Comments on: UK Film Critic’s Common Sense Solution To Piracy

By: Jellybeangetslean

Jellybeangetslean — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:58:00 +0000

The uk,usa and canada should just boycott the cinema for a week. That will put a serious dent in their pocket and maybe make them think different. The big companies have all the power, the people need to take it back. There here for us and because of us they should remember that and not rape everyone that goes to the cinema (£9.00 to get in, medium coke and pop corn £5.60 and i wont even start on the pick and mix. Lets just say you need to be goldfinger to afford it) and if you want a dvd £15 and blu ray even more and they still dont no why i would rather want to download it for free.

By: feltch

feltch — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:14:00 +0000

In their own words – it’s not about monetizing content, it’s about restricting infringement.

Long live the dinosaurs…

By: noko

noko — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:52:00 +0000

I don’t support this idea by the way, I’m just saying…

By: noko

noko — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:51:00 +0000

You know, if people really wanted to stop filesharing, then all they’d need to do is make fast speed Internet illegal.

Just force everybody back onto dial-up.

By: Imutau

Imutau — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:57:00 +0000

Another point not mentioned (I think? ) is that the cinemas movie ticket margins are very low, hence the rising ticket prices and the +$5.00 box of popcorn and drinks. As it is I could probably use the money and buy the freaking DVD or Blu-Ray?

It’s the same difference as gas stations making more money in their convenience stores than at the pumps.

If movie studios would wake up and see how much more money they would make by offering multiple avenues to see a film on release day they could stop charging gosh awful licensing deals to movie theater chains and we could actually not have to take out a second mortgage on the house to take the family to see a movie….At the matinée.

But we all know the greed of Hollywood and the recording industry while we are at it in that making them see that is like trying to squeeze water from a stone. But ultimately that greed will eventually kill them…

Sad part is the people I’d like to give my cash to, the actors and the people that actually create films (not the fools that finance) them would be the ones that suffer the most if this continues.

By: mindless

mindless — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:39:00 +0000

It’s a win but only for the public, and that is where his suggestion breaks down. This is because the movie studios see it a totally different way.

They want you to pay to see it at the cinemas, because that is where they make their biggest return in the shortest time.

If you like the movie, and there is nowhere else for you to see it, then you may go back and watch it again. They want to milk you for as long as they can, and as much as they can get. This is why you will get simultaneous releases of 3D, because your still confined to the theater, and it brings in a larger return.

Releasing the film via other methods at the same time, will deter some people from going to the movies, therefor the studios will want to avoid that at all costs.

Only once the sales drop off from the cinemas do they consider releasing it to the public in more conditional means. so that you can pay to watch the movie again.

The movie studios really couldn’t care less about what the public want.

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By: Rob8urcakes

Rob8urcakes — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:23:00 +0000

Drooollllll, tits!!
Simultaneous ones on-screen and released in coordination with the music … drooooooolllll….

Oh oh, am I off-topic?

By: DocGerbil100

DocGerbil100 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:21:00 +0000

That’s… actually a very annoyingly good point.

It’s a boycott of the specific films that’s threatened, rather than a strike, but beyond that minor difference, this seems to be correct.

If a studio is dependent on box-office revenues to cover their costs and cinema chains boycott anything that smells of a simultaneous release, then it is the cinema chains we need to move, rather than Hollywood, per se.

In all honesty, I have to admit I can’t think of anything particularly concrete that the cinema chains themselves stand to gain from accepting simultaneous releases.

Which is a pain in the tits, frankly. :(

By: Lakanal

Lakanal — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:16:00 +0000

The MPA studios would be really delighted if they had the freedom to release day and date – but they don’t. The exhibitors go on strike if it is attempted (cf Night in the Museum, Alice in Wonderland). The examples of films cited by Mark are minor titles that probably went out on a handful of screens if that.