Unearth The Authorized And Reputable Way To Download Movies

By Sandra K Martin

Just a few decades ago, you couldn't even observe a film in your own home. The technology didn't yet exist. Then along came videos and video stores and we all began enjoying viewing movies at home. Now we can even download films directly to our computers.

Right now there are many fully above-board and reliable sites that will permit you to download whole, first-rate films straight to your computer. Most of them cost a fee, either a membership cost that allows for unlimited downloads for a fixed amount of time or a pay per download charge.

Along with the above-board sites, however, there are quite a few unlawful sites that offer to permit you to download movies for free. The bulk of these free films are bootleg copies. The quality of the presentation is not promised and you may be getting more than you asked for in the form of viruses, adware and malware.

In this nation and in most of the world there are copyright laws that protect the originators of creative works to obtain a profit when others have the benefit of their work. The majority of films are copyrighted. There may be a a small amount of them that are in the public domain, very old movies that did not renew their copyright or the very few that may have in the beginning been appropriated to the public domain, nevertheless the great mass of all movies are copyrighted.

Hence almost any movie that you would be interested in downloading to your computer is protected by copyright. When you download a free illegally copied copy from the Internet you are in infringement of copyright law and you are infringing upon another person or entity's rights. You are violating the law and you could even be risking prosecution.

Any original work, such as films and music that was created after January 1,'78 is necessarily copyright protected for the term of the author's life, plus an supplementary 70 years after the author's death. If the work is from an unidentified source it is still copyrighted for 95 years from first publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter. For all intents and purposes, that means that practically every film is copyrighted.

The free bootleg sites are breaking the law. If you download from one of these sites you are also breaking the law. Nonetheless, it is a choice that you make and for some people just breaking the law may not be enough of a disincentive.

The lawful and respectable sites offer virus protection for your computer. They recompense royalties to the copyright owners and they will give you with a first-rate, complete movie at a practical cost. Be smart when you download and do it lawfully. - 29852

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