RIAA/MPAA and "cyberlockers"

[4745454b]

So I was reading the news this morning and ran across this.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/hollywood-faces-new-piracy-threat-reuters

An article talking about the new threat to movie makers. It goes something like this. Foreign market takes a cam shot of a movie and puts it online in their "vault". People then pay them money per month to view films in the vault. (article said $5, I'm assuming this can vary.) When they get DVD rips they take the cam down and replace with higher copy. They then stream this copy over the net to all those who subscribe to their service. Seeing as they don't pay for the rights to the movie, the only costs they have hosting and streaming. Get enough people paying $5 (or more) a month and this is can be rather profitable. And the MPAA response?

"Sometimes these sites look better than the legitimate sites," Huntsberry said. "That's the irony."...Consumers increasingly are streaming pirated digital video directly onto living room TVs, the Paramount exec noted. But the public needs to know that with such pirated convenience comes the risk of having credit card information ripped off, and problems with spyware contamination are even more common...On a grander scale, the motion picture industry is combating the situation with country-by-country campaigns for tougher laws against video piracy. But the effort has a long way to go.

So let me get this straight. People WANT to stream stuff to those big TVs they've been buying with their nice surround sound sets, but the official sites look like crap. And rather then upgrade or better your sites you're just going to go after the cyberlockers? How well did that work with the RIAA? How well did shutting Napster down? You have a new market opening up like the music industry did with .mp3s. And instead of embracing it and finding a way to make it work your going to just try to sue everyone? The RIAA/MPAA need to find a way to fold these new technologies into their business model. You can't sue everyone, and you can't put your head in the sand hoping it goes away. Times change, and to survive you need to change with them.

 

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[4745454b]

Sorry, flash seems to be messed up on my laptop right now. I tried update the player today and it failed.

Wasn't really looking for a reply, just marveling out loud how dumb some people can be. While I understand there is a lot of pirating going on, I believe the biggest reason you see the decline in movie numbers is people just don't want to go. Between video games and those big LCDs we have, we'd either rather watch at home, or play games. Has little to do with the quality of films being put out or the price of tickets. (though tickets would be reason number 3 for me.)

 

[daship]

Who wants to pay $11.00 for a seat, and another 8+ for popcorn and a soda, to sit in an uncomfortable chair, have someone kick your seat, and hear a baby crying, when you can kick it in the recliner, on the big tv at home.

They need to forget about theaters and release all movies for $1.00 for a direct stream. They would make more money by a long shot.

Redbox is doing very well. A online service would do even better.

 

[EnderWiggin]

I agree with you about the poor theater experience, which is why I wait for the BD release, but I doubt they will ever forget about the theaters and release movies so cheap. But if they can get close to the the rental fee ($5), I would be happy to pay a few dollars more for first run movies in HD at home.

 

[badge]

My son went to the movies with his friend last night. It was free. The kid has a movie theatre in his house. My son used the recording studio there to make his senior project and often tweaks his jumper on the basketball court. I'm so spoiled from hangin' there, when I go to the mall to the movies I'm looking for a spot by the the pool with a good view of scantily clad women.

 

[4745454b]

My point was instead of adapting, changing, and improving their business model to take advantage of the new home theater craze, what does the MPAA do? They follow in the failed path of the RIAA and start suing people. I don't mean to borrow a line from the wookie defense, but this does not make sense. People have their own surround sound, and 50"+ screens at home. Learn to make money off of them, don't go suing people because you can't figure out how to make money anymore.

 

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[fazers_on_stun]

Who wants to pay $11.00 for a seat, and another 8+ for popcorn and a soda, to sit in an uncomfortable chair, have someone kick your seat, and hear a baby crying, when you can kick it in the recliner, on the big tv at home.

Me .

My 3-yr-old son likes to break out in a rousing version of the ABC song during the quieter dialog scenes when watching Avatar or LOTR, cuz he gets bored I guess. However I have found that if I can tune in Spongebob Squarepants or Dora the Explora on another TV (preferably on another floor ), I can then go back & finish my movie in pieces

Actually I too am not happy shelling out $10 or more for an ordinary theater seat, complete with spilled soda and chewing gum remnants. So I usually confine my movie-going experience to IMAX - 6 stories tall, 11,000 watt audio system, and a relatively sophisticated audience (since the guards don't let gum-chewers in the building ).

 

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Just got a chance to play it on my home machine, very pretty. I almost feel like a musician now.

 

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I love torrents

 

[jsc]

Well, let's see. Matinee prices for the movies aren't bad. OTOH, concession prices are a ripoff. And a major portion of your fellow movie goers should not be permitted to leave home unmuzzled.

So do I choose that or renting (or even buying) a DVD, make a fresh batch of popcorn with real butter, and watch it in the comfort of my own home?

Duh!

All it takes is a willingness to wait for the release of a movie on DVD.

 

[Reynod]

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