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Originally Posted by 420
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.  |
I said that those people who downloaded it SHOULD have paid the price of the ticket. If they did not want to see the movie, they should not have downloaded it. If they wanted to see the movie, they should have paid for the rights to view it.
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Originally Posted by dezmondel
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what a stupid claim... as mentioned already most of those people wouldn't have watched in theaters anyway.... or ever, and most of 'em just want to show off to their friends that they saw it first.
but just for shits & giggles lets assume for a second that Universal and a handful of filthy ass rich people lost 4 mill...
worldwide the movie has made $789,945,175 ( source)... what the fuck is 4 mill next to almost 800?
pirates exist only in Neverland ;]
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This is irrelevant. The film companies invest heavily in these movies, and they deserve to make a full return on their investment, right down to the last $15.00 movie ticket. Theft is theft, and its nice to see a thief go to jail.