Hollywood - " Google fibre Leads to more piracy"

[ahhming]

two movie studios believe that the faster speeds offered by Google Fiber will result in billions of additional lost dollars for the entertainment industry.

Earlier this week we received a leaked presentation covering the results of a Google Fiber survey conducted on behalf of Warner Bros and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The research was conducted in 2012 and aimed to get a baseline of the piracy levels, so changes can be measured after the rollout.

The survey respondents came from Kansas City, where Google Fiber first launched, with St. Louis residents as a control group. In total, more than 2,000 persons between 13 and 54 were asked about Google Fiber, their piracy habits and media consumption in general.

The results reveal that more than half of those surveyed were very interested in Google’s offer. This includes a large group of pirates, which make up 31% of the entire population.

About a third of these pirates said they would download or stream more with Google Fiber. Perhaps even more worrying for Hollywood, about a quarter of the non-pirates said they would start doing so if Google comes to town.

The most interesting part, however, is that the research tries to estimate the studio’s extra piracy losses that Google Fiber could create across the nation.

Drawing on an MPAA formula that counts all pirated views as losses the report notes that it may cost Hollywood over a billion dollars per year. That’s a rather impressive increase of 58% compared to current piracy levels.

 

 

Source:

http://consumerist.com/2014/12/29/movie-studios-claim-that-google-fiber-leads-to-more-piracy/

 

http://torrentfreak.com/movie-studios-fear-piracy-surge-due-google-fiber-141229/

[Firearm2112]

If that same survey was taken in another country, almost 100% of the answers would go to a question like "I pirate because of region locks."

[connorpiper]

I think you mean Piracy in the title. 

[ahhming]

I think you mean Piracy in the title. 

 lol thanks .

[SpagettiNinja]

They cant strictly blame Google Fiber though.

[Camul]

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[SirSquid]

Going by the same logic cheaper HDD/SSD/SSHD lead to more pirates.

[Owen]

This is some of the most stupid sh*t I've seen in a while. F u Hollywood

[Matu20]

If that same survey was taken in another country, almost 100% of the answers would go to a question like "I pirate because of region locks."

 

Not me. I pirate movies because I just can't prioritize going to the cinema over basic needs - food, rent and transport. I live in Estonia and the salary is horrific when the prices are just as high as in the USA. Sucks to live here, besides the cheap and good internet. (300/300 for 31 euros).

 

Even when I wouldn't pirate, I'd still couldn't afford to go the cinema, so no harm done.

[Emceeschw3pp3]

Who tells someone doing a survey that they are a pirate?

[GlassBomb]

isn't that like saying 'faster cars leads to more speeding'?

If you want to make money from movies being available online. Make them readily available EVERYWHERE at a reasonable price.

[vt3c]

Welcome to americaland. 

Corporations, the real bad guys, point to the average citizen and call them the bad guy. 

Congratulations, hollywood. This is why I don't watch movies period.

[KingDaddyDaniel]

I pirate because internet speeds are too slow to stream from netflix or hulu.

If I had some fiber, then you better believe that I'd be paying for several netflix accounts just to cover all of the devices in my home

[FizzyFantom]

Perhaps Google Fibre will lead to less pirating because people will be able to afford a package that provides them with enough bandwidth to stream more content from Netflix and similar services.

More people get good internet > more people subscribe to streaming services > ??? > profit.

I would certainly pay for a service like Netflix or Hulu if I wanted to watch films on a regular basis and I absolutely could because my internet package can support that. Of course there will still be pirates, but I feel their claims of "9% of total consumers" is an exaggeration.

[Suika]

If they provided a decent service, people probably wouldn't pirate as much.

If I can't watch the latest walking dead through Netflix, where will I go?

[JAKEBAB]

The only thing that would change with me is i would be downloading uncompressed blueray rips instead of the regular dvd rips lol

[ofr057]

that survey so poorly worded, this looks like something a first year law student would put together

[AlexGoesHigh]

this smell like shit, because they literally pulled those numbers out of their assess, i mean how the fuck they get people to answer this survey anyway, if i was in the states i wouldn't admit to that to begin with, is almost like asking people in public if they but illegal drugs

[The Benjamins]

sounds like a distribution problem. I want to be able to buy movies in HIGH quality NON DRM digital downloads. If they did that and a plus would be UHD movies I would buy movies. the only time I pay for movies is when I see it in the theater, which I go to a lot. I pay more to anime then movies, but hey they give me more ways to watch it.

[Sundin]

If they provided a decent service, people probably wouldn't pirate as much.

If I can't watch the latest walking dead through Netflix, where will I go?

Exactly! I pay for Netflix, and I pay for hbo Nordic and I still have to download illegally the episodes of the walking dead, cause I don't wanna wait years to watch it. But they still get my money so I don't feel that bad for doing it.

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

MPAA to commit social suicide... 

[elecxonica]

No. Google fibre leads to more people wanting to use the internet for content consumption. Piracy just happens to occur because they don't understand how to distribute online.

[Dabombinable]

Another reason I've seen people pirate because of: US based stores overcharge for everything over here, even if it is made in our own country (itunes charging more for Aussie music in australia than the US is a good example-I think they got forced to stop that BS though).

[MoonSpot]

Whomever made those slides needs English lessons.  I don't want to even thing about whether or not they need some math tutoring as well.

[zacRupnow]

Sorry for those with poor internet connections but this is necessary.