This is completely ridiculous.If I tell you that the Rice that you eat, is coming from a piece of land, owned by a farmer who beats up his Wife.... would you stop eating ?? Would you be willing to make an effort to find out ??!!! we all know for a fact that we pollute the earth by driving...isn't that unethical towards our future generation ?
:)) lets not bring ARR into unnecessary stuff. On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 5:55 PM, vivek <iiivivekoberoi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Yes, ARR should not have involved with the project if he was aware > that prior permission was not taken for remaking the movie. > > Yes, ARR should not rent out his studio to MDs who are blatantly and > intentionally guilty of infringing on copyrights of other artists - > international or domestic. > > well gomzy, going by your logic, pakistan can house thousands of > terrorist camps and get away with it by just saying "oh we just gave > them a place to live and work. We are not responsible for what they > do". Do you think it is acceptable? > > A guy distributing ghajini mp3s would say "I am just giving but I am > not asking anyone to take it. So, I am morally upright and did no > wrong". The other guy would say, "I am just taking because he is > giving otherwise I would have bought the CD. So, I am pure.. you see, > morals are subjective". oh yeah right! > > technically speaking, ARR might not have broken any law. but... > > laws exist for enforcement. morals exist for enlightenment. > laws have to be obeyed. morals have to be practiced. > > Just because we love ARR, the man and his music, it should not blind > our own judgement. > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Gomzy™" <gomtesh.upad...@...> > wrote: > > > > > Now lets use your logic for something better. > > > > ARR's studio is given out on rent basis to various MDs. I wouldnt > wanna name > > the MDs who use the studio. > > Now are we going to sue or question ARRs ethics if these MDs copy > or rip off > > some guys music? (they are btw) > > > > Please stop catching anything related to ARR in every manner > possible and > > holding that against him. > > > > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:13 AM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian > siva gopala > > acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . < > > sriramiye...@...> wrote: > > > > > What has AR got to do with it? His work is completely original, > the > > > basic story of GHAJINI is SURE to have been inspired from the > H'wood > > > flick, but the 'masala' is completely by the writer/director. > > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > > > <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com><arrahmanfans% > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > "pradeepananth" > > > <pradeepananth@> wrote: > > > > > > > > So Ghajini is out and looks like its all set to break all box > office > > > > records. Aamir, the producers and everyone involved is going to > rake > > > > in a lot of moolah. > > > > > > > > As far as I know, Murugadoss & Co. did not quite pay Christopher > > > > Nolan, his brother Jonathan Nolan(original story) or the > producers > > > of > > > > Memento for the rights of the movie. Maybe the tamil ghajini > didn't > > > > quite hit their radar but the Hindi one because of its high- > profile > > > > nature will probably do and they might come after Murugadoss & > co. > > > > > > > > In any case, I am disgusted that these guys didn't quite go and > > > > acquire the rights first from the original > writer/director/producers > > > > before ripping it off. If they don't have any qualms ripping off > > > > others' "intellectual property", why should they expect their > > > audience > > > > to not go for pirated DVDs and VCDs of their movie? Why do they > > > appeal > > > > to them to not watch through 'illegal sources' when what they > are > > > > doing is by no means "legal"? (I am no lawyer but I am pretty > sure > > > > that Ghajini will be deemed a case of plagiarism under most > > > > intellectual property laws) > > > > > > > > > > > > Question to ARR is even though he is not directly ripping off > the > > > > story, he is certainly 'associated' with the movie and I wonder > if > > > he > > > > ought to have put a foot down and said that he would not want > to be > > > > associated with a movie where the intellectual property rights > of > > > > another creative artist are being violated. After all ARR > doesn't > > > > appreciate people downloading his music through illegal sources > and > > > > not paying for it. He knows how much its hurts an artiste. > > > > > > > > Folks with access to ARR - if you could get his stance on this > > > issue, > > > > that would be awesome. > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -pradeep > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
