Sony: We Can't Make More Movies Thanks to Piracy

[trinix]

Maybe, like every other business out there, start spending money wisely and stop overpaying people to show in a movie. Give them a cut of the money, not pay them 1-10 million per movie. Or episode for some of the so called better actors.

I'm sorry, but why on earth can they complain about how pirates destroy them but never consider lowering prices, reducing costs, lowering too high salaries.

We have seen enough garbage movies. It's not even worth my time to download them. Stop making junk and blame it on pirates. A lot of movies people just don't even download anymore.

And a A-team movie without any of the 4 original A-team members is a fail. Don't start with it. Or better yet, even with the original members, don't waste your money. Just put the old eps back on a dvd and sell those. People love to watch those, new a team eps and new A-team movies aren't what we are waiting for.

 

[Scotteq]

Sony: We Can't Make More Movies Thanks to Piracy

...says the inventor of the DRM Rootkit. /rolleyes

 

[hpstudioz]

If we're being honest, there's no way to say piracy isn't theft. That being said, I personally believe there's a difference between movie/software/music piracy & the theft of a tangible item. For example, I'm guilty of downloading the occasional movie or two, however in every instance the movies I've downloaded were movies I had no intention of spending money on in the theater. To further this point I can honestly say there have been instances where the movie I've downloaded actually appeared better than I expected which prompted me to either go see it on the big screen, or purchase the DVD, when I would not have done either before hand. On a side note, I work in the technical support field, from what I see the percentage of end users with the knowledge of peer-to-peer networking at the torrent level is quite minuet when compared to the movie audience. Perhaps the real problem plaguing the movie industry is originality... They have none!

 

[mickey21]

Sell me the movie from day one over download distribution to watch as many times whenever I want to in my home. Then we'll talk. Stop bitching Sony, and adapt to what and how people want their entertainment. This releasing in theaters, then waiting, then releasing to pay per view, then rental distribution, then DVD/BlueRay sales is a ridiculous model in todays time and you need to get over yourselves and the movies you make. Which quite frankly are too often crap or bad rehashes of old show/movie ideas. Explore new ways to sell your content and you will prosper. More and more people have the ability to play their own content in their own homes at just as good as an experience as they can distinguish by themselves. More and more techies are creating their own home theater and venture out seldom to watch a blockbuster on the big screen...

The era of the movie theater is dead (as we know it) and I believe that movie theaters should adapt to be more interactive entertainment experiences than just sitting down to a flick for ridiculous prices. Ahhh experiences like Alamo Drafthouse make me want to see a movie, thank god I have them in Austin. Give me a good meal, a higher experience, an experience I can have without yelling kids and teenagers making out in every corner.

Stop complaining what everyone is doing to you Sony and do something about it like making our time worth giving you our money. Give up your old ways and embrace the 21st Century. Something has got to give and unfortunately for you piracy is not your problem, you not listening to your consumer is your problem. Lots of other companies are figuring this out. Make it not worth the effort to pirate your content and nobody will.

Piracy rises as the object in question over costs its consumer. Simple as that, stop over pricing and trying to control the use of your product and people will gladly buy it.

 

[FoShizzleDizzle]

Stop making shit movies
????
Profit

 

[Mromson]

RIP Sony Movies, go QQ somewhere else.

 

[nforce4max]

Let see ware to start. First why pay up only to be disappointed with another crappy snuff film that is produced cheaply or poorly composed and directed. Second many movies these days have soft propaganda and politically correct themes that are degrading to the quality of society. But who cares people of today are like that of Rome during the gladiators who cheer for violence and other themes. Like the music snuffwood with films does not make good movies for the exception of a few since the 90s.

 

[Abrahm]

Stop paying actors outrageous amounts of money and you will have a lot more money to spend. Does anyone else find it very wrong that someone pretending to be a scientist in a movie makes 100x more money than an actual scientist?

 

[Skid]

*cough* http/torrentfreak.com/sony-ceo-pleads-poverty-but-the-movie-industry-is-loaded-091027/ *cough*

 

[Guest]

Before movies where spread through the internet it where the people who where ripped off!
They went to their movie place (when rentals wheren't there yet), payed a premium of ~$20 per movie on VHS or so, to a movie that they could only judge by it's cover.
In the '80's many movies where created that where absolutely terrible in any way!
No plot, no story, no build up of emotions, crappy effects, etc...
And many felt cheated on, often throwing away those old movies whom they had payed lots of money to!

Thanks to the spreading of movies via the internet, the international market went up.
Lots of movies that people never would buy, or even hear of, now they can purchase!

I've seen only few real good movies, I'm not a Hollywood fan!
But there have been some which I would have never found if it wasn't for someone who had seen a pirated version of someone!

