Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Why Illegal Film Downloads Are Not Worth Using

By Freddy Stenson

Even though choosing legal movie downloads will cost you a few bucks, choosing illegal or unlicensed movie downloads could end up costing you a heck of a lot more in fines and court costs.

However, the free option also comes with a big list of problems and repercussions, which you should be warned about. The sad truth is that even with such strict laws, illegal movie downloads outnumber the legit ones by as much as 5 to 1.

In the United States alone, over six million households' downloaded movies from an illegal movie download website in the past 2 to 3 months. Unsurprisingly, most of the videos that were downloaded had adult content in them and they were usually sourced from a Peer to Peer (P2P) website.

There are a couple of ways that these legal movie download sites can charge for their services. One is a monthly fee or subscription that will charged, allowing you an unlimited number of downloads per month while your subscription is active.

This type allows for those that will be regular users to download and unlimited number of movies for a set monthly price. This will allow them to get the maximum number of downloads at the lowest price possible per selection. The other is where you can pay for each individual movie that you download. You'll pay a little more per movie, so this method is best suited for the occasional users.

It is heartening to note that offenders are brought to justice every now and then and not everyone gets away scot free with the crime. Thanks to technology, you can now identify the exact person who downloaded the movie by tracking his Internet Service Provider (ISP) and using their help to find out the computer's location.

Nevertheless, perhaps the biggest benefit, one that most people worry about the most, is that these legal download sites have cutting edge security protection systems in place, which are constantly monitored and updated, so you'll almost never have to worry about downloading a potentially crippling virus in the movie file.

Many movie studios are now improvising some sort of security in the discs so that the people who download them cannot play it back on their system. This security is not foolproof and many hackers always find a loophole with enough time. With newer technologies, it is not that hard to break security protocols either.

It is like what happened with the music industry, where people suddenly were exposed to world of sharing and free downloading between individuals.

The popularity of the illegal movie downloads will continue with time, and many people will succumb to it, rather than paying and procuring a legal version of the movie. As the movie studios continue devising new techniques to curb piracy, the pirates will also devise new methods to overcome these blocks and ensure that they continue doing what they are doing now.

When you do come across a great deal in the supermarket, you will find immense joy and tell your near and dear ones about it so that they too can benefit from it. It's the same with illegal movie downloads as well. You should be warned that treading down this path has severe consequences and can cost you dearly at one point. Simply paying a nominal fee and downloading the movie legally is any day worth it; and will leave you feeling less guilty and more satisfied with the entire movie watching experience.

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