hmmm.... a digital copy of some movie/music/book has almost zero cost to the developer... obtaining such copies while paying little money is then the correct way to go... but do the record labels go for that fair approach? no.
They charge almost as much for a digital copy as they do for a physical copy, making the system extremely unfair and the consumer, aware of this, refuses to pay.
Considering how easy it is to supply the internet with free...ish digital copies, this approach gets used by anyone knowledgeable enough to use it.
Is it piracy? The lobbies sure do want to put that label on this practice.
But piracy should refer to the old style selling of physical black market copies, where some individuals would profit from each and every copy... and they were somewhat low quality copies...
Sure, on the internet, the file hosts do make some money off advertising and then trickle it down to some uploaders.... but only after they manage hundreds, if not thousands, of downloads.
Then, we have a few studies showing that "internet piracy" is actually positive for sales of copyrighted material.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/201...ase-sales/
And, with that, Game of Thrones, as the most pirated show of the year...: http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunit...-show.html
Oh well... if it wasn't for the movies I download for the kids to watch, then they wouldn't want me to buy certain toys and themed backpacks...
And, if I couldn't download those.... I wouldn't go out of my way and pay some 30€ for a DVD, for each of those movies... I'd do what I used to do, before the internet, wait until it airs on tv... then record it.
They charge almost as much for a digital copy as they do for a physical copy, making the system extremely unfair and the consumer, aware of this, refuses to pay.
Considering how easy it is to supply the internet with free...ish digital copies, this approach gets used by anyone knowledgeable enough to use it.
Is it piracy? The lobbies sure do want to put that label on this practice.
But piracy should refer to the old style selling of physical black market copies, where some individuals would profit from each and every copy... and they were somewhat low quality copies...
Sure, on the internet, the file hosts do make some money off advertising and then trickle it down to some uploaders.... but only after they manage hundreds, if not thousands, of downloads.
Then, we have a few studies showing that "internet piracy" is actually positive for sales of copyrighted material.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/201...ase-sales/
Quote:The report states that around a third of Swiss citizens over 15 years old download pirated music, movies and games from the Internet. However, these people don’t spend less money as a result because the budgets they reserve for entertainment are fairly constant. This means that downloading is mostly complementary.
The other side of piracy, based on the Dutch study, is that downloaders are reported to be more frequent visitors to concerts, and game downloaders actually bought more games than those who didn’t. And in the music industry, lesser-know bands profit most from the sampling effect of file-sharing.
And, with that, Game of Thrones, as the most pirated show of the year...: http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunit...-show.html
Quote:Interestingly, Game of Thrones' estimated number of downloads was higher than the estimated number of people who watched it on their televisions via presumably legitimate cable subscriptions. The Breaking Bad finale, by comparison, enjoyed more than 10 million on-air viewers.
The show based on George R.R. Martin's novels has been breaking piracy records on a regular basis. The Season three premiere was downloaded more than one million times within 24 hours of airing on HBO, and Season two enjoyed an average 4.3 million downloads for each of its 10 episodes.
Despite these gigantic numbers, a number of show runners and network producers have gone on the record, and don't seem to have a problem with its millions of fans getting their fix via Bit Torrent instead of HBO Go.
In August Jeff Bewkes, CEO of HBO's parent company Time Warner, said Game of Thrones' download numbers were "better than an Emmy."
"Our experience is that it leads to more paying subs [subscriptions]," he said.
In February, show producer David Petrara said that illegal downloads aren't something he worries about because the program thrives on "cultural buzz." He later clarified the statement, however, saying that while the buzz was great, he was "100 per cent, completely and utterly against people illegally downloading anything," according to The Verge.
Oh well... if it wasn't for the movies I download for the kids to watch, then they wouldn't want me to buy certain toys and themed backpacks...
And, if I couldn't download those.... I wouldn't go out of my way and pay some 30€ for a DVD, for each of those movies... I'd do what I used to do, before the internet, wait until it airs on tv... then record it.
