Are Video Stores Doomed Now You Can Get Movies Online?

Posted on June 30, 2010 @ 2:19 am

When a British entrepreneur unveiled the first legal service to Download Ramona And Beezus Free Online Movie a few years ago, video store owners around the world began worrying about their future. Why, indeed, would a customer drive to a store when they can buy the movie they seek from their computer keyboard?

After all, average citizens all have a larcenous streak. Why not get something for free? A key reason is that downloading movies on the internet without paying is illegal — a violation of a number of federal laws. Don’t feel any risk? Remembers the very public examples that law enforcement made of unauthorized music downloaders several years ago. So, if you are downloading movies illegally, ask yourself if you really want to hear your name on the cable news shows?

Another reason to avoid illegal downloads is quality. Viruses are one more reason. The creators of viruses constantly have to devise new and clever ways to infect the unsuspecting public.

Yes, when downloading movies first began, doing so was illegal. The U.S. Movie industry lost an estimated $2.3 billion annually in revenue to internet pirates just a few years ago. Hollywood’s total annual income that year was estimated to be just under $45 billion. So, it should be obvious why Hollywood is harnessing its own download possibilities.

Does online piracy endanger Hollywood? Of course money is being lost. But Hollywood has learned to study the pirates. Their successes actually signal untapped marketing opportunities. Not so very long ago, Hollywood resisted the development of VHS and DVD marketing. The studios feared that home movies would negatively impact box-office receipts. However, the home viewing market has expanded markets for moviemakers. Today, many films never make it to a theater. They go directly to DVD. Have you ever heard of YouTube? With its new popularity, suddenly anybody can be a filmmaker — sharing their latest video creation or propaganda attempt or religious inspiration or hilarious home video with millions of people worldwide in a matter of hours.

Yet does online piracy really endanger Hollywood? A very good case can be made that pirates fill a gap overseas where legitimate markets are heavily restricted by repressive regimes — such as in the Islamic Republic of Iran where every movie must be approved by the religious morals police. The People’s Republic of China sets quotas of the number of movies allowed into the country — and frequently blocks any film that is critical of China’s dictatorial leaders. So a case could be made that Iranian and Chinese pirates are actually busting their government’s blockade on “dangerous” ideas such as freedom of speech or the right to elect one’s own leaders.

In fact, the downloadable movie market is booming. Studios will be smart to study today’s ever-changing technologies — and every move of internet pirates.

Some of the planet’s biggest DVD counterfeiters are in China — whose bootlegged discs have been identified in more than 25 nations worldwide. You can expect these same pirates to exploit the internet. But Hollywood would be smart to study their successes and figure out how customers wanting to Download Ramona And Beezus Movie for Free can make moviemakers a lot of money.

Movies are one of the best forms of entertainment we have, and as long as Hollywood keeps making new ones, we will keep looking for download full movies online.







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