The predicament of a movie buff, when he settles to watch a movie, and realizes that he will have to make do with less-than-perfect quality in any aspect, is something that many of us face! It is to eliminate this trouble faced by those who swear by movies, that the pioneers of the online movie industry have been working for years.

Now, with the advent of websites entirely dedicated to this purpose, we can safely say that our days of woe are over! The only thing that one needs to be able to make the most of online movies is a little smartness. As it is commonly said, with the good, comes the bad and this rule stands true for the cyber world as well. If there are 2 websites, where you can watch movies, chances are that one of them is fake and the other is a genuine online resource.
Here are a few things to look out for, to know whether you are at the right destination:

Variety - A good online resource is sure to provide a wide collection of movies, belonging to a vast assortment of genres. If you feel that the website’s database is extensive and well-organized, the odds that it is authentic are also high.
Testimonials - If a customer really likes what he gets, he is likely to come back and leave a thank you note, in the form of testimonials. Websites with authentic testimonials are usually tried, tested and a safe bet!

Online support - Before you sign up for a website, you might want to check out the customer support provided. You could do this by sending a simple query or complaint, and seeing how quick they respond.

Free trials - Even though not all websites provide free trials, if there is one on offer, it is a good idea to avail it, and get an idea of what you are signing up for.

No exaggerated claims - Stay away from websites that make lofty promises, like “watching endless movies absolutely free”, “full money back guarantee”, “every movie under the sky” etc. Those, who actually have it, never boast of it, and those who boast, usually don’t have it!

Once you are done with choosing a website that you believe is safe and effective, you do not have much more to do. Just register yourself, choose a package that meets your needs, and get started! You can watch movies online at practically any hour of the day, from any place in the world, if you have a reliable database of movies to choose from. Start today, and enjoy for years to come!

Tags: movies, online, entertainment

Outdated copyright, libel and censorship laws threaten a free , fair and safe internet. This issue also involves protecting/funding quality and balance in media/arts.

Drastic changes to copyright, libel and censorship laws needed to maintain democracy in the internet age!
The internet user protection directive.

THE ISSUE: The copyright, censorship and libel laws throughout the European Union were devised before the internet, and indeed from before recorded media. In order to protect freedom, privacy and intellectual property the very concepts have to be redefined. This problem has caused the following effects:


a) Due to the internets non-geographical nature, libel and other types of defamation legislation whether criminal or civil become almost randomly defined. Not just on the jurisdiction either- similar variation exists from court to court, as to the sentencing which can often vary from community service to a hefty jail sentence for the same offence
Libel is interesting because it concerns both privacy and freedom of information issues. On one hand, it is very important to protect the right of a person or group to not have their social lives, reputations or careers harmed by false or misleading stories.
On the other hand, we have the right to know of any misdemeanours concerning public figures, powerful figures or enterprises that we might be dealing with. And surely we dont want children (or young minded adults) barred from talking about the latest playground rumour about their favourite celebrities. Of course, this has huge implications for the culture of Satire which lightens heavy topics, as well as providing the entertainment that we have enjoyed since Shakespeare and before. Do we want a world where truth is defined by having the most expensive lawers?
This suggests that the only alternative to draconian censorship or outright anarchy is a targeted enforcement of defamation legislation. Such a move would involve limiting all forms of defamation prosecutions and lawsuits to cases where profit, gain or malice could be reasonably proven. As well as targeting the police and courtroom costs, essentially a finite resource, this brings the definition of free speech to the general public consensus. That is, it is acceptable to use all forms of free speech, without knowingly harming others with ones words.

b) Due again to the multi-jurisdictional nature of the internet, and the lack of co-operation between government authorities and rival software manufacturers, there is no coherent approach to the issue of properly censoring potentially offensive material on the internet. Fruitless effort is poured in to shutting down illegal or ethically questionableâ websites, FTP sites and chatrooms. What is more important, and more achievable is preventing children and the easily offended from accessing this material by accident or curiosity. As internet content is less rigidly controlled than the film, print or music industry, state censorship would be unworkable. However requiring all content creators to self rate their material on the same grounds as a DVD , could be achieved. Failure to rate correctly could be made a criminal offence. Software could be designed with a standardised content-rating system which would allow safer family enjoyment and warning properly displayed if the content was of a nature that could easily offend.

c) The enforcement and management of copyright law is impractical under current legislation. Digital media makes copying and converting media a matter of mouse clicks. All forms of a digital rights management systems are crackable- almost all of the worlds governments strictly forbid the commercial use of such sophisticated cipher technology on national security grounds. Also, to severely restrict the right of distribution of multimedia products is a violation of the rights of independent media producers who wish to use the internet as a showcase for there talent,. Perhaps even more importantly, make the films and records that Hollywood don’t want you to watch or hear. This amounts to a violation of the basic rights of free expression.
Producers of multimedia content of any kind need to be remunerated for their efforts. It is not a cheap or time-free affair to produce music, books or films even as a hobby. The people who make the TV and movies we enjoy are morally entitled to a fair degree of contribution toward financing their art from their audience.
There are two ways of improving the situation. Firstly, there needs to be the replacement of copy protection to copyright watermarking. Any uploads to the internet of copyright material would have to be digitally watermarked with a copyright license. This would allow media producers to tract their digital assets across the internet. Any enterprise attempting to extract profit or gain out of copyrighted work would be obliged to pay a reasonable surcharge.
However, copyright holders should only have the access to details of private domestic internet account holders in the event of uploads of copyright material. This is because it is impossible for a user to distinguish legal from illegal download sites and servers. Nor until the completion of the download is it possible to accurately determine whether the material is copyright and which licence it is subject to.
It needs to be an offence to upload copyrighted material until one year old onto the internet unless authorised to do so by the copyright holder. One year because of the pace at which the online community moves. Conventional copyright rules involves terms of between fifty and one hundred years. This is impractical due to the nature of the sheer volume of material available on line. It is most important to protect the livelihoods of those currently active in the industry, as this represents the media industry’s future. Other than that condition, like libel, copyright enforcements against domestic internet users should be considered only in cases of profit, gain or malice. Again, this is not a case so much of a liberal approach, but a practically and fairly enforceable one.
The issue of filesharing could be handled via a surcharge per gigabyte of copyrighted, unlicenced media download, with a clearing house system estimating from the details provided by watermarking and reimbursing the copyright royalties to the appropriate holder. The ISP would be surcharged by the copyright authorities as opposed to the end user to protect privacy. This would allow the end user to choose an ISP package that reflects their downloading habits. Those who download or share copyright material would need to be on a higher tariff than those who do not to cover the surcharge costs.

Tags: copyright, legal, internet