Comments on: Movie Piracy Cost 6.1 Billion

By: Grabit Plz

Grabit Plz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:18:24 +0000

I'm an aspiring director and I don't want my films being illegally downloaded before it even reaches theaters. All the painstaking effort, patience, persistence, and passion infused in completing a film should be rewarded. Although I agree that having legions of fans and admirers of my work is apart of the artistry but we're in a recession and bills need to be paid. If I create a movie I would like to be compensated for my creation. Piracy is a problem…although I don't know how huge I'm sure everyone can agree that it does affect box office returns and causes conflict for right holders. Something should be done to minimize file sharing because it'll be delusional for one to think it would be eliminated completely.

By: The Boy Next Door

The Boy Next Door — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:57:08 +0000

Aaahahah!

Oops, I mean, bad luck.

By: Dan Sickman

Dan Sickman — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:02:47 +0000

“Movies are a valuable product, and intellectual property must be respected”

How do they expect respect with people like him running/ruining the show?

By: Alan Baits

Alan Baits — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:55:38 +0000

People have also turned to the Internet because other formats have died. Greed has seen free-to-air TV programming turn to crud. Soap, reality shows, and 30 year old feature movies predominate, along with a 2-1 ratio of programming to ads. The best content sells to pay TV.

Even pay TV has it’s shortcomings. Constantly recycled content with few new monthly releases, along with ancient TV shows with only one season repeatedly shown. This is all because new content licensing deals cost more than to continually show the same ones. Then also they are sneaking in more and more ads, when it’s supposed to be ad-free, which is why people pay for it. Also of course it is controlled programming, not what people actually want. Much of it is devoted to sport and merchandising.

DVDs have been covered. Cinema is extortively priced, and people have been forced to become price conscious due to the soaring cost of living. Many have home theatre setups and watching at home has become preferrable. PC monitors are larger and better. The Internet has improved and is more affordable to many. Storage medium have increased capacity and are cheaper. That’s it.

By: Vernon

Vernon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:13:01 +0000

@5 George, you are an idiot. They make cheap budget chick flick movies because they are so greedy they are also tight as. If they make cheap crap and fewer movies, is it any wonder sales will further decrease? Open your eyes, man!

By: Vernon

Vernon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:05:08 +0000

“8 Sep 28, 2007 at 08:31 by angeline cruz

â€¦i was shocked to know that here in the even in the neighboring continents of asia, there is also piracy in the music and movie industry.and what’s more shocking is that united states has the largest no. of piracy in international market.”

Have u been hiding under a rock and just peeped out and seen the propaganda?

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:59:35 +0000

Besides online sharing, the main reasons for their declining sales are a decreased output of new movies, unrealistically high and inconsistent market pricing, unavailability, low quality budget films, PC unplayability.

Not to mention all the bad PR due to suing their customers and demeaning their intelligence and honesty with their insidious propaganda.

They’ve shown us their true nature and people don’t like it. They naturally rebel against tyranny.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:43:08 +0000

What it means is they covet what is not theirs

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:41:26 +0000

Really they haven’t lost anything, the whingers. This is invented. But in regard to digital transfer, that will only increase.

6 however is a very small number, and I’d have expected to see a larger figure. I was also a bit surprised and disappointed to see Australia didn’t even make the ranking list.

By: Goje

Goje — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:35:53 +0000

This is not piracy. All films that are shown to the public give up the right to be protected. If a caveman was telling a story, and everyone loves it, then that’s what artistry is all about. MPAA and all governments that enforce the MPAA need to pay the price for capitalism. They enforce the idea that “the strongest survives” so they shouldn’t hurt society if it wants to take movies. Society is stronger than (and dictates the actions) of all democracies, including the US and the MPAA.