I have to admit though i am not too fussed about Wolverine being leaked. It seems only inevitable that it will take the route music is though.
But at the end of the day we still don't know where many of them even come from, which goes to show just how well we are doing in this little battle.
I know for a fact films are pirated at their earliest (in most cases) from cinema recordings, yet alot of the time they are leaked from the DVD production companies themselves (usually Russian / Asian copies).
Just imagine what would happen to the cinemas if this was to go forward, but now you mention piracy the thought seems so much more convincing. You know the music industry has used the online downloading methods of getting hold of music to their advantage in tackling piracy (even if it isn't working), i think sooner or later this may happen for films too. Well Well Mark, you certainly are putting your back into editing your blog videos now aren't you. I personally love the idea (of mine) that those who see a film in cinemas should be able to send off their ticket to get a discount on the DVD or at least get it a week or 2 before everyone else straight from the distributor. Cinemas need to be making their product worth the money they charge and studios need to be considering if they can afford to spend a few hundred million on a movie when they cannot count on repeat business (I read somewhere that about 60% of people who see a movie in the theatre will buy or rent it on DVD later). Most studios will be afraid of the multiplexes shunning them if they launched everywhere and they are still afraid of the stigma of a straight to DVD release (quite justified if you sat through the recent Resident Evil Degeneration DVD) so they just wont take the leap. I remember a few years ago there was a big clash when Fox released Night at the Museum on DVD 12 weeks after the cinema release which was a breach of a gentleman's agreement about the gap between releases. The real problem is that I can't see a studio willing to take the risk. I think for too long there has been a impression that I should be feeling blessed to be given the honour to see the latest Hollywood claptrap so I should just pay and sit with a feeling of awe that I am being allowed to view the movie on an approved format and time-scale. Dr K, you truly are an enlightened fellow.įor years I have listened to the overinflated gasbags from within the industry harp on about their artistic integrity and how the cinema is the place they want people to see their movies (a point which fades away quickly when the movie makes double on DVD than it did on the big screen mainly due to an insistence by studios to release every movie in at least 12 different formats and editions). Thank god, someone has finally understood it.
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