Shameless business model

Discussion in 'General Business' started by movidalatina, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. #1
    This is by far one of the most shameless, total disregard
    for copyrights and laws business models i've seen online, of
    course the girl selling her virginity on ebay, ok, the guy where
    women tell him what to wear.. ok,, but these people have no
    shame Megavideo.com has recently released movies
    on their site and when you are about 70 minutes into the
    movie, the movie stops and you are prompted to pay
    a megavideo monthly membership fee, if you want to finish
    viewing the movie...LMAO... I was just watching 7 LBS. which
    is not even in all theaters yet or released.. like clockwork
    72 minutes into the movie...Bam!!:eek: the payment prompt pops up.

    LOL- Unbelievable, man these people have some nerve...
     
    movidalatina, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  2. wolfey

    wolfey Peon

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    Thats funny they wasted 72min wow. good idea better then putting it at the beginning. Pirated movie what do you expect.
     
    wolfey, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  3. topsearchresult

    topsearchresult Peon

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    #3
    You get what you pay for.
    Or don't get what you don't pay for?
    Clever though.
     
    topsearchresult, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  4. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    #4
    Yes its one of the way to make customer buy something from them and its legal in term of law.
    You should pay for you had done or watch such as you should pay for the movie ticket when watching at cinema.
     
    mentos, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  5. jasmor81

    jasmor81 Peon

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    haha that is so funny. you watched half of a movie and then they asked you pay. for me that would have ruined the movie i probably would have never been intrested in seeing the rest
     
    jasmor81, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  6. Jorge05r

    Jorge05r Active Member

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    #6
    Why not go to the movies and pay for it, these movies are pirated, you're not paying for it, what else do you expect. :)

    At least you got to watch the beginning.
     
    Jorge05r, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  7. Grit.

    Grit. Well-Known Member

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    it sounds like a good idea ^^ 72 minute sampler... but also think about it.... they're hoping you get interested and can't go on without the last half :O it's cunning...
     
    Grit., Dec 18, 2008 IP
  8. EzyTrader

    EzyTrader Active Member

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    Yeah they annoy me to lol.

    any better alternatives?
     
    EzyTrader, Dec 19, 2008 IP
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    gsv13 Well-Known Member

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    Pretty clever IMO however only works if movie is interesting till 72 mins.
     
    gsv13, Dec 19, 2008 IP
  10. venturefox

    venturefox Notable Member

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    Streaming video over the internet is not a cheap business, someone has to pay the bandwidth costs and I doubt they make that much from advertising. Seems very fair to me and there arent many businesses out there that give the functionality of megavideo. Youtube only allows 10 minute videos in comparison.
     
    venturefox, Dec 19, 2008 IP
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    estator Peon

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    The movie has recently released? So I guess it was camcorder version with heads poped up sometimes? It ruins the movie in the first place.
     
    estator, Dec 19, 2008 IP
  12. joebert

    joebert Well-Known Member

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    Thank god prostitutes don't work that way.
     
    joebert, Dec 19, 2008 IP
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    #13
    ha you are such a **** - i cant even say it on the forum - Your complaing that a video sharing site is asking you to pay a monthly fee because you want to watch more than 70 minutes of a video - but the video your watching is pirated???

    first of all there probley loosing money on a per customer basis with you - and yur complaing that you cant watch a pirated video in full for free on a free platform lol - you make me sick - go out and buy the video or get a job

    @venturefox - they dont have a ten minute limit here are 4 hour long videos on your tube they do have a upload limit though
     
    zinc-uk, Dec 19, 2008 IP
  14. adrian88

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    Go to a different video sharing site. Try tudou, youku, and those other Chinese ones. They usually have nothing shameless like that... :)
     
    adrian88, Dec 19, 2008 IP
  15. jasmor81

    jasmor81 Peon

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    i think its even funnier that they are asking you to pay for a version recorded with a camcorder
     
    jasmor81, Dec 20, 2008 IP
  16. Kwaku

    Kwaku Well-Known Member

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    He OP, apparently you don't mind copying other people their hard work for free, so I think I will go and use your sites and their content on some urls of mine I have laying around. Apparently you don't mind piracy anyway.

    What is wrong with you people? I guess everyone admitting here they are watching illegal stuff should have their site copied 1-1 to see how they like it. Learn the hard way what piracy means.

    And then complaining you have to pay for it? That is wrong on soooo many levels. Bandwidth is expensive, movie making is expensive etc; someone has to pay for all of that and everybody knows that ads don't pay enough to run those kinds of sites. You call that shameless? You need an ethics class.
     
    Kwaku, Dec 21, 2008 IP
  17. Jordan656

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    Cant be that legal if its a pirated movie
     
    Jordan656, Dec 23, 2008 IP
  18. nks

    nks Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately, that's how the business model works these days. Not that they are unsuccessful, but one thing for sure, they don't build on trust.
     
    nks, Dec 23, 2008 IP