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The reason why Frink jumps on people who freely admit 'willful copyright infringement' is for the sake of the forum. This place exists because people talk about the actual works and their creative and cultural value. If every thread turned into here's where to get this and that, and I never bought that but watched this, no legal body would have any issue closing the place down. If you'd like OT.com to continue, consider the implications of your typing.

If the past has any bearing on the future, dvd and blu-ray releases show up pre-sales date. Star Wars and the piracy story go hand and hand, from 1977 film duplicates to the color lab leak of ROTS. Every step of the way, for every movie, someone has gone to jail for a Star Wars copy. The blu-ray will not be an exception. In the US the FBI/ICE have been expanding their take down of domains, don't be surprised when the SW blu-ray leads to some sites going offline. Even places like this.

Avatar is probably the best selling blu-ray so far, and there were many articles about the piracy aspect of it's release. The MPAA and other trade organizations are eagerly awaiting the next big release (ie SW) to re-send their message in a more forceful way. Some sites taken down will be legitimate, others just get caught in the cross fire. Do you want to have OTcom's owner, have to make the decision of fighting a court case or closing shop? All too easy...

So the FBI will track down that one post where one dude kinda says "download it" from somewhere, and close the forum because of that?

Hey, Frink insisted on the original poster giving up the "legal" site, right, so who'd be more at fault here? It's not like we were trading torrent links, right?

And for the record, I'VE NEVER DOWNLOADED NO MOVIE FROM NO AMBIGUOUS PLACE OR SITE IN MY LIFE! My home's full of legally obtained DVDs lying all over the place... wanna come over and see?