Angelica Panganiban explains how movie piracy affects the film industry

Joan Leary

<div><img src='' alt='070616-angelica_main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>After learning that the film <i>The Achy Breaky Hearts</i> has been circulating online illegally, Antoinette Jadaone, who is the director of the film, and everyone behind the production, aired their disappointment sentiments about film piracy online. </div><div><br/></div><div>Actress Angelica Panganiban also voiced out her dismay on her Instagram account.</div><div><br/></div><div>She posted the official statement of Star Cinema regarding the said issue and had a long message in her caption, which explains how piracy affects their work.</div><div><br/></div><div>“<i>Alam po ba ninyo kung gaano kahirap gumawa ng isang kwento? Isang pelikula? Isang eksena at isang</i> shot<i>? Kung anong kailangan namin gawin, isipin, isakripisyo para lang makaarte kami ng tama? Para may mapanood kayong makabuluhan, may aral. Yumbang may</i> sense,” she wrote.</div><div><br/></div><div>She also shared the sacrifices they have to make in able to produce a good movie.</div><div><br/></div><div><i>“Alam nyo po ba kung ilang oras lang ang tulog namin kapag gumagawa kami ng pelikula? Alam nyo bang kadalasan hindi namin nakakasama pamilya namin dahil may tinatapos kaming </i>playdate<i>? Napaka hirap po ng trabaho namin,</i>” she continued.</div><div><br/></div><div>Angelica has already worked with Antoinette in the movie<i> That Thing Called Tadhana </i>and says she is also affected by the issue because her film has also been a victim of movie piracy.</div><div><br/></div><div><i>“Hindi ho namin sinisira ang kabuhayan ninyong mga nanonood ng pirata. Pero bakit kayo? Tinatanggalan ninyo kami ng kabuhayan?</i> </div><div><br/></div><div>“Yes. <i>Affected ako. Dahil biktima na ko ng</i> piracy. <i>At </i>affected <i>ako dahil pangalawang beses na tong nangyayari sa kaibigan kong</i> direktor<i> na walang sawang nagbibigay sa inyo ng pelikulang nagpapasaya, nagpapaiyak at nagtuturo sa inyo kung pano magmahal. “</i></div><div><i><br/></i></div><div>In the end she advised her followers to stop consuming pirated content online.</div><div><br/></div><div><i>“Tigilan niyo na ang</i> piracy. <i>Wala kayong pera, pero may pang bayad kayo ng</i> wifi <i>at pang bili ng</i> computer? <i>EhDiWow!!”</i></div><div><br/></div><iframe class='instagram-media instagram-media-rendered' id='instagram-embed-0' src='https://www.instagram.com/p/BHe0tv7gwkF/embed/captioned/?v=7' allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='933' data-instgrm-payload-id='instagram-media-payload-0' scrolling='no' style='border: 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 10px 0px; display: block; padding: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></iframe> <script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script>

Angelica joins in the fight against online piracy.

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