No, not this kind of piracy.

For those not familiar with WordPress, the site tracks a variety of stats for my blog, including what search terms led people here.  After a few months on WordPress, I’ve realized that having the word “Pirate” in my movie-related blog title leads some people here who might be searching for pirated movies.  I get a lot of searches like “iron man 3 pirate” or “life of pi from the pirate way,” presumably a misspelling of The Pirate Bay, the popular torrent site.  (I also randomly get people who click over to my Tomb Raider videogame review, looking for a walkthrough of the pirate ship section of the game.  To those people I apologize, and recommend they check IGN.)  So with the number of people who come looking for pirated movies, I feel like I should tell you: I am strongly opposed to media piracy.

I know many people who regularly pirate movies and tv shows. Continue reading →