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**triarmarm** · 01-26-2012, 07:54 AM

Piracy is an issue, and there are plenty of people who know how to download. If they don't there is always someone at work who "can get you a copy". Companies invest a lot of time and money in to their work, so do the artists and actors, along with the staff and so on and have the right to protect their intellectual property. Now while I don't agree with this act, I do believe that piracy needs to be curtailed. The only way to do this imo ( it can't ever be stopped totally ) is to lower significantly the costs of the media, cinema tickets and so on.

Instead, they do the exact opposite. Ticket prices are at an all-time high, and gimmicks like 3D (which can be enjoyable if done right) have an obscene up-charge. If I had two kids and a wife, and wanted to take them to a 3D screening of Hugo, it would cost over $60, not to mention concessions (or in my case, sneaking a beer or two in). Pirated screeners are generally of horrendous quality, and I still stand by the fact that most people who pirate wouldn't have watched/purchased the material anyway.

01-26-2012, 07:54 AM	#12
triarmarm Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 369 Senior Member	Piracy is an issue, and there are plenty of people who know how to download. If they don't there is always someone at work who "can get you a copy". Companies invest a lot of time and money in to their work, so do the artists and actors, along with the staff and so on and have the right to protect their intellectual property. Now while I don't agree with this act, I do believe that piracy needs to be curtailed. The only way to do this imo ( it can't ever be stopped totally ) is to lower significantly the costs of the media, cinema tickets and so on. Instead, they do the exact opposite. Ticket prices are at an all-time high, and gimmicks like 3D (which can be enjoyable if done right) have an obscene up-charge. If I had two kids and a wife, and wanted to take them to a 3D screening of Hugo, it would cost over $60, not to mention concessions (or in my case, sneaking a beer or two in). Pirated screeners are generally of horrendous quality, and I still stand by the fact that most people who pirate wouldn't have watched/purchased the material anyway.
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