Originally posted by 1313Jr.1313
i really hate to say this, but the movie industry is taking a very small hit from pirating. by very small, i mean practically unnoticeable. the problem is that the movie industries fear a future hit and are getting their anti-piracy movement out there now to avoid it in the next hundred years.
that being said, the record companies are also taking almost no non-greed related hit, just being forced to change their business practices by moving into the electronic era. the only people taking the hit are the franchise companies who actually sell the physical cd's (for 14 times the production cost, mind you). they take the hit and go out of business, but every other aspect of the music industry is in the same condition it was in before pirating via limewire and whatnot became popular. anybody who tells you otherwise (no matter what their position may be) is lying to you. the bands who give messages telling people not to pirate their music are only doing so because the record companies are losing the franchise money from the physical cds being sold, and like the film industry fear future problems. if people could get their name out there without the record company, then that would open up a perfect market and that would leave the record companies out in the cold because there wouldn't be any need for a company to do nothing but market you for 2/3 of the money coming in. no matter how much it may seem off, 100% of the above is held true and the only people who try to prove otherwise have purely selfish reasons for doing so. i believe that fogell puts it best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMVn4tymnlg
AND THAT'S ONLY ASSUMING THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO LOSE THE MONEY, WHICH THEY DON'T (sorry, but i believe that that warranted all caps).