Re:Just Enough Piracy Can Be a Good Thing
by falcolas on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @12:24PM
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Only because the illegality of piracy increased the friction of viewing the illegal copies (not to mention a history of legal action against parties who view said copies). Make copying legal and the friction would all but vanish (think popcorn time with many more active devs and no legal push to get it taken down), making it easier to watch at home than to watch at the theater.
The theater offers very few practical enhancements to the viewing of a movie that aren't available in your average home theater system.
Re:Just Enough Piracy Can Be a Good Thing
by boomboomsubban on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:20PM
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>Only because the illegality of piracy increased the friction of viewing the illegal copies
Evidence of this extremely bold claim?
Your idea of the "average home theatre" may be a bit exaggerated, particularly out of the Western market.
How exactly are these popcorn time variants acquiring high quality copies of the film in a quick time frame?
As the statement you quoted said, there is no evidence that this is the case.
Those movies made back their investment despite piracy, why would the removal of those IP protections change that? Many authors have not become commercially popular for much of their career but still wrote. How can you claim those books only exist because of copyright?