Thanks to piracy I own about 200 DVD's purchased, which I'm glad I purchased!
Some I purchased on VHS, and later on DVD!
Some got corrupted over time, and I could redownload the movie agian!
Some of them, I've seen 7 times!
Such movies deserve to be purchased!
But in order to find those 200 good DVD's, I had to wade through about 1,5TB of video's; whereof at least 50% I never finished watching, or would never even pay a cent to!

Too many movies aren't worth their price!
And looking it in the cinema's isn't fun anymore, because the airco is too high, the rooms smell, and the sound is too sharp,while missing the fidelity of the sound.
I often end up sitting pretty close to the screen, that I can see the pixels from where I sit, and at times the sound is too loud!
Like this, I find my home theater with simple 2.1 system much better, in the comfort of my bedroom, snacks that don't cost $20 for a bag of popcorn, but $2 and some minutes spend popping them and pouring flavor on them!
And plenty of Coke from the fridge for $5, instead of paying $15 for a small cup!

 

[ninfanlink]

Why is it when a company bitches about people stealing there product people bash that company. Now i'm not a huge sony fan but if you download a movie and dont pay for it... good or bad its stealing.

If somebody breaks into your car or house and takes something thats yours shitte or not.. your going to be bull shit.. right?

Stealing is stealing no matter what reason you have for doing it.

 

[jisamaniac]

Michael Jackson is dead and piracy actually help distribute the movie content world wide, which increases the likely hood of independent movie to get noticed by the big guys. Works in the music business all the time.

 

[kvn00]

[citation][nom]djackson_dba[/nom]Pirating Miley Cyrus is not a crime... it is a condition that requires immediate psychiatric intervention.[/citation]

LOL. This just goes to show that people who illegally download stuffs may not have bought the stuff anyway. Be honest, you wouldn't risk getting caught by a friend while holding the Miley Cyrus collection at the cash register, but your pirated digital version can safely go into your encrypted p0rn folder.

Without even getting into whether piracy is good or bad, it's clear Sony should stop making these outrageous claims. It's like watching goat secz. You wouldn't have paid your neighbor so you could watch him perform the deed with poor Billy, but you might download a bootleg video of it if it was on torrent. Why? Cuz it's better than the average Joke of the Day your co-workers send you.

 

[Guest]

"Lynton even threw in a few numbers, indicating that top movie studios made 162 films: over 40 less than the number filmed in 2006, and the lowest number in a decade."

And that had nothing at all to do with the largest global recession in 80 years... Come on, is that best he can do?

 

[kingssman]

Worry about distributing a film internationally and pirating? Why not just release it on iTunes? Then WHAM! it's instantly international with almost little to no overhead, then people would be like "gee why pirate a movie that is crappy quality, shot by hand cam, when you could just download a high quality version off of iTunes for $3.00" Then release an Uber 3 disk DVD filled with uber features that DVD junkies go GA GA over since most pirating never copies the Special features of DVDs anyways. Then Bingo! Profit!
but nooooooo......... there was once a director that wanted to release a film in theater, DVD, and download all at the same time but that went against the status quo and the distributers shut him down.
When it comes to pirating movies, every body pirates bad movies, they usually buy the good ones.

 

[kingssman]

Sony: We Can't Make More Movies Thanks to Piracy

No... Sony can't make more movies that people are interested in paying money to see.

 

[Manos]

When Sony makes comment like "I wish i had MS' money" etc they should think of how much they lost when they forced gamers paying for a BR with their new console and the rest wait for price drop, move which made them also loose so much money if I remember correctly, so what are they bitching about? THINK before you act if you have no money to make more movies ( which they do, they are just crying for no reason right now ). So the last company that will ever get my sympathy will be Sony. I paid way too much for their crap over the years and way more for their bad services...

 

[jerreece]

[citation][nom]tpi2007[/nom]Jon Peddie Research that says that from the second to the third trimester, there has been the largest increse in NINE years un graphic cards sales[/citation]

Trimester? LOL You mean fiscal quarter?

 

[Guest]

How does this argument about the small independent films made by this guy take into account Paranormal Activity? Made for $15K, been out for weeks, STILL doesn't have a decent quality torrent of the theatrical version, and is making more money each week than the one before it! This is a movie that, like it or not, people genuinely want to see, didn't cost much to make and, as a result, is enjoying a HUGE profit margin. Of course, not all small films enjoy this level of success, but maybe Sony should start spending a little less on movies and focus on making ones people are willing to go out and see.

 

[enforcer22]

Once again sony your blind to your own epic failure. who cares about this movie for one. and most of your movies for a second. in fact i havent gone to see a movie in the theater since the seats were $1.50. as much as i like the big screen and sound i dont like the people . and honestly not vary many maybe 1 movie a year even deserves to be viewed in the theater really. its like video games now. everything has been rushed so much no creative thought put into it no one buys things anymore. everything you make is disposable in 5 hours MAX. no replay value movies now hardly have rewatch value anymore. Unless you forgot how bad it was and accidently put it in thinking you paid for it there for it must have been good only to waste 2 hours of your life to remember o yeah this movie.