movieboy wrote:td888 wrote:It's a loosing battle for RIAA and similar organizations.
Downloading movies and music will not stop, unless Hollywood will adjust their business model.
What should they adjust their business model to?
As td888 accurately posted, there are a litany of things they can do. However, you want to see a business model that is ALREADY implementing this, and has been massively successful, look no further than
Steam.Instant downloads, a digital copy of the game that stays with you forever (granted, as long as you keep the Steam client), lower prices, constant massive sales, tons of free games, etc.
If there was a similar service for movies, it would be massively successful, and a huge improvement over their current one.
By the way, one thing about piracy is that you can never prove that it "costs" anyone a single red cent.
Even if you discount
1. People who download something that they have paid money for in the past. (I have done this on numerous occasions, actually, especially with old games or movies I have seen in theaters)
2. People who pay for something later on after downloading it. (Done this a few times)
there is still the massive group that
3. Wouldn't pay for the good in a million years unless they could download it for free.