Morality and downloading

[Ravenshire]

The MPAA and the RIAA are the biggest problem because of standardized pricing. It's the reason why a Spice Girls album from 1994 costs the same as a brand new album by Beck.

Dinosaurs like me are also a problem because really, they should stop producing the physical product all together as far as music goes. There is no reason a digital download should cost anywhere near as much as a CD. Again, the market is too flush with content, people have too many artists to purchase content from to justify $15 an album. Back when I was a kid, I'd buy a CD or two a month at most. Now, I listen to 20 different artists a day that I'd like to hear their music. I use rdio with a subscription to make playlists, but no such service exists with movies/TV. Services like Pandora and rdio and Spotify have cut down on piracy, but with little help to the artist.

It costs $20 minimum to go to the theater and see a new movie nowadays. Movie theaters are pricing themselves out of the market. Enough people go, and 'box office numbers' are still monumentally important, so they remain. If studios want to combat piracy, they need to provide an option.

Distribution costs have gone down, but prices have risen with inflation. The market demands otherwise.

(emphasis is mine)

As long as people are willing to pony up at the box office I would argue that it's not. There will always be people who want to see it before everybody else.