make stuff alittle cheaper
dont have staggered release dates around the world and (this is the biggie) make it worth buying ..
do that and more people will pay, of course people will always steal but compnaies accept that if it wasnt for napster the activites of certain movie/song traders or p2p programs would probably still be a mystery to most companies and news sources..
record companies have been losing money on cds for years before napster raised its little head the film industry makes so much money its silly dvd sales (disc) are over 60% more than VHS when it was in its prime.. mind you i could count the number of "GOOD" films last year at the cinema on 1 hand
anyway i have a buddy who has 135 DVD-R's of divx movies and about 100 of tv episdoes (dvd rips) he also has about 400 purchased DVDs and box sets of tv shows the ones he downloads he thinks are "okay" and can live without and he wouldnt buy them anyway ..granted thats no excuse as he has stole the copyright but i kinda agree
if he wanted to d/l friday the 13th 1-10 im easy with that hes never gonna buy em (i doubt he will watch em) but somthing to add to his collection the company lost a bit of money but he wouldnt of paid for em anyway so no biggie he thinks
as for me..well im skint and save my money for beer and women as sitting in front of a pc all day is a bit boring (and bad for your eyes)
anyway thats enough from me ..
ps anyone send me Star wars 3 and terminator 5 by email?