Thieves Vote For Blu-ray In DVD Standards Battle
from the good-to-know-where-they-stand dept
Frank writes in to let us know that the latest news on the next generation DVD battle that almost no one cares about. Apparently, crooks favor the Blu-ray standard. At least that's the story concerning some thieves who broke into a video store last weekend and made off with a bunch of Blu-ray DVDs, but left all the competing HD DVDs. Somehow, I doubt that Sony will use its favor among thieves as part of the marketing campaign for Blu-ray.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Too easy
Someone actually being paid to write a commercial could do it a lot more nicely but that's it in a nutshell.
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Re: Too easy
Only thing I would change is insttead of just showing dissapointment at the HD DVD, the Ninja commits hara-kiri at the sight of the HD DVD.
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Even easier
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Else they would have to find the movie on the web in bluray format and burn it to a blank bluray. (I don't even know if that's possible yet)
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Comment #2: Yes it is easier to do that, if you know how. There are lots of people who are not as pc literate to know how to do that (think about your average pc user that uses said pc for only email, jokes, and news sites). They are the ones that would buy stolen movies mainly becuase chances are they won't know they are stolen and some probably know but don't care.
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Couldn't afford to buy
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People - do yourself a favor, find an outdoor hobby or read more. It's quite rewarding - just a friendly suggestion :)
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O/L: "Based on a true story"
Fade in: Ninja-dressed thieves breaking into store
Cut to: Thieves rummaging through wares
Long shot: One checking Blu, one checking HD
C/U: HD logo. "Yeahhhh!!"
Cut to C/U: Blu logo. [with disappointment in voice] "Oh..."
Establishing shot: Blu thief drops wares, runs to assist HD thief
Tracking shot: Thieves run out with wares, HDs seen on ground
O/L: (w/ logo) Every thief wants Blu-Ray
Fade out
And show that to the the Studios.
There is only one reason thieves want Blu... so they can pirate it.
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first you say the blu-ray guy drops his stuff to help the HD guy, but then you say that only blu-ray stuff was stolen. wtf?
i *think* i know what you're saying, but seriously, logically speaking, the stuff you just wrote makes no sense.
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PS3 thieves first
Yes video can be gotten off the net. No the average criminal is not savvy enough to download / burn. Watch the funny videos on Spike TV sometimes. That is the most prevalent type of criminal out there on the street.
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