The movies on The Cinemated Man are all legally presented and in public domain and in no way infringe on copyrights. There is no 'bootleg copy' on The Cinemated Man. Nor is there is any DVD rip available or links to any therein.

Visit the site and you'll see it's a tribute to films not a burglary of them. Also, as you may already know, uploaded films online at sites like Google and Youtube (where CM flicks are hosted) are all converted to a flash format, which in no way competes with a mpeg2 or better on a DVD in terms of quality, frame rate, resolution, audio sampling.


It is widely believed that uploaded films make them accessible to audiences that would otherwise not know of their existence, thus encouraging, not harming sales of DVDs, etc.


Countless times I have been told that a DVD purchase was made AFTER viewing the film online. True, there are folks who just buy cheap DVDs w/out knowing anything about the film or by judging by the cover of the case. But by and large, most buyers of DVD classic films (pre 1960, for example) already have seen the flick either online or on television. And like television, the flash format online version is no comparison to the 'hard copy' DVD one can purchase. If The Cinemated Man or other sites which follow strict copyright usage guidelines are 'bootleg' than so is network television.

I understand your worries concerning uploaded DVD rips, bittorrents, etc and the problems for filmmakers and distributors that 'bootleg' uploads can cause. But rest assured The Cinemated Man doesn't bootleg and always plays by the rules. But don't just take my word for it, check it out. Peace. -Miles