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Originally Posted by Shaggy
No, what will happen is the same thing that happens now with piracy. Somebody will pay for the stream, capture it, and then share it with everyone else. All those other people won't be paying for the stream. It won't change anything.
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I think it will be less prevalent. As long as the streaming services aren't that pricey, it will be more convenient to just have the service than having to dig around online to find it.
And if things like Netflix are any indication, prices don't have to be very high. Netflix is $8.99 (10.99 if you want Blu Ray rentals) for one disc out at a time AND unlimited streaming. Granted the streaming is
only 17,000 or so movies, so it's a pittance compared to their disc selection.
But if they get price right, they can cut down on piracy as it's more worthwhile to just pay for the service and have full access to everything than to pirate stuff for more people than it is now. Especially if people grow up with access to all this streaming stuff and having the service(s) is just the norm like having cable or satellite TV is todya.
But you're right that piracy will still happen, and again there needs to be a large and aggressive effort to enforce copyright infringement. Criminalize it and be uber aggressive in shutting down the darknets.
But again, we're both just restating the same views over and over. My views on the topic are clear, so I'll bow out of this thread and not keep restating it over and over.