Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Unearth The Authorized And Trustworthy Way To Download Movies

By Pamela D Baker

Just a few short years back, the single way to get a great movie to view at home was by going to the video store. The technology to download the film straight to your computer was not yet available.

Right now there are many fully permissible and reliable sites that will allow you to download unabridged, high-quality movies directly to your computer. Most of them cost a fee, either a membership charge that allows for unlimited downloads for a preset amount of time or a pay per download fee.

Along with the officially authorized sites, however, there are quite a few unlawful sites that offer to allow you to download movies for free of charge. The greater part of these free films are illegally copied copies. The quality of the presentation is not promised and you may be receiving 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 original works to receive a profit when others get pleasure from their work. The majority of films are copyrighted. There may be a few of them that are in the public domain, very old movies that did not renew their copyright or the very few that may have originally been appropriated to the public domain, however the infinite preponderance of all movies are copyrighted.

Near every movie that you want to download to your computer is copyrighted. By downloading a free of charge, illegally copied copy you are violating an crucial law and an crucial right for the copyright owner, be it another person or even an entity like a corporation. You are violating the law and you could even be risking prosecution.

After January 1,'78 any work, including films, that was produced is automatically copyright protected for the term of the author's life, plus an added 70 years later than death. In the isolated situation of an nameless work the copyright is still in effect for 95 years from earliest publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is least. In any case, every movie that you want to download is copyright protected.

Downloading without charge bootleg movies is flouting the law. If that is not enough of a disincentive to stop you, you are also risking computer difficulties such as viruses and adware and the quality of the film is not even certain.

The lawful and reputable sites offer virus protection for your computer. They pay royalties to the copyright owners and they will give you with a high-quality, whole movie at a practical cost. Be smart when you download and do it lawfully.

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