News Hollywood battles broadband bandits

From the Beeb:

The US film industry has begun a major effort to curb internet movie piracy in response to fears that more films will begin being viewed illegally online as broadband access grows.

The most high-profile front of the campaign is an advert made by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) that is currently being shown in cinemas across the US.

The advert is intended to put across the message that piracy damages movie production. It is designed to make people aware of the consequences of piracy and to try to discourage would be copiers.

"The digital era has been fantastic for the industry and is actually keeping the film industry in very good shape, because the revenue growth is in DVD," Steven Gaydos, executive director of film magazine Variety, told BBC World Service's Analysis programme.

"That's the explosion right now that is making Hollywood very happy.

"But at the same time there is an awareness that the digital genie is out of the bottle, and everyone is watching very nervously because they see DVD has opened up possibilities for pirating that didn't exist before.

"The rise of broadband is even more ominous."

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Well if they decided to make movies worth the money to see then they might get bigger revenues. Like did you hear They tried to blame text messaging for the flop of Gigi starring Jennifer Lopez.

I admit to have downloaded movies before but it was for the ones I wantted to see if they were good enough to see cause I don't want to pay 7+ USD to see a movie then its extra for snacks
it is a rip off

 

Another RIAA type situation in the making ?

People who will watch movies at the cinema will always watch them at the cinema, people who rent will always rent and people who buy DVDs will always buy them.

And people who dowload them will keep downloading them.

Personally, I watch most movies at the cinema, and if not I prefer to buy/rent the DVD. And that is what I will be doing even tho I have a nice fast broadband connection.

 

I'm with you sinizterguy.

Of course, I tend to watch the film at the cinema, and after the film (depending on wether I thought it was any good or not) I'll be straight onto the Play website to try and pre-order the DVD.

So Hollywood gets my cash twice (maybe more than that if its a fanboy situation and I see the flick more than once at the cinema (ala LOTR))

 

If they would make going to the movies a bit cheaper and the DVDs a bit cheaper I expect more ppl to buy the stuff. Same as with music.