Tenebrae Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Piracy figures Of course, it would be pretty hard to stop illegal copying. Pretty easy to sue people downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 bwa, the conclusions the mpaa (and some news agencies) link to this study are at least partially bogus. the problem with mpaa's shocking piracy numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Yeah, I didn't really believe those numbers. For me the basic assumption has always been the maths behind it was... Number of illegal downloads x average retail value = cost of piracy. Which is obvious rubbish. A large number of people download stuff they would never part both paying for. But yes, corporations make up numbers pretty well and as the RIAA and MPAA are both representing corporate interests, it's not surprising if there maths figure in a little bit of... creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalith Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Another figure they arrive at is based on ticket sales of a film i.e. film a/ sold 1.2 last year but film b/ sold .8 this year so is a .4 drop over the year.... that film b/ is rubbish and no one wants to see it isnt taken into account. has there in fact been a single film over the last 12 months that is a must see? the nearest imo is king kong and that was rubbish, when compared to say the Lord of the rings and star wars films of recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 I don't bother going to the cinema any more. Just wait 4-5 years and its' on the BBC at Christmas. That's my motto. I usually write it in Latin though, so it sounds awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c4evap Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Piracy figures Of course, it would be pretty hard to stop illegal copying. Pretty easy to sue people downloading. Yes...copying. I have a "friend" who regularly rents DVDs and rips them to his/her hard drive then encodes them to fit a standard DVD. Without me making that statement...how are they gonna know just how much of that goes on? Oh course Nite is an easy target. "Those people" (and I use the term people very loosly) always go after the easy targets. c4 :thinking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eonfreon Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Yeah, I just love that figure. They're losing 6 billion a year. Poor babies. That explains all the executives and producers I see at the welfare office and lunch lines. I love how they try to link illegal dvd sales to terrorism too. Doesn't that mean I'm fighting terrorism by downloading for free and not buying a bootleg from the local Al-Quaeda operative down the block? When it boils right down to it, many people buy DVDs and many MORE just RENT from rental stores, which have copies that are already paid for. If anything they are hurt more than MPAA members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str82u Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Yeah, I didn't really believe those numbers. For me the basic assumption has always been the maths behind it was... Number of illegal downloads x average retail value = cost of piracy. Which is obvious rubbish. A large number of people download stuff they would never part both paying for. But yes, corporations make up numbers pretty well and as the RIAA and MPAA are both representing corporate interests, it's not surprising if there maths figure in a little bit of... creativity. Nothing to add, thats the first thing that cae to mind for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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