You're all arguing about money. That's the issue here. Remove it from the equation and suddenly none of you will care who copies/downloads what. Everyone will be happy that someone gave a crap about that thing you've made long enough to share it with someone else.

The main problem here is that the movie/music industry doesn't want to evolve and adapt to the world that's rapidly changing around them. 20 years ago you could be a 'studio band', record 12 songs every year and rake in the cash while sitting on your ass for the rest of the year. Now you can't. You can grab a whole discography in less than a minute off the web. But what's the one thing you can't download? Experiences. No HD/BluRay rip can give you the experience of being at the live gig. Because of that touring and live shows became the main source of income for musicians (and I'm talking about proper musicians not Bieber or whichever abomination is 'in' these days).

The movie industry has to recognize that people can and will download movies. Not because they're free (although that is a factor obviously), but because it's convinient. Instead of trying to fight it they should find a way to embrace the change and find a way to use it to generate income. Why not offer direct movie downloads? You can pay the $7 and watch Twilight in the theater, or you can wait a week or two and grab a 720p version for $3 off the Paramounts server. No behind the scenes, no special features. Decent quality, low price, 100% income for the studio at no expense. Throw in a system where you can pay in advance for a bunch of movies and noone would even bother to look for torrents.

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