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Why Bootleg Movies are Still Popular but Still Illegal – By Pete Nisbet

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Bootleg movies are still popular, even though they are still illegally downloaded using p2p software. One of the major reasons for this is that the prosecution rates are extremely low in comparison to the millions of people that share movies using P2P file sharing software.

The same is true of illegally downloading music tracks and video games: very few are caught and taken to court. Naturally, if you are one of those that are caught it can be difficult for you, but most people feel that the chance is worth taking, and in any case there are few viable alternatives other than paying the right price. In fact that’s wrong.

There are many viable alternatives: there are legal download sites online, some of which you will hear about later. For now, however, there are movie sites, for example, that don’t have to resort to bootleg movies to make their money. They contain thousands of videos that have already been pre-approved for redistribution to the public from membership sites. Very similar to bootleg movie software, that enable you to illegally download the latest blockbusters using p2p file sharing software from membership sites.

In one case you can get taken to court, and in the other you can’t. Similarly with the music and games files that the same bootleg movies sites offer using the same P2P file sharing software. You are taking a chance doing it because it is not legal. However, what alternatives are the movie and music companies in particular offering you?

The music companies have been responding well to the P2P software download threat by offering individual track downloads at very low prices. In fact it’s hardly worth downloading them free any more because of the one-off membership fee charged to enable you to do so. Sure, it’s a lifetime fee, but you could download a couple of dozen tracks legally for the same price.

Movies are a bit different because it costs just the same to download an entire movie as it does a single music track or a computer game, and the attraction of bootleg movies is obvious. There are still several sites online enabling you to download movies illegally largely because the software is not illegal. I could promote the software as long as I am not suggesting that you use it to illegally download copyright protected material. And I am not: in fact you should use P2P file sharing software to download bootleg movies or music, or any copyrighted files whatsoever, and that is not what it is intended for.

The purpose of the software is to allow new artists to advertise their talents, and allow their work to be freely distributed around the internet. If you use it for that then it is legal. The trouble is you don’t often know what is protected and what isn’t because the majority of companies don’t bother to tell you their products are protected by copyright.

If that’s the case then the question is: is that their fault or yours? In my opinion the technology is available to protect tracks from being illegally downloaded or copied, and if they can’t be bothered to use it then why are they complaining?

Nevertheless, it is still illegal and while I cannot stop you from using the software on my website illegally, I do not suggest that you do, and give you a warning of that on my website. However, as I say, I can’t stop you and neither can the software providers. We trust to your honesty even though the music, movie and games companies don’t seem to be doing much about it themselves.

About the Author

For more information on P2P file sharing services and how to use them legally, visit Online Free Movies where you will find legal debate and comment and also a selection of legal downloading sites.

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Team Leader Training – Why Train Team Leaders In-house? – By Kate Tammemagi

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Effective Team Leaders are pivotal to the success of any organization. It is the Team Leader that ensures the Team is focused on achieving organizational goals, that they are performing at a high level and that they are successful.

The Role of the Team Leader
The role of Team Leader is a complex one involving high levels of interpersonal skills, people management competencies, process management and personal effectiveness – to name but a few. 80% of these are people centred competencies and these are very new to the beginner Team Leader. The skills must be learnt very quickly.

Training Team Leaders
It is not just the quantity of these new skills that makes this learning challenging, but the very nature of people centred competencies complicates everything. We are talking about the way that person looks, the way he or she is perceived by others, the way their behaviour impacts on others. Talking about these areas in public threatens our self image and even how we view our world.

Theoretical learning in a public training group can teach us some of the framework of Leadership. However, in a public classroom style environment, it is almost impossible to remove the blocks created by that self image barrier. Few internalize the learning and apply it in the workplace.

The Benefits of In-house Training
A tailored in-house training programme, where good trainer can create a coaching style learning environment, is the ideal training ground for a group of Team Leaders. A well designed customized program will be set entirely in the real environment of that group of Leaders, using their internal organizational processes, values and context.

Here they can gain the theory, and they can also practice their leadership skills in a safe and non threatening environment. They can role-play holding team meetings, giving motivational team talks and holding one-to-one coaching sessions with their Team members. They can receive coaching and feedback initially from the Trainer, but as their skills develop, the Team Leaders can apply their skills by coaching each other.

By the end of their Team Leader training program they not only have learnt, practiced and improved their skills, but they have bonded as a highly effective ‘Team’ of Team Leaders. They have a shared focus which is aligned to that organization’s purpose and goals, and they have a shared understanding of the Leadership role in that particular Company.

Working together after the in-house programme, they encourage and challenge each other to apply the learning in the workplace. They are comfortable giving feedback to each other, and this will stimulate and motivate each to improve their people skills and Leadership qualities.

They hit the ground running, and with supporters to cheer them on.

About the Author

Kate Tammemagi is a Leadership Trainer. She provides customised Team Leader Training Training in Businesses and Call Centres.

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