Posted by Justin on 12/09/05 20:07

Jeff Rife wrote on [Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:28:35 -0500]:
> Justin (nospam@insightbb.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> > Hmm, on a "piracy" note, this puts the latest MPAA claimed losses into real
>> > perspective...they are saying that for every disc sold, several were pirated
>> > in some way...basically that they would triple their sales if piracy didn't
>> > exist. That's pretty hard to believe.
>>
>> Since the RIAA and the MPAA equate someone copying a CD or DVD as
>> a lost sale when in reality the people copying probably wouldn't buy it
>> if it weren't possible to copy, it's not that hard to believe they claim
>> that.
>
> Oh, true. I meant it was hard to believe that DVD sales would triple if
> all piracy were stopped.

They wouldn't. They might go up slightly, maybe 10% or so, but not
double.

> Also, they wrap "industrial" piracy and "camcorder off theater screen"
> in with DVD copying, so it's really hard to believe that DVD copying is
> a real problem.

DVD copying can be anything from me giving you a copy of something to
Asian mass produced DVD copying.

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