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Record Box Office Indicates MPAA 'Piracy Problem' Hot Air
Kinescope writes "The motion picture industry has said that its profits are at risk due to piracy, but a record-setting 2007 box office has some wondering if the industry is crying 'wolf.' Last year, the US box office totaled $9.63 billion, a 5.4% increase over 2006. 'Piracy is so bad, according to the MPAA, that we need special legislation to target the dastardly college pirates who are destroying the business. It's so bad that Weekly Reader subscribers will learn about the $7 billion a year "lost" to Internet piracy. It's so bad that the MPAA wants ISPs to ignore years of common carrier law and the promises of "safe harbor" and start filtering their traffic, looking for copyright violations. The real world isn't quite this simple, of course. It turns out that the MPAA's college numbers were off by a factor of three, a revelation that came after years of hiding the study's methodology but continuing to lobby Congress with its numbers.'"
$9.63 million, a 5.4% increase over 2006
How about "billion" instead? (It'll probably get corrected.)
Well, either that, or piracy has indeed PWNED the movie industry. Bad. Hah.
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Really? Utter shit?
Mind if I drink your milkshake then?
The legislation enacted was almost EXACTLY what was requested by Gov. Schwarzenegger... and STILL they cry 'Blame Canada!'
It's the Canadians' fault, with their beady little eyes and flapping heads so full of lies.
Klingon programs don't timeshare, they battle for supremacy.
Am I the only one who feels like the industry position is akin to a restaurant owner trying to figure out a way to charge some customers for using excess salt, and for grabbing two mints rather than just one?
How DARE you imply that anything other than those Evil Content Pirates(tm) is responsible for any downturn (or not a big enough increase) in our profits!!!!
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Juno was good, too. But if I ever consider seeing another Michael Bay movie in theaters, I want you to shoot me.
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If we ever were to watch only the good movies, they'd be out of business before you can say landschaftsarchitektonisches.
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... make it a business to create fiction?
Then I guess they'll be in business indefinately?
The problem was that 'Canada was responsible for over half the pirated movies in north america'.
Since more than half of North-America consists of Canada( 3,854,085 sq mi, USA 3,794,066 sq mi ) , small wonder.
d. Making someone pretty, 1 million
e. Fixing someone who got hit with a stick, 20k/yr
f. 3 year treatment for burnout, 120k/yr
Coz eternity my friend, is a long *ing time.
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
Here is how the Pirate / Terrorist / Communist logic works:
... err, which was all rubbish to begin with.
Year-End Loss: Poor artists/writers/engineers are to blame. It's not our fault.
Year-End Profit: We knew piracy wasn't that bad!
Not Enough Bandwidth: ISPs have to upgrade infrastructure. It's not our fault.
Excess Bandwidth: Whee! More music and music!
Low Box Office Turnout: The movies are crap. It's not our fault.
High Box Office Turnout: What the hell are the MAFIAA complaining about?
Low Record Sales: Well, if they'd stop producing that mass-produced popcorn, perhaps they'd sell more. It's not our fault.
High Record Sales: Y'know, I think maybe piracy actually helps the music industry! That's just too convenient not to make sense!
(Mods, turn-around is fair game)
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
Cinema is a social event...not surprising it doesn't suffer from piracy.
So you're the one who made me stop going to the movies.
Stop "socializing" during the fucking movie!
If they actually lost money when I downloaded a movie, I can honestly say that I would keep azureus going all day, every day, downloading every movie I could get my hands on. Twice. I hate those money grubbing, lying, cheating scumbags so much.
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.
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