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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
888,000 downloads is only $7.1 million at $8 per ticket. And there's a good chance that the vast majority of these people wouldn't have gone to see it anyway.
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I've heard this excuse before and it doesn't fly. Theft is theft. It's the same thing as any adult website's content showing up on a tube site because the tube site owner would say "hey, my users wouldn't pay for your stuff anyway".
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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
Hollywood's problem is HDTV in every home, not piracy. The movie theater experience is cheaper than it was 20 years ago.
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How is HDTV a problem? I love HDTV and pay for all my content via Satellite, Apple TV, Netflix, and Pay per view. I wouldn't buy all that stuff if I didn't have HDTV.
We also go to the movies, at least once a month. I have zero problem spending $18.00 to see a movie in IMAX, and the movies I usually see are packed full of other $18.00 ticket holders too.
A typical blockbuster costs $100M to make these days, but even super low budget movies deserve to make their money.