Early in April 2010 twenty thousand people were taken to court by the US Copyright Group for the illegal downloading of movies and several thousand more were to be dealt with in the future.
This news clearly makes it imperative to find the best online movie site: one that is completely legal. Since the technology now exists to find the offenders more easily, it might be better to find the best online movie site and so peace of mind.
There are other reasons for taking care over the sites you use. Often the less scrupulous sites provide copies that are simply poor quality. Some movies can be provided complete with the view of audience members moving around in front of the viewer! A good online movie download site will use the latest technology and it’s own server will provide movies of the best possible quality.
Equally the best online movie site will have a money back guarantee where other sites may not give you any recourse if the download is not of merchantable quality.
The money from large illegal download operations could be going to finance organized crime but, in any case, too much downloading of illicit movie copies would impact on the money flowing to studios and producers leading to an increase in the price to the consumer as the film industry attempts to recover their costs.
There are certain tips to finding the best online movie site. Firstly it is often a good idea to avoid file sharing or peer-to-peer sites as these can be badly regulated with a voluntary code of use. Ignorance is never a good defence but many uploaders of videos to such sites are frequently unaware they are committing an offence. Of course this would also be true of those downloading the same copies.
The best online movie site does not need to be expensive. In my experience, a single payment of $40 with unlimited downloads is quite possible. There are also plenty of sites where you can play per download, which works out fine if you only use them occasionally but it can work out expensive if you download movies regularly.
An option that may or may not be useful to you is the option to stream movies. This of course means you can watch the film as it is being downloaded. Some good sites also offer software to burn movies to DVD and this enables you to build a collection.
Personally I also like to find sites with easy access to a good customer service section and preferably video tutorials to help me use the site properly.
Of course studios issue movies to a schedule and the best online movie site, in keeping legal, will not have the latest movies on its catalogue as quickly as illegal sites. I personally feel however that a short delay in seeing a new film is not a great handicap and would prefer to do this and have peace of mind.
To look at it the other way, there are plenty of reasons why illegal downloads should be avoided and few benefits to taking the risk. My preference is certainly to take care and find the best source for my movie downloads.
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