arstechnica.com — The MPAA claims that piracy is causing dire harm to the movie business, but the combination of a record $9.63 box office take in 2007 and overheated piracy rhetoric lead us to wonder how bad off the motion picture industry really is.
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gabbagabbaMar 6, 2008
As a film maker, I want to assure everyone that internet piracy has infact increased the amount of money i have made off of film making. And as a musician aswell, without internet piracy no one would have my music.I think most film makers and musicians would agree that they would rather have people see their art, than make money. the only people complaining are the major record companies, and the big movie companies who are losing money not because there's increased piracy, but because they aren't releasing anything worth paying money for. Would anyone actually want to buy a movie like meet the spartans? would anyone actually want to buy music from all those untalented top 40 "musicians". Go to any music store and you will see that the music that is being sold more than anything else are old albums by classic rock bands. Our modern day answer to classic rock is Nickleback, and every other encarnation of Nickleback.They should take their focus away from catching people who can get s**t for free, and focus on selling a decent product.
gerz1219Mar 6, 2008
It's a national average. Tickets in NYC were $7.00 when I was a kid. Now they're $11.00. Both numbers are higher than the national average for their respective years, but they've both kept pace with inflation.
drlhaMar 6, 2008
To be fair, No Country for Old Men has made approximately double what Meet the Spartans did in the US box office.
kenzanMar 6, 2008
While I applaud the effort, The law seems to disagree with you on all of your points.Also, the courts have already ruled that copying intellectual property using electronic storage media without consent of owner constitutes theft.I'd like to see you apply your logic in the realm of the Corporate world. You'll find yourself out of a job quicker than you can say "Willingly violating SLA agreements is not Theft."
dashwartsMar 28, 2008
The thing about dogs sniffing video pirates is bologna! That's IMPOSSIBLE! They have the same chance of catching a pirate that way as falsely labeling someone with a stack of new CD-R's or DVD-R's a pirate.One of the ironies is the "You wouldn't steal a..." thing on some videos, and the ABSENCE of it if edited. It's like punishing you for buying the legal copy they make money off of. Ironic... Had I known the Spaceballs DVD were that way, I'd download it and use my genuine VHS copy as an excuse, so if sued, I could reveal something to turn the tables.
dashwartsApr 5, 2008
I actually think it's greed on BOTH sides. Pirates and associations (MPAA, ESA, RIAA, and the like) BOTH are using greedy tactics. Pirates pirating without justification and associations witch-hunting!
al8laMay 23, 2008
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brahimbb17Aug 18, 2008
If you didn't like 'Crystal Skulls' because it wasn't 'Indy' enough, then you wouldn't have like this either. You know why no movie will ever measure up to the originals? Because it's 20 years later and you're a different person<a class="user" href="http://3olome.blogspot.com/">http://3olome.blogspot.com/</a>