People buy movie from the distributors, but if they also have a legal option to buy it for free (or very cheaply from some guy selling pirate copies out of a tr

People buy movie from the distributors, but if they also have a legal option to buy it for free (or very cheaply from some guy selling pirate copies out of a truck) then the incentive for distributors to buy product from the content producers practically disappears since they are competing with something that will always undercut them. Pirate sites tend not to carry advertising from blue chip companies, last I checked it was mainly snake oil penis pills, weight loss pills and "fuck girls in <geolocation of your IP address>". Most of these companies are likely located offshore also.