another faceless existence

piracy is the invisible hand that balances the power of the abusive, corrupt, declining and lax entertainment sector, at least in our country. piracy is not legal, of course. it goes against the laws that govern our country, but i firmly believe that it is a force that is necessary to keep things well and good. imagine piracy as natural destructive forces to bringforth evolution, or at least purify the race of the entertainment sector. let’s face it, because of piracy, cd prices went low from towering high, dvd/vcd realeses of films were faster, the quality of local movies became better (or at least it tries to) and movie houses became much much better. piracy is like this wake up call for the slumbering entertainment sector, it is like his competitor in the food chain. of course piracy should not be let loose. of course it is needed to be controlled, but we know how efficient our law enforcers our right? but i think everything just goes well with the right mix of greedy movie makers, influx of pirated dvds and sloppy police men. as long as the balance is kept, i really think our entertainment sector is bound to grow. fuck those messages saying it kills the industry, of course it hugs a lot of money away from them, but damn, everything is a rat race, and in times like this, great ideas springforth, so see, piracy can also be a nest for next generation’s greatest ideas. i-max is really hitting through. maybe piracy is just another key unlocking a new wave of entertainment yet to be tapped. we can’t be stuck with idiot boxes forever. who knows what’s next? thanks to piracy, there is indeed evolution.

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I DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG

next, i bought this pirated dvd. it had really good movies in it, but after watching it all, i had this idea of giving it back to the vendor, saying the dvd is defective, so that i could get a new one utterly for free. my friends heard my idea, and being good friends (yet unenlightened) as they were, they stopped me. they told me what i was about to do is bad, immoral and selfish. i don’t blame them, it may really look like that in a certain perspective, but in another, wider, patriotic view its all a different story. what i did was not selfish, i only did my role in the balance of things. as i stated above, piracy is part of a system of evolution for our entertainment sector. i actually called piracy as the much needed environmental distress to push the crippled industry to evolve, but of course, environmental distresses could not be left rampant, it should be controlled in such ways. what do i mean? piracy should be dealt in the view of the market, only in such perspective that it could be dealt with the moral factor. first, what is the difference between pirated and original dvds? original dvds pay taxes and proper dues, while pirated dvds don’t. what does that mean? original dvds pay for security provided by the law, meaning, they also pay for quality and assurance for safe profit, while in the world of pirated dvds, all is a fast gamble. pirated dvds are cheap, why? because they don’t pay the dues, dues which include security. their goods are contraband, this means, anything they sell is technically bad, or could be assumed to be in bad shape. so giving back a working dvd to get a new one for free is not lying to the vendor, but only exploiting the fact that the vendor did not buy security. he did not buy security for his goods in times such as this. i am only using my right, i am not stealing anything. it is like paying the student fare in a jeepney even though you could afford giving the poor driver the extra peso. and the vendor is gonna sell it anyway to the next buyer, i just gave it back to the vendor and the cycle just goes on. the vendor has no right to question me becaue he didn’t buy that right. get it? treating pirated dvds like original ones, or let’s put it this way, treating pirated dvd vendors or stores the same as how you treat original dvd retailers is were injustice comes in. that is because the original retailers bought that right for security in their products, while pirated retailers didn’t. that means, pirated dvd stores deserve it such treatment. why? because that is just how things work, it is how to balance things. because treating the two retailing sectors the same is were the true downfall of the industry shall start. you see, if everyone treats pirated dvds as original ones, there is no question the industry shall fall. so what i did is just doing my part in saving the crumbling industry of entertainment, i’m just doing my share in keeping it alive. then i remembered my friend saying: ok jason, whatever let’s you sleep at night. of course keeping the industry alive and keeping its flora and fauna in harmony makes me sleep really good at night.

//this could be a comic satire or an eyeopener, whatever suits you :p