Originally Posted by Matt 26z

Piracy really isn't a huge problem.

Compare the movie theater to a 25 inch CRT TV. Now compare the theater to an HDTV with a sound system. The difference between the theater and home experience has narrowed. Instead of the theater industry improving their experience relative to the improvements of TV's or lowering ticket & popcorn prices, they have blamed piracy for declining ticket sales.

The music industry isn't making less money, only the RIAA is suffering. It's no secret that most bands want to give their music away for free and use the increased popularity to make the real money from touring, merchandise, appearances and endorsements. Bands historically don't make jack squat from album sales unless they are really big. People think a gold record is a great thing, but even at that sales level the band may still owe their label money for their half of the production costs.

Video game piracy is equally as bad as music and movies. Yet when is the last time you heard the video game industry complaining? Video games are like cigarettes. Anything to get you hooked. Then you go out and buy an XBox and you are forced to buy $50 games because Xbox Live will ban your console if you bring your pirated stuff on there.

In porn the sky is always falling. It's always something. There is a constant boogeyman that is going to destroy the business. The fact is, almost all members areas suck. They don't retain and that is why they are hitting their members with very aggressive cross sales and even banging cards. But let's forget that free porn has always been a problem in one form or another and just blame the tubes and their shitty quality video now.