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Re: My acquaintance in Poland always downloads pirate movies said by chgo_man99:Due to such high piracy, there are no services there like iTunes, Xbox Live (local) or Zune There was "piracy" (your word) here too, yet those services thrive and effectively reduced it. That's the solution: availability at reasonable prices. Most people are willing to pay.
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There was "piracy" (your word) here too, yet those services thrive and effectively reduced it. That's the solution: availability at reasonable prices. Most people are willing to pay.
I doubt it will change soon no matter what price they offer. They can't run it at too low price (like $0.10 per movie). lol
How many people there can really afford to pay for an entertainment on regular basis? Not many!
Average person there makes only 1300 PLN per month. Perhaps people in Warsaw or Krakow make a lot more but how many are there in those cities combined vs 48 million the whole country? |
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Very true. There are a number of people already paying to download content for free. Newsgroups, hosting sites, etc.
Price out a service that gives you access to HD (HDTV HD, not heavily compressed) content and I would be certain that a lot of people would be fine with paying a smaller monthly fee. It would also have to allow for higher throughput.
Netflix is just the start of this type of option. If they had better quality streaming, I would be more than happy to go with them. They also restrict how much throughput can be obtained. I can heavily saturate my connection with 3rd party services but not even close with Netflix. |
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