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Originally Posted by Cherry7
In another thread you yourself posted a link against SOPA where it recognized enormous losses caused by piracy.
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I think you must be misremembering. The only figures available about piracy are the lies the MPAA admitted to
making up.
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Originally Posted by Cherry7
In the UK falling DVD sales and income have hit the industry very hard.
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The figures disagree with you. I know the MPAA have paid someone to pretend things are really bad and those awful pirate people are ruining their revenue. But it's a lie. They are doing really well.
I took a random weekend in July for box office revenue in the UK, where you claim things are awful.
2001 total - 110,503,467
2011 total - 155, 869, 730
http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/arti...ox-Office-2001
even if you go to direct sales the picture looks even rosier:
" New figures for the UK video entertainment market, released today by the British Video Association (BVA), show that video maintained its position as a leading source of enjoyment for millions of people during 2010. £2.6 billion (excluding subscription services) was spent by consumers on video entertainment, roughly the size of the 2009 market."
And they are not counting love film and netflix.
and for 2010:
"New release titles performed especially well in the first quarter of the year, with volumes up 10.3% on the same period last year, with a 31% increase in March. "
http://www.bva.org.uk/market-informa...rtainment-grow
So you are just plain wrong. according to statistics published by the industry.
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Originally Posted by Cherry7
Hollywood making big 3D movies to fend off the challenge
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What's wrong with making something people want to pay to see and marketing it well?
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Originally Posted by Cherry7
, the independent lower budget films have been very badly effected.
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Been affected by what? And where are you getting your figures from. (NB: "I think" is not an acceptable source.)