Comment on "Mickey 17" releases digitally on March 25 — only 18 days after its theatrical debut

• doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I don’t pirate them in the way you think I do. I buy blu-rays and rip them for convenient digital access. I don’t share the files with others. I disagree with piracy in general. Piracy and streaming services are the reason why movies suck these days.

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  • Maroon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Piracy and streaming services are the reason why movies suck these days.

    I hope I don’t sound rude, but you are incorrect. Piracy is not the reason streaming and movies suck. In fact, low cost streaming resulted in a decrease in piracy.

    Piracy increases when access to media is severely and unjustly restricted. Piracy is a form of protest.

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    • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You’re wrong. If the best way for studios to make money is streaming, then restricing access to the corresponding streaming service is their best way to make money. And they will do it.

      Pirates might believe they protest against this practice. But actually, they just fuel this system even further by not voting with their money for alternatives. And there ARE alternatives: buy blurays, go to theatres, buy merch. Pirates will soon realize that these alternatives will also disappear. ‘Protesting’ with pirating is not going to help that.

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      • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Buying Blu-ray, going to theaters, and buying merchandise aren’t alternatives to owning digitally. I won’t speak for all pirates, but I just want to own a digital copy of what i pay for. Even streaming with a paid subscription isn’t a viable alternative. I don’t pirate to protest, I pirate because there’s no other choice.

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      • Maroon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Piracy is a form of protest and a very powerful one at that, but let’s we that argument aside for the moment.

        Over the last seven years, Hollywood studios have decreased movie production. And yet their revenue and profit margins have actually increased!

        They do this by underpaying writers, usurping copyrighted materials from other countries and using AI.

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