg
"It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.
"When you look at one of their accounting sheets you realise you're never going to see a penny, so if someone wants to rip them off that's fine with me.
"If you're going to pirate, though, make sure the quality's good. Have some respect for what you're pirating!"
Note that this doesn't imply that piracy is legally defensible. Don't break the law, ok?
Ethically, however? You're not taking a meal out of a baby's mouth; you're taking custom rims off the company's fourth stretched Humvee.
(note: That probably doesn't apply to indy films as much).
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sweinberg