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Jeez dude, way to respond so seriously to this video. It's a joke.
Also, IP does not stand for intellectual property, and intellectual property also has a lifespan of 100 years, not 10. Though this may vary per country.
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Bleak-Creep responds:
For some reason I've actually gotten a decent amount of responses that have taken this as a some kind of cautionary tale. I didn't think I was really being all that subtle in the fact that it's a parody.
No, there is no death penalty. Furthermore, Intellectual Property (IP) is subject to expiration therefore maximum life that an IP might have is 10 years. About piracy, every single person does it, but they are never caught, they even profit from it. I wrote a huge list of people who are abusing Intellectual Property rights of others in Newgrounds forums (General forums), it's listed as con-artists on the internet.
Yes, they profit from it. When they're caught the minimum would be 2 years imprisonment, 5 years or a maximum of 10 years (if case involves serious violations). Some people even buy their products without caring about piracy. Piracy runs in softwares, to videos (being download and re-uploaded), to Music being (download and re-uploaded as a remix or something).
Also, don't push for making a story too sad or to severe of consequences. Let's be realistic here, a person doesn't get death penalty for piracy since the products life cycle tends to mature and soon decline (search product life cycle for more info). Also you should stop sending mails to someone who doesn't want them - you might end up in trouble.
Hit up some old movie or some old song - you might laugh at it for being 'goofy' or out of the current times tastes/trends. That's how Intellectual Property works it's subject to expiry, what old people find interesting might be boring to us.
Nice job by the narration and animation. Good use of soundtracks.
I't was good : fun and weird !
Also the letters , they are hillarious !
GJ !
Bleak-Creep responds:
Thanks! I've thought about doing a few more letters at some point. They were pretty fun to make.
Sorry, but they do not sentence you to death for piracy, several decades of prison time, possibly, but never death.
I really wish the father had been wrongfully accused of murder, or maybe accidentally downloaded something truly illegal disguised as Pirates of the Caribbean. Something more believable to give him the death sentence. Otherwise it was a very entertaining watch and the animation was great.
Keep it up!
Bleak-Creep responds:
I know how harsh Disney is with piracy so I figured it'd be funnier to just go with something completely outlandish, in the vein of those "You wouldn't steal a car, ect., ect." commercials you see on DVDs. They're the best.