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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 Thursday January 08 2015, @04:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 08 2015, @04:04PM (#132926)

    I bet if they managed to wipe out piracy tomorrow? All that would happen is the number of people that saw this or that movie would just dry up...

    Would you please, please mind not incorporating uptalk into writing? It's bad enough to have to listen to people speaking like there are question marks in the middle of their sentences, but to actually type them instead if commas is simply madness. Just stop.