arstechnica.com— Illegal downloads of popular films are nearly as numerous as box office visits, a French antipiracy association claims
Aug 7, 2008View in Crawl 4
"The people who download movies through bittorrent and other P2P services are the people who LOVE film, and an overwhelming majority of the movies they download they wouldn't have payed for anyway. That content just wouldn't have been watched."-Where are you getting these estimates?
They were easily copied, and you could still distribute them to your entire circle of acquaintances. You are right in that you couldn't share it with thousands of people at once but I don't think the centralization has such a big effect as a lot of people claim. If say, you could only share it with people in your own city (a medium between the two) then piracy wouldn't suddenly die off, its just that each city would have their own copies being shared.
Yea the Mummy 3 was absolutely terrible and it made 40 million. Which quite honestly I can't believe but the negative word of mouth should kill it off soon. Even with this great piracy The Dark Knight is still one of the highest grossing films of all time. It just shows that if you put out a good quality movie you will make money and most people that pirate a movie wouldn't have paid to see it in the theater in the first place, just something to consider.
If you're going to disagree and argue with me, at least address all my points. I also said, "charge a fair price."I'll admit I can't speak for everyone, but I'm perfectly willing to pay for entertainment if they aren't trying to rip me off. This $20 or more for a move has got to stop. Same for music. Charge me $10 to own an un-DRM'd movie and you've got a sale. Charge me 50 cents for an MP3, and I'll stock up!Yes, you'll always have the people that prefer free, but I don't think I'm alone in my opinion on this. But rather than do what every other company does to compete in a free market, the film and music industries keep prices artificially high and enforce them with legislation.
ivanwaveAug 7, 2008
"The people who download movies through bittorrent and other P2P services are the people who LOVE film, and an overwhelming majority of the movies they download they wouldn't have payed for anyway. That content just wouldn't have been watched."-Where are you getting these estimates?
bahamut240Aug 7, 2008
They were easily copied, and you could still distribute them to your entire circle of acquaintances. You are right in that you couldn't share it with thousands of people at once but I don't think the centralization has such a big effect as a lot of people claim. If say, you could only share it with people in your own city (a medium between the two) then piracy wouldn't suddenly die off, its just that each city would have their own copies being shared.
apoc06Aug 7, 2008
they were thinking: "$$$$$!"
orlandinAug 7, 2008
The new Batman movie proves them wrong. If the industry makes movies worth watching, people will pay for them. Calling BS on the group.
riptor666Aug 8, 2008
Yea the Mummy 3 was absolutely terrible and it made 40 million. Which quite honestly I can't believe but the negative word of mouth should kill it off soon. Even with this great piracy The Dark Knight is still one of the highest grossing films of all time. It just shows that if you put out a good quality movie you will make money and most people that pirate a movie wouldn't have paid to see it in the theater in the first place, just something to consider.
avian00Aug 8, 2008
If you're going to disagree and argue with me, at least address all my points. I also said, "charge a fair price."I'll admit I can't speak for everyone, but I'm perfectly willing to pay for entertainment if they aren't trying to rip me off. This $20 or more for a move has got to stop. Same for music. Charge me $10 to own an un-DRM'd movie and you've got a sale. Charge me 50 cents for an MP3, and I'll stock up!Yes, you'll always have the people that prefer free, but I don't think I'm alone in my opinion on this. But rather than do what every other company does to compete in a free market, the film and music industries keep prices artificially high and enforce them with legislation.