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I would say its both, a value and a service issue. I used to pirate a lot of music, but nowadays i rarely do it. Because in my opinion, it's just so much easie

by smoe 12y ago

I would say its both, a value and a service issue. I used to pirate a lot of music, but nowadays i rarely do it. Because in my opinion, it's just so much easier to quickly buy them. With only 3 accounts – Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Spotify – I can cover almost all my needs in this regard. This wasn't possible only a few years ago. Compare that to the state of tv series. I wanted to watch some HBO content recently an typed "HBO GO" into search. First result says: "HBO GO. It's HBO. Anywhere." Anywhere, great! click "To access HBO GO, you must reside within the fifty states of the United States of America." I didn't even bother trying to circumvent that and went straight for a torrent site … Of course, a lot of people use a lack of service quality as an excuse, when they just want free content. But for those who are willing to pay, service and availability is a problem.

sbarre 12y ago
Agreed! There will always be people who will go to any length to pirate content, and there is nothing you can do about them. They are not, and never will be, your customers. But for others, it is absolutely a service issue, and I am one of those people. I pay monthly for Spotify and I spend money on Bandcamp and iTunes because it's convenient and value-priced. And it's actually easier than piracy, which is probably more important than the price..
- alandarev 12y ago
  > But for others, it is absolutely a service issue Absolutely? So if the price was $50 per movie, $100, or $1000? There has to be the balance in next equation: Affordability + ease of obtain versus feeling of guilt for pirating. If there is no feel of guilt, little can be done, example: Russians pirating everything, and they are not as poor as you might perceive. Ludicrous price? Oh to heck it will be pirated even by Americans. Ease of obtain - at least we are not arguing over this (now) obvious fact.

by smoe 12y ago

sbarre 12y ago

Agreed! There will always be people who will go to any length to pirate content, and there is nothing you can do about them. They are not, and never will be, your customers. But for others, it is absolutely a service issue, and I am one of those people. I pay monthly for Spotify and I spend money on Bandcamp and iTunes because it's convenient and value-priced. And it's actually easier than piracy, which is probably more important than the price..

alandarev 12y ago
> But for others, it is absolutely a service issue Absolutely? So if the price was $50 per movie, $100, or $1000? There has to be the balance in next equation: Affordability + ease of obtain versus feeling of guilt for pirating. If there is no feel of guilt, little can be done, example: Russians pirating everything, and they are not as poor as you might perceive. Ludicrous price? Oh to heck it will be pirated even by Americans. Ease of obtain - at least we are not arguing over this (now) obvious fact.