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Earlier this week we received a leaked presentation covering the results of a Google Fiber survey conducted on behalf of Warner Bros and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The research was conducted in 2012 and aimed to get a baseline of the piracy levels, so changes can be measured after the rollout.
[...] Drawing on an MPAA formula that counts all pirated views as losses the report notes that it may cost Hollywood over a billion dollars per year. That’s a rather impressive increase of 58% compared to current piracy levels. The research also finds a link between piracy and broadband speeds, which is another reason for Hollywood not to like Google’s Internet service.
[...] What’s most striking from the above approach is the way the studios frame Google Fiber as a piracy threat, instead of looking at the opportunities it offers.
(Score: 1) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday January 02 2015, @06:05AM
I like to go to theaters.
That's why I don't shop online a whole lot - I like to visit brick-and-mortar stores, and enjoy getting to know the staff at those of the shops that I visit regularly.
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(Score: 2) by Tork on Friday January 02 2015, @06:12AM
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(Score: 1) by tftp on Friday January 02 2015, @06:48AM
I don't pirate movies because I don't like movies. They are very simplistic. I read books instead.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Friday January 02 2015, @10:44AM
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(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday January 02 2015, @07:44PM
So... what, did you come into this thread to get directions on how to live this thread?
It is always those most in need of help that are the most resistant to it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 02 2015, @09:32PM
I keep hearing that films are simplistic and do all the work for you, from people who feel they are somehow superior because they read books, because books are better and if books weren't, then they wouldn't read them but obviously books are because they read them, therefore books are better.
If you think movies are simple, you should stop comparing books with Schwarzenegger action flicks, and actually try some others.
There is a lot more to film (and some TV) than just the story, as written in a book. There is no more to a book than what is written in the story.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 02 2015, @09:56AM
You like getting deafened in a dark room along with a hundred others?
To each his own. Not my cup of tea.
(Score: 1) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday January 02 2015, @02:28PM
I'm a consulting software engineer. If I watched movies online, shopped online, listened to music online I'd never leave my house.
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(Score: 2) by CRCulver on Friday January 02 2015, @10:24AM
Do you release that for less than $2000, you can build a very immersive home theatre with HD projector and 7.1 surround sound? Once you've done that, going out to the cinema becomes significantly less attractive.
It has been years and years now since my youthful stints in retails, but I rememer customers who wanted to socialize being among the biggest annoyances of the job, and a source of frequent complaint for me and my coworkers. Generally staff would prefer you go in, ask what questions you have about the product, buy it (or not), and get out.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 02 2015, @12:06PM
You enjoy getting to know the staff that are literally being paid to work there?
Was this sarcasm?
(Score: 2) by meisterister on Friday January 02 2015, @06:13PM
I don't pirate movies for two reasons:
1. There's nothing worthwhile to pirate.
2. I still have a VCR and movies on VHS are insanely cheap (I got the Star Wars trilogy as a boxed set for $2)
(May or may not have been) Posted from my K6-2, Athlon XP, or Pentium I/II/III.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 02 2015, @09:35PM
Yes, there's nothing quite like losing almost a quarter of the screen and not being able to see much detail to make a movie look stunning.