The Bollybob Disclaimer and Rationale

 

Dear Mr. or Mrs. Bollywood Entertainment Provider:

I know, I know. We have no right to take screenshots from your movies -- like the one above -- and place them on this website. You haven't granted us your permission to do so...in fact, we haven't even asked for it. You have every right to march in here and tell us to take it all down, and threaten us with legal action if we don't comply. And since we don't have money to hire a lawyer -- and since we don't have a legal leg to stand on -- we'll certainly have no choice but to comply with your wishes. You might as well just email us right now and get it over with.

But before you do, you might be wondering... why do we have the gall to steal these screenshots in the first place?

*  Our first line of defense is that we count on you never, ever, ever seeing this website, let alone this disclaimer. What you don't know about won't hurt you.

*  We believe that our usage of the screen captures should be considered "fair use" as we are using them in a non-commercial fashion. That's right - we do not make a cent off this website or off of your hard-earned entertaining images. The goals of this site are commentary, criticism and occasionally parody.

*  In an industry (Bollywood) rampant with piracy, isn't it refreshing to know that at least ONE group of people is actually buying your DVD's (no matter how many times people come up to us on the street and try to sell us an "advance" copy of "Mission Kashmir"), even if they're using these DVD's to copy images from? That we buy them regardless of the ever-increasing pile of legitimate DVDs that cease to function in our DVD players?

*  Maybe our screenshots will so intrigue new visitors that they'll decide to go out and buy the movies for themselves. If you sic your laywers on this website and tell us to take the screenshots away, we'll be forced to draw our own, and believe me: nobody is going to buy (or even rent) a DVD based on our primitive drawings:

Now tell me, Mr. or Mrs. Entertainment Provider...besides the benefit of the "motion lines" in the second image, which picture is more dynamic? Which one is going to convince you to buy "Hairaan"? We rest our cases.

Sincerely,

Bollybob.

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