Fahadh Faasil Quotes

No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it.

I am not saying 'Dum' flopped only because of piracy. But the money which went to the offenders could have gone to the producers of the film.

When I hear the news that the pirated version of my film is doing rounds, I cannot keep quiet.

So many people are stealing Bikram Yoga. It's like you're practicing medicine, but you're not a doctor.

The pirating thing is bad. The people it hurts the most are the ones you least think it hurts. It's not the big Britney Spears albums that are being pirated; it's the indie bands that don't have two cents to their name.

There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or sharing them with their friends, but because they want to stick it to the movie business.

Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.

Don't buy the bootlegs, save your stuff, everything's coming back out.

Authors do this for a living, and if you take their work for nothing, you are depriving them of a living.

If you are extremely well known and have a very desirable product, then yes, you probably do suffer a bit from piracy, in the same way that if you make a lot of money, you pay more in taxes than if you don't make any money.

I don't think a lot of people realized that piracy is out there, and it's not a Disney-esque or Johnny Depp-esque type of thing.

I don't think it's fair to pinpoint Asia in terms of piracy. It's a worldwide problem. With 'The Expendables 3,' piracy extended everywhere, and over 10 percent of it was in the United States. So I don't want to put my hands over my eyes. It's a shame there is no DVD business in a lot of Asia, certainly China and India.

The many ways of getting content for free have slashed the profits of the professionals in their respective fields.

The day my film 'Dum' released, it was available on pirated DVDs and VCDs. They showed the movie on cable channels. It was pathetic. It was so frustrating.

Video piracy is among the most irritating aspects of modern life for those who work in the film business. Adverts telling you not to commit video piracy are among the most irritating aspects of modern life for those who don't.

I always say this, but I'm saying this again. Do not encourage piracy.

The thing that sucks the most about it is that everybody steals music. You spend thousands and thousands of dollars to make a record and all of these scumbags are just stealing it.

With piracy, people think it's about getting stuff for free. It's not - it's about getting rid of the middleman that stands between you and your enjoyment of the film or music.

Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that the owner wasn't paid for.

The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.

Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright.

It's just hard. I wish the studios felt there was more value in these themes and these pieces of material - that they're worth protecting more. Because then it just wouldn't happen. If the studios cared, the stuff would be stopped in a second.

Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal.

I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.