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Originally Posted by **********
If the movie was download 779,000 times, this is at least 779,000 people who wanted to see it, and should have paid the typical price of a movie to see it ($15.00). The thief's recording means that $11,685,000 in lost potential initial revenue, not including the sales of drinks and popcorn that the theatres depend on, and not including people who might pay to see it again, and not including sales of DVD or Blueray, and not including licensing to TV movie channels and TV stations in the future.
The guy knew exactly what he was doing. He stole, he sold, he profited.
I'm glad he's going to jail for 3 years.
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779,000 downloads does not equal 779,000 people paying for a ticket. Some of those people would wait to see it on dvd or cable. Some people will be annoyed with the quality and go to the theater. Others will use the downloaded copy as a preview to see if it is worth watching in theaters. A cam copy of a movie is not going to affect sales that much unless the movie is terrible.
