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Originally Posted by kane
The price going up has nothing (or very little) to do with piracy. Still, if you took out all of the discounted stuff that you are claiming causes the number of movies released to rise then what would the amount of sales be? Would they still be making record sales? Maybe they are doing this because they are trying to squeeze every penny out of what they have. Increased competition from the internet, games and other cable channels are causing things to be more competitive than ever before. So when you mix piracy in with all this increased competition it makes for the perfect storm.
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I feel if you removed all factors, piracy, internet.. Movie and Music sales would be in the total shit can. They would be looking like much of the failing industries around us that can't instantly tap into a world market, by mistake.
And I'm sure they are trying to squeeze every penny they can. But when you mix in all the competition, even the tiny guys... the market is EXTREMELY larger.. So do they just want more of the market they can't have... or is it actually hurting them?
They aren't hurting... they are fighting a change they can't win because of technology... even if it hits them now, they will catch up, again, at some point.