Video Asylum

Posted by kublakhan (A) on December 28, 2003 at 14:50:09

In Reply to: Re: I can't ID the film posted by yessir on December 28, 2003 at 13:52:28:

yessir,

i'm not worried about searching any illegal sites. i'm trying to find my OWN film that was stolen. i wish someone WOULD show up at my doorstep asking me what i was doing on the site...maybe they'd be able to help. frankly, after going at this a while, nobody out there gives a flying fuck who's bootlegging what where and for how much. it's a big joke right now at least in the film industry. as far as music downloading: i hear the music industry is starting to prosecute individuals. i don't understand how they'd calculate the damages unless the person was also sharing loads of music files.

can you give me more specifics on the 'kazaa style' search? is this like napster? are there any others? i'll search them all but i don't know any of the names. please help if you can. ALSO, the title has probably been translated or changed. I hope there's a way to search by actors.

i can't remember my first post about this but the countries that would have had access to a master of my film are singapore, malaysia and Israel. Also all of Latin America. i need to prove my film is 'out there' so i can sue my sales agent for damages. if someone has a particular expertise in this area i'd be willing to discuss on the phone. i can offer a 10% reward for any money collected in a judgment. damages are at least 1.2 million.

thanks in advance.

Just FYI: bootleggers copy films so fast now it's changed the way studios and independents sell film. there's no longer any time spent shopping for a good sale. you can go to one film market one month and talk to an interested buyer in say Germany. The next month at another market that same buyer might tell you 'i've seen this already...not interested.' a few years ago a decent indie film of around 1mil budget with a name or two done well to average could usually over time get its money back in foreign sales. Now it you don't sell out in all foreign territories quickly the bootleggers will be one step ahead of you and there goes your million dollars. it happens EVERY DAY to EVERY FILM. singapore, malaysia are the WORST BY FAR...at least for films. live and learn...and hide your S&W from yourself during drinking binges.