The Industry Trust Uses ET, Psycho And Schindler's List To Tackle Illegal Downloading (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post UK  |  By Posted: 04/05/2012 13:50 Updated: 04/05/2012 15:08

Amidst the continuing debate on copyright infringement and the whys and wherefores of illegal downloading, The Industry Trust are getting ever more imaginative in persuading us avid film-watchers that watching a film sourced through illegal channels is shooting ourselves in the collective film-fan's foot.

In refusing to pay for films, we are essentially damaging the film industry and bleeding it dry. No money coming in from viewers means no big blockbuster budgets, and no films of the kind of quality we see below...

To that end, they’ve launched their Moments Worth Paying For campaign, focusing on the emotional pay-back we get from great films and directs us to www.findanyfilm.com, a site people can use to locate the films they want to watch, from trusted legal sources.

In a clever tactic, they’ve brought together the most memorable moments – from ET crossing the moon, to Janet Leigh in Psycho’s chilling shower scene – to show us the kind of big screen action we could potentially miss out on.

Where do you stand on the position of illegal downloading. Has this campaign made you feel any differently? Let us know below once you've seen these clips...

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  • ET

  • Alien

  • Great Escape

  • Wall Street

  • American Pie

  • Psycho

  • Schindler's List

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08:59 AM on 05/08/2012
By forcing 3D and digital on an unwanting public the film industry are encouraging piracy. There's no longer anything magical about watching a movie in the cinema when everything's either shot on cheap looking video or in unperfected 3D
07:18 PM on 05/06/2012
If there was a streaming site, like Netflix, lovefilm instant etc, that allowed anyone, no matter where they live, to watch TV shows the day they come out (in the first country of broadcasT) and films(the day the DVDs come out) at an appropriate rate per month, then there would be no need for people to download and stream anything. Having to wait YEARS in some places just to watch an episode of your favourite tv show, after it's aired in the US, is absolute agony, and so normal people resort to illegal downloading. Can't believe that this will ever happen, however, the industry is far too greedy. The 'Don't Make Me Steal' campaign is trying to do this, I would recommend that everyone signs its petition.
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fco1922
06:44 PM on 05/04/2012
Don't agree with piracy but the industry needs to seriously reconsider its pricing strategy. So long as DVDs are ridiculously overpriced, piracy will continue. It is a losing battle.
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oferdesade
05:23 PM on 05/04/2012
bottom line: so long as what counts as the bottom line, it will just keep getting lowered. if all that counts in filmaking is the profit, then the hell with them. movies now dont get made without going through a meatgrinder of profit/loss statements that quality has become a dirty word (and i dont necessarily mean art films). if the only films that get made and distributed are the ones that appeal to the same 14-year old mentally challenged segment of the public that has the minimum brains necessarily to seek a torrent, then the ones shooting themselves in the foot are the "industry bears". let 'em sink. legislation and other bullying tactics will only carry them so far. like everywhere else, the sooner we cut out the middleman, the sooner the maker and the viewer find a way to interface intelligently, the better. and if a coupla "studios" go bust thanks to their own greed and cynicism, i can think of very few people who will truly cry.
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oferdesade
05:24 PM on 05/04/2012
sorry for the crappy grammar. i'm angry!
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OD4U
If its OK for one then its OK for all.
04:42 PM on 05/08/2012
Crappy grammar or not I agree wholeheartedly.
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04:14 PM on 05/04/2012
The film industry, like the music industry is rich beyond belief.
They have been ripping us off for years.

Lower your prices or get lost.
03:57 PM on 05/04/2012
I know people in the industry so I always frowned down upon it. But in the last few years when studios pull stunts like they did with the Avengers and Battleship, releasing American movies everywhere in the world except here. I can't help but not care about the illegal downloads anymore or the money the studios are losing. Their own actions are fueling it and it's becoming mainstream.