1 edit | A start though...given thought Actually, for a nominal monthly fee (say substantially less then the average cable bill) I'd say this could have legs provided the transfer rates could be maintained. I'd buy into something like that, the problem being that the *AA's will want too much money to make this possible. Like a pool full of leaches they'll bleed the idea dry and destroy the idea before it can take off.
The reason a lot of people, okay, well from my point of view, use P2P for illegal downloads is that they really don't see what they are dl'ing has that much value. However, if they can get the DL for a price that IS reasonable they may actually spend the money on it. Look at the IPOD phenom, a dollar a song, big whoop...and they are making millions every day.
Use the cable TV theory, pay a monthly fee (REASONABLE, cheaper then cable, much cheaper then cable) make the movies/TV Shows available direct from the DVD at the same quality, utilize all your users machines, and voila, suddenly you've adapted to the new technology, and viola, you are suddenly capable of making a profit (where there was losses)with very little overhead. Piracy will NEVER go away, but now you've found a way to use a technology that originated for piracy (don't start the argument, it's why I use it, as well as many others) and make a couple of bucks from it.
The problem, again, the studio's will do everything they can to bleed too much money out of it to allow it be viable.
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