Avatar sets two Blu-ray records: most illegal downloads, most bought discs.
I’m glad this is getting coverage but it is and always has been hip deep in “duh” land for me.
I am a software pirate for religious reasons and I assure you my spending will increase once I have income.
I don’t download things to save money I download things because I don’t have money or, and this is really the bigger reason, because I like the format.
A single hard drive is better than a shelf full of DVDs, and ripped media is better than menus and crap.
Pirated media is simply better media, in cases of it being equal buying is easier than downloading.
That’s part of why piracy can only help media sales.
And time and again, we see proof of that in the wild.
Also, I often pirate something (like a new game) to see if I will like it.
If I do, I will then go and buy the game, and provide that money to the game company that I would have withheld, had I not had the opportunity to play the game first (as my skepticism reigns supreme, and I refuse to pay for shitty media).
Absolutely, the art of the timed trial has been lost. I can’t help but think they shovel shit and they know it and want to make money by deception.