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Originally posted by Merauk_EOD
Not to get to far off track but why hasn't this worked with the DVD/Movie market? The price of movies has gone from $70 for a big name movie in the early 80's to $15 or less for some new releases today. DVD's bring a lot more added content as well.
Yet piracy of movies is becoming more and more mainstream. |
My argument here has never been about stemming the rise of piracy. In fact, I've been arguing quite the opposite -- piracy is unavoidable, and it will only get worse as technology gets better.
That said, I'm talking about finding ways to minimize the sales loss suffered through piracy. DVDs have dropped in price and increased in quality -- and they're still selling like crazy. There may be DVD pirates out there in greater numbers than there used to be, but DVD sales aren't generally affected by them.
CDs, on the other hand, have taken a disproportionately large hit from piracy. Part of that may be the fact that it's easier to steal and burn MP3s; I won't argue there. But it's also very much because CDs have been, and still are, ridiculously overpriced (and, for the most part, shoddily produced).
Lowering CD prices won't stop the pirates, but it'll sure help reduce the bite they take out of sales.
