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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Are Illegal Movie Downloads Worth The Risk?

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.

Moreover, although you will incur costs for legal movie downloads, they are minimal as compared to the price you'll pay for DVD's or store rentals at your local Blockbuster store. Not only that, but the fact is that if you use file sharing sites to download your illegal movies, you infringe on the copyright laws of the owners of the productions.

These file sharing types of sites usually contain a much lesser sound and picture quality in the files, not to mention the fact that they can also contain viruses that could harm your computer. In addition, the legal proceedings you could face from the registered owners of the movies themselves could be devastating.

These sites are often scrupulous and you cannot be assured of any kind of quality from the video that you may be downloading.

Sharing an active connection with a stranger's computer will open up your system to a world of viruses and the worst part is that you might be downloading a file that is designed to steal private information from your system.

Justice is not completely absent, with many offenders who are guilty of downloading movies illegally being brought to task. This is possible thanks to the ability to track anyone on the internet through the Internet Service Provider (ISP), which can pinpoint the exact location of the computer that was used to access the internet.

The forces that bring these felons to justice work smart and only nab the people who download thousands of movies for possibly selling again in the black markets. Since it takes a lot of effort to track and book these individuals, only serious perpetrators are brought to justice and made an example out of.

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 the same phenomenon that happened with music, when people rushed to download music when it first surfaced in a similar fashion. The first few illegal music sites have all gone bankrupt with newer ones replacing them and the rampant piracy continues to date.

While the costs associated with legal movie downloads can be distressing to some, the benefits definitely make up for it. You'll receive a higher quality picture and sound file, as well the comfort in knowing that all the files you download are securely protected from malicious viruses that can cause you and your system much grief in the end. You need to shop around, just like anything else your purchase, to find the site that suits your needs the best.

A lot of the legal movie download sites now a days offer free trials. They allow you a certain number of downloads, or a time frame in which to try their services before any payment will be required.

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