Why piracy is still more common than legal video downloads

Iria · Dec 28, 2006, 02:05 AM

Source: Ars Technica
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A recent study conducted by consumer and retail analysis group NPD claims that peer-to-peer (P2P) video downloads (which in the study are synonymous with illegal downloads) are outpacing purchases from legitimate video download services five to one. The study, which was performed with NPD's VideoWatch tracking software on "the home computers of more than 12,500 U.S. households," states that 8 percent of Internet-using households downloaded video content from P2P services, whereas 2 percent paid to download video content from legitimate providers. The study also indicates that nearly 60 percent of video files downloaded from P2P sites were adult-film content, while 20 percent was TV show content and 5 percent was mainstream movie content.

BlueMak · Dec 28, 2006, 04:11 AM

They would sell more online if they would release copies that were not, you know, crippled. No DRM, it is not like people have trouble making copies available online and offline, why punish the one that wants to buy one but don't want to deal with the whole DRM?
Also, please try to sell movies online in Europe too.

SFOSOK · Dec 28, 2006, 07:24 AM

Online content should be cut at 25-50% off if you buy it without a disk.

Otherwise it will never compete with hard copies.

Dec 28, 2006, 02:05 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Why piracy is still more common than legal video downloads Source: Ars Technica ___________ A recent study conducted by consumer and retail analysis group NPD claims that peer-to-peer (P2P) video downloads (which in the study are synonymous with illegal downloads) are outpacing purchases from legitimate video download services five to one. The study, which was performed with NPD's VideoWatch tracking software on "the home computers of more than 12,500 U.S. households," states that 8 percent of Internet-using households downloaded video content from P2P services, whereas 2 percent paid to download video content from legitimate providers. The study also indicates that nearly 60 percent of video files downloaded from P2P sites were adult-film content, while 20 percent was TV show content and 5 percent was mainstream movie content.

Dec 28, 2006, 04:11 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,475 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	They would sell more online if they would release copies that were not, you know, crippled. No DRM, it is not like people have trouble making copies available online and offline, why punish the one that wants to buy one but don't want to deal with the whole DRM? Also, please try to sell movies online in Europe too. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 28, 2006, 07:24 AM	#3
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Online content should be cut at 25-50% off if you buy it without a disk. Otherwise it will never compete with hard copies. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!