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Why would anyone pirate movies in the US?

Scouzer

Scouzer

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I am green with envy right now as I just read about this Netflix Streaming stuff. Seriously, $8.99/mo to watch unlimited movies? Why would anyone outside of the poorest college student pirate movies, or worse, go to Blockbuster?

I wish we had avenues like this in Canada. We still have very little legit TV streaming and the stuff we do have is in horrendous quality. Think Youtube quality 5 years ago... it's unwatchable. We also don't have any way to watch movies online except for Xbox or itunes, both of which are unreal expensive. It's $6-7 to digitally rent an "HD" movie from either of those services, LOL, no thanks. Speaking of which, it's like $4 for an Xbox or Itunes rental in the US, who is stupid enough to rent those?

I would pay $8/mo to watch unlimited movie streaming for sure. I'd also pay $5/mo for a Hulu type TV service, since we don't have Hulu here. I have to stream Hulu through a VPN that I pay $5/mo for... I'd much rather pay $5/mo to some legit company, but it doesn't exist.

They say Netflix plans to launch Netflix Streaming internationally 2nd half 2010, we'll see. They also announced plans to expand to Canada in 2005, didn't happen, we're stuck with some really pathetic mail movie companies.
 
If you watch a lot of movies, sure, Netflix streaming (or heck, even Netflix general service) would be just fine. However, if you watch, say, one movie a month, I can see the case for pirating.
 
I am not sure about the Netflix movie streaming in the near future. ISPs are going to ( or at least thinking/planning) put cap restriction or make you pay more for broadband access due to higher demand/load from movies.

<<---buying cheap DVDs such as $2 a copy at WalMart FTW
 
I was just watching Netflix a minute ago. Evil Dead 1 is available for streaming. Evil Dead 2 is not.

Having said that, I dunno why people pirate either. At least movies.
Games I understand, but movies can be had dirt cheap or free.
 
Svnla said:
I am not sure about the Netflix movie streaming in the near future. ISPs are going to ( or at least thinking/planning) put cap restriction or make you pay more for broadband access due to higher demand/load from movies.

<<---buying cheap DVDs such as $2 a copy at WalMart FTW
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Oh for sure they will. In Canada, virtually all standard broadband packages are capped at 60GB. Most companies have an "extreme" type plan which bumps it to 100GB. If you need more than that, you don't really have the option, that's as high as it goes. I suspect you guys will be hearing a lot more about caps soon.

In the north, some ISPs cap their extreme packages at 10GB a month... lol.
 
Almost every movie / TV show that I watch is through NetFlix's streaming service.

People continue to pirate for two reasons:
1. Not everything is available on NetFlix's streaming service.
2. Free is cheaper than a NetFlix subscription.
 
Scouzer said:
I am green with envy right now as I just read about this Netflix Streaming stuff. Seriously, $8.99/mo to watch unlimited movies? Why would anyone outside of the poorest college student pirate movies, or worse, go to Blockbuster?
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Not everyone has access to high-speed internet 🙁
 
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i have this service and like it alot, but i wish there was more selection. most of the stuff they have is older. so i can see why some would pirate just becuse of the convenience.
 
Mostly because I only rent MAYBE one movie per month. I'd be losing money even on the lowest service tier.

I am, however, thinking about getting it to watch some TV series. I would definitely save money then.
 
I don't get off on streaming video. I prefer local copies. That's why I buy and rip/encode blurays to my HTPC.
 
not everything is on Netflix and sometimes you want/need to watch something offline because you are waiting at the airport...
 
Pirating:
Better Quality (can get HD)
Better Selection
Convenience (able to watch movie later without a connection)
Free

Netflix:
Crummy selection (getting better)
So-so quality
Need a good internet connection otherwise you go into buffering hell
Costs money

That's why people pirate. It's not a knock on netflix, they've done a great job so far, it's just that they haven't done enough to shut up piraters. The minute their entire library is online, is the minute piraters shut up.

I'm happy enough with my 3DVD at a time plan through netflix. I don't mess with Netflix streaming too much unless I just want to watch something on a whim
 
while 9 bux a month is nothing really, the movies on netflix are pretty bad...


yes there are some good ones on there, and if you dig long enough you can find them, but can i watch 2012 the day it comes out in theaters on netflix? Or can I watch american gangster months before its even out in theaters[on netflix]?

No.

But i could with torrents![both are examples of things that some one with torrents could do...not saying I did...]

Why wait? why pay?
 
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