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Movie Studios Fear a Piracy Surge From Google Fiber

posted by n1 on Friday January 02 2015, @05:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the corporate-fear-of-change dept.

Bill Dimm writes with an article from TorrentFreak:

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.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by metamonkey on Friday January 02 2015, @04:53PM

    by metamonkey (3174) on Friday January 02 2015, @04:53PM (#131036)

    Today you don't have to wait 3 years. Try 3 months. Guardians of the galaxy. Theater: August 1st. Download: November 18th. Disc: December 9th.

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Friday January 02 2015, @09:40PM

    by frojack (1554) on Friday January 02 2015, @09:40PM (#131085) Journal

    True enough, but they are still expensive in three months, (and I'm still a cheap bastard).

    Some I will watch within 6 months, but most I just wait till I have a couple hours to kill and a beer in hand, and put them up on the big TV on a whim for less than three bucks.

    Current-ish movies on Google play
    Guardians 6 bucks. Gravity 7 bucks.

    Older-ish movies on same
    LoTR-TT 3 bucks.

    Lots of times you can BUY and own for life (of Google, not you) for the same money as you can rent and watch once today.

    None of the above arguments for a movie having to be current releases are convincing to me. Unless you are a crowd follower, and your life is so vapid that all you can discuss is the movie you saw last night, I still don't see why a well done story 2 years old is less appealing than one done today.

    Watched 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) over the holidays. It didn't look cheesy as some allege. Didn't even particularly look dated. 40 year old movie FFS.

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