Major piracy breakthrough.... (1 Viewer)

[meatwad1]

So today I am perusing the free movie websites and I find out there is a pristine dvd copy of 'Expendables 3' floating around out there.

Wow.

This is a major Hollywood movie that is three weeks out from its release! I don't think this has ever happened before. Sure, screeners of Academy movies have come out, but most of those movies are limited release anyways for a time. Most new movies that show up are always un-watchable, some schlep recording the film on his phone. Seeing how expensive it is to produce a film, it is hard to believe that this doesn't have a chilling effect on movie financing down the road.

I could care less about this movie, though, I watched the first couple scenes to see if it really was a prime copy and it was like watching it on normal TV. I mean lets say its tracking for a 30 mil opening. This could cut it in half, especially if it sucks, and it does look like it sucks pretty hard.

 

[Johnny Rock]

First Things First. Faith And Family. No room for Fraud?

 

[DaVinci]

Breakthrough?

 

[jon_mx]

Expect a letter in the mail shortly from the Feds informing you what your fine will be. Breakthru!

 

[Ned Ryerson]

So today I am perusing the free stolen/pirated movie websites and I find out there is a pristine dvd copy of 'Expendables 3' floating around out there.

Wow.

This is a major Hollywood movie that is three weeks out from its release! I don't think this has ever happened before. Sure, screeners of Academy movies have come out, but most of those movies are limited release anyways for a time. Most new movies that show up are always un-watchable, some schlep recording the film on his phone. Seeing how expensive it is to produce a film, it is hard to believe that this doesn't have a chilling effect on movie financing down the road.

I could care less about this movie, though, I watched the first couple scenes to see if it really was a prime copy and it was like watching it on normal TV. I mean lets say its tracking for a 30 mil opening. This could cut it in half, especially if it sucks, and it does look like it sucks pretty hard.

 

[Jobber]

Pretty soon Hollywood won't even bother making major motion pictures. Yay piracy!

 

[Peyton Marino]

did this go how you thought it was gonna go?

 

[NCCommish]

Well we can do a little experiment. Estimates are 3 will take in around 25 million at open and top out at around 80 million over it's run. So let's see how strong it really opens and revisit this at that time. Shall we adjourn for cigars and scotch?

 

[Osaurus]

Is this a hippled thread or something?

 

[Sarnoff]

Breakthrough?

This happens from time to time.

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

Does this mean a Captain Phillips II is in the works?

 

[Keerock]

So today I am perusing the free movie websites and I find out there is a pristine dvd copy of 'Expendables 3' floating around out there.

Wow.

This is a major Hollywood movie that is three weeks out from its release! I don't think this has ever happened before. Sure, screeners of Academy movies have come out, but most of those movies are limited release anyways for a time. Most new movies that show up are always un-watchable, some schlep recording the film on his phone. Seeing how expensive it is to produce a film, it is hard to believe that this doesn't have a chilling effect on movie financing down the road.

I could care less about this movie, though, I watched the first couple scenes to see if it really was a prime copy and it was like watching it on normal TV. I mean lets say its tracking for a 30 mil opening. This could cut it in half, especially if it sucks, and it does look like it sucks pretty hard.

How much less?

 

[Brady Marino]

Pretty soon Hollywood won't even bother making major motion pictures. Yay piracy!

Have you seen how many superhero/Star Wars movies are planned in the next 5 years? They don't seem all that worried to me.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Does this mean a Captain Phillips II is in the works?

Electric Bugaloo.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Pretty soon Hollywood won't even bother making major motion pictures. Yay piracy!

Actually not the worst hypothetical I've heard of.

 

[Slapdash]

Pretty soon Hollywood won't even bother making major motion pictures. Yay piracy!

Poor Sylvester may have to delay plans for a 10th home.

 

[mquinnjr]

Pretty soon Hollywood won't even bother making major motion pictures. Yay piracy!

That paradigm shift has already happened with high-budget premium and cable network TV shows with star casts, since a lot less people go to the movies now with all the technology, and now content, people have in their homes.

 

[Polish Hammer]

Wasn't Expendables (or the sequel) one of the movies that TONS of people got notices about? I think The Hurt Locker, too.

Yup, it looks like it was the first one, but the cases didn't stick.

 

[cstu]

Imagine that - make media cheap and easy and people won't pirate:

It also appears many consumers are more willing to pay for that content, avoiding both the additional complications and potential legal issues often associated with peer-to-peer file-sharing, which first became popular in the early 2000s, particularly on college campuses.

While the file-sharing service BitTorrent once occupied 31 percent of the total Internet traffic in 2008, this year it occupied 5 percent of the total Internet traffic during the entire day, Sandvine found.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2015/1207/How-streaming-video-is-squeezing-out-online-piracy-across-the-globe

 

[Amused to Death]

Imagine that - make media cheap and easy and people won't pirate:

It also appears many consumers are more willing to pay for that content, avoiding both the additional complications and potential legal issues often associated with peer-to-peer file-sharing, which first became popular in the early 2000s, particularly on college campuses.

While the file-sharing service BitTorrent once occupied 31 percent of the total Internet traffic in 2008, this year it occupied 5 percent of the total Internet traffic during the entire day, Sandvine found.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2015/1207/How-streaming-video-is-squeezing-out-online-piracy-across-the-globe

Yeah but aren't ISPs and cable companies starting to cap data usage, or at least jack up rates above a certain threshold for this reason?

 

[culdeus]

I haven't considered pirating music in 5 years. Can't really see the point. Hope the .000000006 pennies per embed is keeping the lights on somewhere.