Hollywood's best bet for competing with illegal downloading would have to be the simplicity of it. Now, if you download illegally, half the time you don't know when you'll be inundated with pop-ups, when you'll get a virus or some other malware, and if the version you're downloading is the one that you actually want, or if it'll have terrible quality, laggy sound, or other such issues.
No one that I know of would buy $20+ movies no matter what they are (and I personally wouldn't buy any $10+ movies because I simply don't care), but if a "movie Steam" was created, and movies sold there for about $5, and allowed the user all the same privileges that Steam currently allows with video games, I believe 90% of the internet population would start using that service rather than downloading illegally. Not because it is moral, but because it is simple and reliable and easy.
No one that I know of would buy $20+ movies no matter what they are (and I personally wouldn't buy any $10+ movies because I simply don't care), but if a "movie Steam" was created, and movies sold there for about $5, and allowed the user all the same privileges that Steam currently allows with video games, I believe 90% of the internet population would start using that service rather than downloading illegally. Not because it is moral, but because it is simple and reliable and easy.
You will never kill piracy, and piracy will never kill you
- 05/02/2012 06:56:57 PM
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Pretty much
- 05/02/2012 08:39:16 PM
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The article both raises good points and is full of shit
- 05/02/2012 11:36:25 PM
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Re: The article both raises good points and is full of shit
- 06/02/2012 02:11:38 AM
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Then it really seems to differ between our countries
- 06/02/2012 10:52:39 AM
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What are your ticket prices? *NM*
- 06/02/2012 12:53:04 PM
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Between 5 (students or special offers) and 10 - 11 Euro for 3D films. *NM*
- 06/02/2012 01:12:08 PM
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With the exchange rate, that sounds fairly comparable to my local area.
- 06/02/2012 04:20:18 PM
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are those theaters all hollywood movies or from european studios?
- 06/02/2012 03:01:37 PM
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I just want to comment on a couple things. I feel like you're a little bit behind the times.
- 06/02/2012 05:23:40 AM
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- 06/02/2012 05:23:40 AM
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Well, call me old-fashioned but I think that'll be my preference for a while now.
- 06/02/2012 10:36:41 AM
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It's not just a matter of taste when one technology is demonstrably superior.
- 06/02/2012 04:04:27 PM
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Re: It's not just a matter of taste when one technology is demonstrably superior.
- 06/02/2012 04:27:09 PM
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My age is gonna show even more in the next reply, but here we go
- 06/02/2012 06:25:09 PM
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- 06/02/2012 06:25:09 PM
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Re: My age is gonna show even more in the next reply, but here we go
- 06/02/2012 08:13:48 PM
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- 06/02/2012 08:13:48 PM
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Re: My age is gonna show even more in the next reply, but here we go
- 06/02/2012 11:04:21 PM
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- 06/02/2012 11:04:21 PM
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I did not ask for alternative LAWS, Obama did; I merely quoted him, and this article mentions no law
- 07/02/2012 04:50:14 AM
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you're confusing the issue
- 07/02/2012 06:22:30 AM
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No, I am clarifying the issue.
- 07/02/2012 06:54:40 AM
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again, you are taking the wrong approach
- 07/02/2012 03:57:03 PM
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I disagree, and there are factual errors in your statements.
- 07/02/2012 07:36:16 PM
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actually, there are not
- 08/02/2012 04:15:09 AM
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Yeah, actually there are.
- 09/02/2012 01:53:02 AM
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Re: Yeah, actually there are.
- 10/02/2012 04:11:10 AM
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Technically, the first point is true, but I disagree the distinction is important in terms of piracy
- 12/02/2012 01:09:01 AM
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Without realizing Joel, you're getting closer and closer to some of our views...
- 12/02/2012 09:24:22 AM
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To a large extent my issue is with means rather than ends.
- 13/02/2012 09:45:39 AM
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Re: No, I am clarifying the issue.
- 07/02/2012 07:52:42 PM
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It is not the same as taping an album for a friend.
- 09/02/2012 01:18:42 AM
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