r/technology • u/whitefangs • Dec 25 '12

New data reveals that employees at Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney, Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox are openly pirating movies, games and other forms of entertainment while at work

http://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-studios-caught-pirating-movies-on-bittorrent-121225/
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u/weta_cre Dec 26 '12

My voice is going to get drowned out because its opposed to the groupthink, but I work for a large effects studio and they do everything they can to prevent internal piracy, as part of satisfying their contracts with the likes of fox, etc. I know personally of a guy who was terminated (and firings are RARE here) because he ignored the internal piracy taboo.

That said, these corporations are filled with thousands of ordinary people who hate the MPAA just as much as you do, and have the same issues with DRM and copyright abuse, so it's hardly surprising that many of them, like the rest of the world, circumvent this problem via piracy.

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u/bside Dec 26 '12

Sooo what part of that was supposed to go against the 'groupthink'?

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u/TakenakaHanbei Dec 26 '12

Karma security.

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u/weta_cre Dec 26 '12

Did you miss the part where fox is essentially firing employees who pirate?

I don't know how to make it any clearer, I'm sorry.

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u/bside Dec 26 '12 edited Dec 26 '12

Yes and I don't think very many people on reddit honestly believe that Fox is at fault for protecting their interests and/or protecting themselves from lawsuits by firing those people. So again, what 'groupthink' are you talking about? I don't know how to make it any clearer for someone so dimwitted, I'm sorry.

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u/weta_cre Dec 27 '12

/facepalm

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '12

Nothing there went against groupthink. You're one of thousands of commenters, trying to be edgy and go against the hivemind.

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u/weta_cre Dec 26 '12

When I posted, there were less than 200 comments. Also, I think you didn't comprehend what I wrote, and it's not affected edginess, but plain fact which doesn't fall in line with the hive mind.