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Ilander · 11-06-2005, 03:12 PM

For the most part, I get the impression of a witchhunt when it comes to the crackdown on piracy...It really seems to me to be the wrong direction to come at this problem (and it is a problem) from. The solution, to me, seems to be to lower prices a bit. Seriously, mass producing DVDs and CDs has become much less expensive in the past decade...heck, I could set up a bunch of CD burners/DVD burners and turn out an very large quantity of the things with as little as $10000, which is a rounding error to the companies that produce this stuff.

It's a market demand, and it would do the supply-side well to respond a bit to it. Lower the prices a little, and you'll ship significantly more volume, as no one wants to go to the trouble of downloading stuff if it's easier (and the opportunity cost is lower) to just go buy the stuff.

[ 11-06-2005, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: Ilander ]

11-06-2005, 03:12 PM	#19
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 39 Posts: 2,820	For the most part, I get the impression of a witchhunt when it comes to the crackdown on piracy...It really seems to me to be the wrong direction to come at this problem (and it is a problem) from. The solution, to me, seems to be to lower prices a bit. Seriously, mass producing DVDs and CDs has become much less expensive in the past decade...heck, I could set up a bunch of CD burners/DVD burners and turn out an very large quantity of the things with as little as $10000, which is a rounding error to the companies that produce this stuff. It's a market demand, and it would do the supply-side well to respond a bit to it. Lower the prices a little, and you'll ship significantly more volume, as no one wants to go to the trouble of downloading stuff if it's easier (and the opportunity cost is lower) to just go buy the stuff. [ 11-06-2005, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: Ilander ] __________________ Is that what you really want to say?