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The MPAA spends who-knows-how-many millions of dollars hiring lawyers and PIs to go after volunteer programmers in countries all over the world, when they could
by mizzao 11y ago
The MPAA spends who-knows-how-many millions of dollars hiring lawyers and PIs to go after volunteer programmers in countries all over the world, when they could just be spending that on an online distribution system for movies that would provide the service that Popcorn Time currently does. There's demand for streaming movies and up-to-date releases with people willing to pay, why not meet it?
This kind of parallels craigslist, which has turned the classifieds market into a multi-billion-dollar sinkhole (http://theweek.com/articles/461056/craigslist-took-nearly-1-billion-year-away-from-dying-newspapers http://theweek.com/articles/461056/craigslist-took-nearly-1-...). Except craigslist has critical mass and can't be easily replaced, whereas a concerted effort to innovate instead of stagnate by the movie industry could easily become a preferred service to PT.
- untog 11y agoThere's demand for streaming movies and up-to-date releases with people willing to pay, why not meet it? These services already exist, though (not movie-theatre-release up to date, but neither is Popcorn Time). Yet people still want to watch these movies for free. Let's not kid ourselves - yes, the MPAA could help to create a better system than currently exists for streaming movies. No, users of Popcorn Time won't suddenly start paying for movies while the free Popcorn Time service still exists.
- saint_fiasco 11y agoThey could at least try. Spotify is not making as much money as they could in a market full of perfect angels who never pirate, but they still get by.
- untog 11y agoNetflix/Amazon Instant/iTunes is not making as much money as it could in a market full of perfect angels, too.
- chronic41 11y agorekt
- saint_fiasco 11y agoTheir catalogues are also much more limited, especially outside the US.
- sobkas 11y ago>These services already exist Where they exist?