Not everybody who rents DVDs will think of ripping them. Hell, only a small percentage of these people even know how!
Though only a few would know how to rip the movie, most would know how to get a ripped copy of the internet.
You've got to say, unless you have a good moviez provider, it can be really tough to get a movie even on broadband. This is why I think the majority of movie downloaders would give up and just rent the higher quality DVD (with bells and whistles). Once exposed to the real McCoy maybe they wouldn't care for a cheap rip anymore.
Since movies are harder to get, the quality is noticably worse, and access to real copies is relatively cheap (in NA anyway), John Q Eyeball is most likely to rent over sacrificing a few hours on the nerd box.
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I don't agree.
Not everybody who rents DVDs will think of ripping them. Hell, only a small percentage of these people even know how!
Though only a few would know how to rip the movie, most would know how to get a ripped copy of the internet.
You've got to say, unless you have a good moviez provider, it can be really tough to get a movie even on broadband. This is why I think the majority of movie downloaders would give up and just rent the higher quality DVD (with bells and whistles). Once exposed to the real McCoy maybe they wouldn't care for a cheap rip anymore.
Since movies are harder to get, the quality is noticably worse, and access to real copies is relatively cheap (in NA anyway), John Q Eyeball is most likely to rent over sacrificing a few hours on the nerd box.