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Consumers
Good films are expensive to make and are valuable products. If consumers want to continue to see the movies they love, they have to stand up against movie thieves. If piracy goes unchecked the number of films and TV programs made in Taiwan and overseas could decline.
The Taiwan film industry is already fragile, with pressures on funding and resources, and like all film industries across the world, subject to ups and downs. Piracy is placing an additional burden on the industry. By not buying pirate DVDs, Taiwan consumers can support wonderful films and TV programs made in Taiwan and from all over the world.
Consumers should also be aware of the negative social impact that movie thieves have on Taiwan. Many raids on movie pirates uncover hard-core pornography. There are also increasing links between movie thieves and organized crime, with pirates regularly linked to property theft, drug dealing and violence.
Some pirate films have no censorship classification or have been refused classification - the kinds of films rejected by the Government Information Office in Taiwan because of themes such as sexual violence and which are effectively banned. |
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