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Next time you feel the urge to type into your browser, pause. Ask yourself: Would you work for a month with no salary? Would you want your art to be stolen? Piracy is not a victimless crime. It is the slow death of creativity.
A film like Bahut Hua Samman does not have a massive budget of blockbuster stars. It relies on digital rights and small-screen premieres. When a million people download it from Filmyzilla instead of renting or watching it on a legal OTT platform, the producers lose revenue. This directly impacts their ability to fund future small-scale, experimental films.
Actors like Sanjay Mishra are national treasures. When his work is pirated, it signals that his art has "zero value." Piracy devalues the months of hard work, writing, editing, and scoring that go into a film.