re: Why is it ok to steal media?

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No, but if a movie costs $100 million to produce and the studios expect to make $50 million in profit on it and they can only charge you once, be it tickets, dvd, digital download, etc, the price will have to go up, and honestly not everyone wants future access. If I watch a movie in a theater it's highly unlikely I'll rent it or buy it later. If you had to pay say $20 to see a movie any time, any way you wanted, that's a worse system for most people who now only pay $10 for a ticket or < $5 to rent it.

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I didn't say you'd have only ONE option to purchase it. I'm talking all about OPTIONS and ACCESS. Not limitations.

Of course saying "You can onlky spend $20 on this and you have access whenever you want, but that's it," is limiting and dumb.

But maybe there's just the OPTION o pay $20 and get more access, rather than the $13 movie ticket, the $25 blu ray and dvd, the $10 digital copy if your included one runs out, etc. Or maybe there's a subscription service, beyond Netflix, that can also track your movie purchases.

OPTIONS and ACCESS. I still refuse to think that MOST Downloaders download JUST because it's free. They download because it's easy and ubiquitous, not necessarily because it's free.