TheShape31 on 23 March 2013
| NightDragon83 said: BTW, this study is also generally the case for movies, videogames and software... the vast majority of people who illegally download these types of media on a regular basis do it just because they can, and have almost zero interest in actually purchasing any of this media if file sharing did not exist. Although I will admit that both the movie industry is somewhat impacted by filesharing and streaming websites, as total box office attendance has been down in recent years despite the increasing sales due to ever increasing ticket prices. People would rather stream or download a movie at home then spend over $10 a pop (without food and drinks) for 2 hours at the movies. |
It's the same thing with movies, file sharing doesn't hurt them. Just like the VCR didn't end home video sales.
