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Posted by Goro on 11/10/05 14:32
Impmon wrote:
> On 9 Nov 2005 21:39:04 -0800, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17738,00.html
> >
> >So LucasFilm and Fox are claiming extremely strong sales of SITH DVD.
> >IIRC, they claimed that pirated DVDs HURT theatrical Box Office. Are
> >they gonna blame the strong sales on the pirated DVDs...? The US DVD
> >rip has been available for several weeks already...
>
> Screener was ripped and released almost a week before the movie came
> out. Yet the movie still made more than Phantom Meanace or Clone
> Wars.
>
> >Morelikely they'll claim that without piracy it would've made $500M in
> >DVD sales or some nonsense like that...
>
> Doubtful. Maybe some loss in sale but not $500M.
Dude, reality and MPAA-style claims of lost sales rarely match. Have
you seen the latest claims for lost revenue?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051102/ap_on_hi_te/movie_downloads
"llegal downloading costs the movie industry an estimated $5.4 billion
a year, she said"
-goro-
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