[HCIsland]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I can't believe it's legal to put any form of the script out there. That film is still in theaters. I am pretty disturbed to discover I can just read that script on my computer right here and now. That ain't cool! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It's all relative.<P>Pretty much every image we've been sharing is illegal as well. The screen captures are down right stolen and even many of the other images (like the production shots) are distributed without any mention as to their source. Again, illegal.<P>If production companies could actually stop every occurance of copyright violation, 90% of internet sites that had anything to do with TV or movies would be shut down.<P>I think they let the smaller stuff, like transcripts and screen captures, go because they have much bigger problems with actual pirated copies of films, shows and music. Besides, these sites promote their product anyway, though I remember Paramount going balistic on Star Trek sites a number of years back and shutting down every one that was using images that the studio owned. To me this is just bad buisness.<P>Personally, I don't have a problem with screen captures or transcripts. I don't think anyone is going to use them as a substitute for going to the movie and all these sites generate interest in the film and make money for them. It's basically free advertising. A stollen copy of the actual script would be a different thing in my mind. Many people (including myself) would pay money for a bound script and I don't think people have the right to steal that source of revenue from the studios.<P>It's a fine line though, and everyone seems to have it in a different place.<P>H.C.