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Re: It's just that easy, right? said by fAcEtIOUs:said by thender: quote:
and compete with piracy by offering huge catalogs of content cheaply, quickly, and with limited hassle.
Yeah. Right. People throw out this idea all the time. And it is so bogus it should be laughed off the table. Cheap is still more expensive than free. And the people who steal music and movies can't be encouraged to pay for it no matter how cheap it is. So all the whining about the RIAA & MPAA adopting new business plans is just so much hot air. I'm a netflix subscriber primarily due to the ability to stream movies online. I occasionally rent movies from other sources.
I've been known to download movies in the past, and may end up doing so in the future.
I disprove your statement.
If digital media rental were to go down a tad bit more (currently at $2.99 at most places), I would go ahead and rent online as well. |
| What about us people who have been shunned by companies like Netflix? In Canada netflix isn't available, if it was I would sign up and use it on my 360.
In a situation like this it's easier to pirate the movie and stream it to my 360 then to go out and rent/buy it (don't forget cheaper as well). For most Canadians this won't change until the lawmakers pull their heads out of their a$$es and allow content to be streamed to Canada.
It's just like many others have said here, in this case it's easier to obtain these materials illegally, so that's whats going to be done. Would I "pirate" shows if I could stream them legally from Hulu? Hell no! |
