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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 02 2015, @09:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 02 2015, @09:32PM (#131080)

    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.