Was going to point this out myself.Oskamunda said:
Most the movies did very well financially. Kick-Ass under preformed, but can't imagine piracy is to blame.
Avatar Wins Another Award: Most Pirated Film of 2010
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Most the movies did very well financially. Kick-Ass under preformed, but can't imagine piracy is to blame.
Indeed.Ruzzian Roulette said:
It speaks to me that it was pirated by almost as many people as avatar, despite being relatively underground in comparison.
I hate to say it, but it appears that people who pirate have taste.
Don't forget the energy used to ship the DVD's everywhere, as well as ship all the components that made the DVD to their factories. It creates jobs I guess, but definitely selling it uses more energy; all joking aside that is.shaboinkin said:
That figure is huge though. If he made a single dollar off each download, he'd have made another 16 million. That's crazy. Now obviously lots of those people who pirated it also bought it, but I always like to think "what if they made a dollar..." when I see stats like that.
Who would want to waste the memory with Alice in Wonderland? *shudders* Horrible movie.
Its the ones that appeal to nerds that get pirated because well...nerds do the most pirating. I bet Tron is gonna be high up on that list next year.
Its the ones that appeal to nerds that get pirated because well...nerds do the most pirating. I bet Tron is gonna be high up on that list next year.
I'm completely indifferent; piracy isn't about to just drop of the face of the earth, and Avatar shows that you can still make billions of dollars whilst your property is being illegaly copied a million times over.
form some one who still hasn't seen it 
and isn't going to due to lack of interest in 'dances with wolves in space'
(Kevin Cosner is a better actor anyway)
why? -.- it looked dumb before i heard it was ripping off the story of better movies
and isn't going to due to lack of interest in 'dances with wolves in space' (Kevin Cosner is a better actor anyway)
why? -.- it looked dumb before i heard it was ripping off the story of better movies
Seems rather pointless to me. Avatar was a fairly entertaining film to watch on the big screen on 3D, but downloading it is defeating the purpose in my opinion.
My biggest thing with this is that the majority of the people downloading it HAVE seen it (the statistics are there) and that they DL it for posterity rather than shell out 20-30$ for the DVD just to see it again. People have their 2tb hard drives and nothing to fill them with, so they see a hot seed and jump onboard for the hell of it. I'm not endorsing it whatsoever, and especially considering how many people actually watched it to how many downloaded it would be an interesting survey in itself.Diamondback One said:
I would like to point something out here. I see comments about hating piracy, and I completely understand it. But I also need to point out that so many of these folks also purchased the film after pirating it anyway. For instance, I am a pretty big James Cameron fan, have been since Terminator really, but I did see this movie via piracy first. Then I saw it in theatres, then I bought the BluRay. So, the truth is, I wouldn't have spent a dime on this film if I hadn't seen a pirated copy first. That is just how I am, I want to see it when I want to see it, if I don't there is a good chance I won't bother. My room mate did me one better, he never saw it in theatres, but he bought it on DVD after I showed it to him, then he turned around and purchased the super duper directors cut later (the one that wasn't released at the same time as the original DVD release). Piracy is just free rental for a lot of folks.
The only time I don't purchase something after pirating it, is if it sucked.
The only time I don't purchase something after pirating it, is if it sucked.
"Its nice to see someone stand up against something they despise, its refreshing."Subzerowings said:
"A couple of my friends pirate there movies/games, I don't.
"Even if I did this compute wouldn't have enough memory to pirate much."
It just makes more sense to start doing more digital releases for such things. Here is a kicker though. Everyone wants to talk about environmental impact of this or that, and shortages of this or that... here is one for you.... worldwide bandwidth shortage. Some people put it as soon as 2015.thedeathscythe said:
LOL, just something to think about. Everything has it's limits, even data streaming.
Gonna put out my usual spiel here. On paper I am against piracy. If you want something buy it you cheap ****.
On the OTHER hand if my friend buys avatar DVD and I borrow it, is THAT hurting the industry? OK, so in the pirate context we aren't really borrowing it and its not a friend, but still.
The concept of piracy has too many grey areas for me to commit to one side or the other. What if I see a film at the cinema then pirate it too? What if I pirate a new DVD release and then buy the DVD when its in the bargain bin? "The man" (read: all media industries) would have us all think that those are lost sales and lost income that are causing them to go broke. But really, what kind of idiot buys DVDs at new release price knowing that in a couple months they will be half the price?
Piracy is indeed wrong. So is driving 33mph in a 30mph zone. I just don't care about people pirating one or two things. Now, people who never buy anything and pirate 100%...thats an issue. Just as someone driving 50mph in a 30 zone annoys me.
On the OTHER hand if my friend buys avatar DVD and I borrow it, is THAT hurting the industry? OK, so in the pirate context we aren't really borrowing it and its not a friend, but still.
The concept of piracy has too many grey areas for me to commit to one side or the other. What if I see a film at the cinema then pirate it too? What if I pirate a new DVD release and then buy the DVD when its in the bargain bin? "The man" (read: all media industries) would have us all think that those are lost sales and lost income that are causing them to go broke. But really, what kind of idiot buys DVDs at new release price knowing that in a couple months they will be half the price?
Piracy is indeed wrong. So is driving 33mph in a 30mph zone. I just don't care about people pirating one or two things. Now, people who never buy anything and pirate 100%...thats an issue. Just as someone driving 50mph in a 30 zone annoys me.