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Originally Posted by Flamesguy_SJ
I think P2P has a bit of a different impact on different industries. For example, some say it has increased concert attendance for musicians, but it's difficult to find an analog for movie/tv downloads. Though I suppose there's the argument that people who download movies do so more because of the price of DVDs that might be up to 10 years old being too expensive than it has to do with the desire to "steal" movies.
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A lot of people who download movies do so with movies they probably wouldn't buy anyway.
The box office seems to be doing fine despite the P2P phenomenom. I am only speaking annecdotally but I know a lot of people with a looooooooooot of DVDs and BluRays. So I doubt those sales have been down over the last few years. Regardless of how convenient it is to get a download, it will never be as good of quality or as convenient as the Blu Ray or even the DVD is. If the movie is good I will always purchase it.
I think my previous poitn about music applies here too. If you were lookign at the total amount of money people spend on movies, it's probably increased over the last few years too. Sales of specific things (ex. Movie Rentals) may be down, but overall I see a lot of people spending money on this stuff.
The market has always been competitive and now it's changed. The suppliers will have to adapt to that. Whether it's offering free streams with advertising or a higher quality product in BluRay, if they want to compete they must change.