Piracy - A problem with consumers or the industry?

SPG said:
The industry cant give what the consumer wants.. The people want a loaded KODI box. It is the best solution.

Boils down to the GREED.
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Greed of the "consumer" expecting everything on a plate, you mean?

At the end of the day everyone's favourite blockbusters cost circa $200m to make, plus that again to market (if not more). So you're looking at an investment of say $500m for a company to make back. Probably more.

The fact is that lowering the prices of cinema tickets, releasing day-and-date, or premiering on streaming platforms currently don't guarantee that money back. So why exactly would they do it? There's just no business sense in it.

The regional variations are an issue, but that unfortunately is what you call an open market. One distributer can buy the rights for film A in the UK, another for film A in the US. One distributor has a deal with Netflix, the other doesn't. So you get film A on Netflix in the US, but not the UK. It's not always some hidden agenda for making more money. If you look at the big blockbusters nowadays, the studios are trying more and more to get films in cinemas at the same time around the world. It's really the streaming services, home entertainment sector that is getting on everyone's nerves. Remember when a film would premiere in the US months before the UK? That hardly happens any more does it?
 
I pay £9 a month for Netflix and share someone's Amazon account, But i do use other means to watch TV series that either don't come out here or take a year before they do.

Do i feel guilty ! the simple answer is no, I don't want to wait a year only to know the outcome from other people spoiling it, because HBO or Cinemax don't want to have streaming services in the UK unless you pay silly prices for the likes of SKY.

They should come together with the likes of Netflix/Amazon for shared content and charge a little extra for it.

Thought I'd add Cinema viewing's, I/we do not go very often, and that is due to Cineworld stupid prices which IMO should be lower, Yes the budget are higher to make a movie, but at the same time most box office hit recover that in just a day or two.

Cineworld want £9.98 to watch a film whereas Odeon want £4 for the same film, and the Privately run cinema in dorchester charge a massive £2.5 i would use the last two more, but that means a 40 mile round trip each time.

Plus the whole booking/collecting tickets at Cineworld is awful, and the staff are like zombies who really could not give a toss.
 
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elmuzzy66. said:
Hate to admit it but ive just got used to downloading.
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That was me since the 90s until I recently discovered Raspberry Pi and a certain nifty little app.

Funny thing is, back then I couldn't afford to buy the latest games, music and movies. Now I can afford to pay for it 20 times over but the utter inconvenience of having to subscribe to different services and switch between them to watch shows I enjoy just ain't worth the hassle. The 'app' I use now ties it all together for me in one place and it updates the moment a new episode gets added.

Wont make the content creators feel any better but if I could pay £50 a month to make it a bit more legal, I most certainly will. Not possible at this stage (can't see it ever being possible sadly) so it is what it is.
 
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