The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for June 09, 2013
June 08, 2013
June 10, 2013
Transcript:
Huey: (sigh)...Yet another innocent victim of internet piracy... Man: People come up to me and they say, "Your bootlegs are so clear, and you never see anyone walking in front of the screen"...and that lets me know my work is appreciated. "Rufus 'Spielberg' Jenkins bootlegs movies." Man: Bootleggers risk jail to bring you cheap movies at home the day they come out in the theater - sometimes earlier... Then some nerd puts it on the internet, and now anyone can just hit a few buttons and reap all that benefit. It's...it's just not right... "Bootlegged movies. They're worth 20 bucks for 3 DVDs."
And almost 10 years later, the movie industry STILL hasn’t figured out how to monetize this. Theaters just up the price of a ticket and wonder why people only go to the big blockbusters.