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Originally Posted by AnniKN
Mainstream DVDs and CDs sell for a couple of reasons now: because people who want to be in said industries or belong to it, buy them (but it doesn't happen with porn, we want everything free, we can get it for free after all...) or because the person REALLY loves the director, or an actor or a singer and wants to do "the right thing" or "give them a gift", because yes, there is people who don't even know it's all stolen stuff... "it's as if i borrowed it from a friend"
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Thats ridiculous. People who go to Best Buy to buy a DVD are not buying it because they want to be in the industry. They are buying the DVD because they want to watch it repeatedly, want to watch it now, impulse, dont want to bother with searching and downloading it. They are also not buying it because they want to donate to Tom Cruise or Universal. lol
The vast majority of people are not downloading movies and the ones that do, wouldnt be buying that movie in the first place. The reason why mainstream DVD sales are down is because of the ease associated with dvd rental places such as NetFlix and RedBox and the ease of cable on demand. In this economy why bother purchasing a DVD you will watch once when its super easy to throw it on your NetFlix, watch it and send it back and get the next one. It's the same reason why family friendly DVD's are selling better than ever. Kids watch movies over and over and over...and over. It's worth paying the $20 to buy a DVD that will be watched 100 + times.
As with most things in life, dont try and overthink it. Its common sense.