WOO i just got the 1337 digg!well anyway i think that the movie industry will do better with or without piracy anyway. i think there will always be a raise.
I like how every comment supporting anti-piracy is getting dugg down but the pro-piracy comments are the next "cool" thing. Nice to know being right isn't being right on digg.
You miss the point.The Luddites made that exact same argument, back in the day (It'll be in Wikipedia if you don't know what I mean).It has become a reality that media is no longer a controllable resource - it is free to anyone once it is released, and attempts to litigate otherwise are doomed to failure. As a consequence of this, media companies that cling to outdated financial models are doomed to sink - where those that adapt to new realities will swim.This fight has been happening in different forms for centuries - radio, movie studios, the industrial revolution - all of these movements were at one point considered illegal pirates, and are now legitimate businesses. We're starting to see the legalization of music piracy now - with the iTunes music store et al. (which will inevitably become free). Eventually, the idea that piracy was ever considered immoral or illegal will be considered funny.One more thing.No one has yet produced any evidence suggesting that piracy hurts media profits. I find it rather more likely that it aids them (just as radio airtime does). I may be wrong - but until someone produces some evidence, claims that piracy hurts the music industry are just unsubstantiated blathering.
@aegisgfxCan you reference these studies? Anyone can claim that studies support their position, but until you actually provice proof.. it means nothing. Case in point: What about all the studies that prove that piracy hinders these markets?
Stolen property is not "marketing." If the recording industry allowed free downloads as a loss leader, that would be marketing. Piracy is theft; that's why it is called "piracy" and its practitioners are called "pirates" instead of "marketers".
You are absolutely right but by the very same reasoning their profits could only have increased by 2% without piracy. It is all supposition and guesswork.
crzyneenjaJun 17, 2007
WOO i just got the 1337 digg!well anyway i think that the movie industry will do better with or without piracy anyway. i think there will always be a raise.
rabidjadeJun 17, 2007
I like how every comment supporting anti-piracy is getting dugg down but the pro-piracy comments are the next "cool" thing. Nice to know being right isn't being right on digg.
Closed AccountJun 17, 2007
They really should be encouraging piracy, they are after all stopping global warming
carlvjackJun 17, 2007
@w00ters"also file sharers do indirectly benefit the industry. the same logic applies to radio stations. radio stations don't pay royalties to play the music because the industry considers it free advertising"Radio stations do pay royalties "<a class="user" href="http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties7.htm">http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties7.htm</a>"
willrjmarshallJun 17, 2007
You miss the point.The Luddites made that exact same argument, back in the day (It'll be in Wikipedia if you don't know what I mean).It has become a reality that media is no longer a controllable resource - it is free to anyone once it is released, and attempts to litigate otherwise are doomed to failure. As a consequence of this, media companies that cling to outdated financial models are doomed to sink - where those that adapt to new realities will swim.This fight has been happening in different forms for centuries - radio, movie studios, the industrial revolution - all of these movements were at one point considered illegal pirates, and are now legitimate businesses. We're starting to see the legalization of music piracy now - with the iTunes music store et al. (which will inevitably become free). Eventually, the idea that piracy was ever considered immoral or illegal will be considered funny.One more thing.No one has yet produced any evidence suggesting that piracy hurts media profits. I find it rather more likely that it aids them (just as radio airtime does). I may be wrong - but until someone produces some evidence, claims that piracy hurts the music industry are just unsubstantiated blathering.
ashchristopherJun 18, 2007
@aegisgfxCan you reference these studies? Anyone can claim that studies support their position, but until you actually provice proof.. it means nothing. Case in point: What about all the studies that prove that piracy hinders these markets?
nutmeganJun 19, 2007
Stolen property is not "marketing." If the recording industry allowed free downloads as a loss leader, that would be marketing. Piracy is theft; that's why it is called "piracy" and its practitioners are called "pirates" instead of "marketers".
randomcommentJun 23, 2009
You are absolutely right but by the very same reasoning their profits could only have increased by 2% without piracy. It is all supposition and guesswork.