dvd prirates can they be bad for the movie industry

If only that were true! Producers are lucky if 1 in 10 makes their money back. DVD can soften the blow, but it's far from true that most films make a profit.


And we all know he makes more on the dolls and merchandising than on the actual movies. But not all movies are made for 12 year-olRAB, and so the merchandising can't be counted on for - say - "Raging Bull" or the upcoming "Russian Dolls".

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I'm surprised that so many people pay for pirate DVRAB when they are so easily available on the internet.

Really, I had no idea.
 
The industry aren't losing any money from me, as if I didn't have a pirate version I wouldn't pay to go to the cinema (full of noisey little oiks) or buy an extortionately priced dvd, I'd wait til it was on sky. However, they may well gain money from me as if I like the film (that I wouldn't ordinarily have seen) then I'll buy the legit version when it eventually becomes available.

The industry also does themselves no favours by releasing different versions in different countries. I wanted to have the full uncut Cronicles of Riddick, but the powers that be decided that we could only have the Disney version, so what options do we have apart from importing a region 1 version or buying pirate?

Bring down the cost, release the same version at the same time in all countries, shorten the gap between cinema and dvd and piracy will reduce greatly.
 
Coincidentally, I just heard that companies now count on the fact that 60% of a film's revenue will come from DVD. You can justify it anyway you want, but pirated copies DO affect sales and attendance and it will only get worse. I think people are a little cushioned from the reality of what that means. I've worked with the record industry, and for the past six years it has been nothing but downhill. Whole rafts of artists have just been made completely redundant as labels can't take the risk of investing in them. Paradoxically, there has never been as much music available wall-to-wall on MTV, MCM, Viva and other channels. But that's just a small selection of playlisted music, usually from major labels (increasingly American) that is promoted globally rather than nationally. When's the last time anyone had a friend of a friend (or even his friend) on a music show in the UK?

The reality for most musicians is actually quite grim.

So getting a bit dismal and all, is that the future? Will all the mid-sized movies disappear and we be left only with Tom Cruise movies (no disrespect to someone that signs autographs, but you know what I mean)?

I haven't got an answer for this, I'm just worried.

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