It's kinda obvious that music piracy effects sales, and really hurts that industry, but is movie piracy a problem yet? Will it ever be as rampant as music?

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>It's kinda obvious that music piracy effects sales, and really hurts that industry, but is movie piracy a problem yet? Will it ever be as rampant as music?</div>

[Manshoon]

<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>Doubtful, there's a major difference between watching something on a big cinema screen and watching it on a 17" monitor.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>The sales are down coz the music sucks. Most people download older songs anyway. Not the new sucky ones.</div>

[Julius Seeker]

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>DVD piracy will likely be as bad as CD piracy in the next 3-6 years.</div>

[Agent 57]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/1 ... cy.html</a>

Actually, I wouldn't say that it's obvious at all, or even true. Here's a really interesting article by Tim O'Reilly on the subject.</div>

[Mr.Person]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I agree!</div>

[Ganath]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Amen!</div>