Most Expensive Movie Ticket In Town
A movie will cost you nearly ten dollars at a theater. March of Penguins at the Guild 45th, for example, will set you back $9. We hear that's something to see. Cheapskates can drive up to the Crest and see second-run films for a three-spot weeks after everyone else, but generally a movie costs you ten in the theater.
You get a break with home rentals. Blockbuster, Hollywood, Scarecrow, et all charge a couple bucks to let you take a DVD home with you. Depending on your level of obsession, services like Netflix can be much much cheaper. We'd like to hear how many rentals are possible in a month from Netflix.
Yesterday Dale Weaver of Lynnwood found out he may be on the hook for $300,000 for downloading and distributing two movies via file sharing networks. The unfortunate movies Weaver is cited for are Fifty First Dates and Harry Potter and the Somethingorother. Famous champion of creative types everywhere, the MPAA, is bringing suit against Weaver, but despite the vast army of artists, writers, filmmakes and actors they claim to represent they still use phrases like "You can click but you can't hide," when threatening their customers.
From the Puget Sound Business Journal:
"We won't stand by while people steal valuable copyrighted material with no regard whatsoever for the law or for the rights of creative people to be paid for their efforts. With these lawsuits, our message to Internet thieves becomes loud and clear -- you are not anonymous, we will find you, and you will be held responsible."
And you will download movies only from officially sanctioned sources like... Well, we've only had five years or so to work on this, so cut us some slack.
