 kyler13Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD | Who's to blame? Consumers pirate because this crap costs too much. Theaters charge so much because they get little of the movie revenue in the opening weeks. Studios take so much because the actors on payroll are making millions, but that's what it takes to get them. So, who's to blame for the inflated salaries? Us, the consumers, to some degree. A dog will eat itself to death if you keep feeding it.
NBC is complaining about something they contributed to by increasing salaries, but they're just part of the cycle. Pro sports, like football and baseball, are the same. Bidding wars to get the best of the best drive up salaries, and the bidders do so because of the insane amount of money they made on the previous product. Then with the cut in profit due to the higher payout, they raise the prices next time around. Repeat this cycle over years and you get $10 movie tickets with theaters still struggling to make money, consumers complaining they can't legally afford to enjoy the content anymore, and actors running around insanely rich.
Bottom line here is that nobody is right in this vicious circle. The studios, the actors, the theaters, the pirates all are at fault. The only way to stop it is a massive correction by someone breaking the chain. The legal way is to stop buying the content. Unfortunately, the consumers are gratifying themselves while making their point by just stealing it. |
