[citation][nom]pa-am1478[/nom]someone has to say the truth, so here it is: blockbuster is in bankrupt thanks to none other than YOU, searching internet every day looking for low-quality, free pirated movies. look yourselves at a mirror first, then post your comment.[/citation]
Piracy trends have been going down for the past decade, especially as legitimate digital distribution channels have been gaining more traction. Blockbuster isn't failing because an small (and getting smaller) number of people steal movies; Blockbuster is failing because they took forever to catch up to modern technology and business models.
Taking the time to drive to a brick-and-mortar movie rental store is a hassle. It's so much easier to go online to sites like Netflix where you can sign up for a small, flat monthly fee to either have someone mail you the DVDs or just stream them to any of several devices in your home over the Internet. And at this point, it's so much easier to do that legitimately using companies like Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and others and pirating is such a hassle that the legitimate business model is more appealing and is guaranteed longevity.
Sure, there will probably always be pirates, but these are the same people who shoplift from physical stores. They would never be paying customers, and they have never done so much damage that they made an entire corporate chain go under.