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Originally Posted by Cherry7
Sales and rentals of DVDs and Blu-ray discs fell by 7% to $10.9bn in the first nine months of this year compared with last year, according to the industry body The Digital Entertainment Group; and the British Video Association says DVD sales fell 5.6% last year. The fall was most severe in new-release titles, which account for 25% of the market, with sales crashing 15% in 2009.
I was just talking to a friend of mine, we were talking about he lack of funding for his new film and the fact that his last film had been pirated and download thousands of times but no income....
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it not like the independent film producers haven't produced quality work
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352852/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1687247/
i would put el mariachi up against any of the over produced hollywood crap that your afraid we will lose.
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As a 100 million dollar film would spend 100 million on advertising and marketing these are matters that effect your profession as much as content producers.
Putting aside this bill.
What measures do you think should be taken to stop piracy ?
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how about embrace and support the medium as a channel
fund your project with kickstarter
develop open source based development principles ( a day in the life style)
establish social causes that actually improve the world as the foundation of your documentary (yes men save the world)
or 113 other solutions that don't take away anyone elses rights.