That sucks, I'm sorry to hear.
The Blu-ray DRM isn't as bad now, because everyone's focused on digital and streaming.
Is it really more effort to pirate? I’m not sure I agree with that.
Relative to your own experience and tech expertise, it's easier. Look at this through the eyes of an average person. More people use smartphones than computers/laptops (and if they use laptops, it's likely that they're running a locked-down OS like ChromeOS). They probably don't even know what a file or folder/directory is, much less a "torrent".
"So you're telling me I need to install this app that's not on the official App Store to 'download' a movie, in the process exposing my IP address and potentially getting me in hot water with my ISP? Sounds dangerous to my security, better stick with Netflix and Amazon Prime."
There's a funny story about DRM on physical media.
When Sony/Philips/etc. were first designing the Audio CD format, they didn't bother adding any DRM or copy protection schemes, as they figured that no one would have the capability to rip them to their devices. And then CD burners/rippers entered the market, which proved them terribly wrong. In later years, the record companies tried adding DRM to CDs, but that came back to bite them when someone sued them, because the CD wouldn't work in their player.
So, long story short, CDs are legally prohibited from having DRM of any kind.
I talked about this in another thread, but there are many reasons we do not use SD cards/flash memory devices for movies and TV:
- SD cards have extrenely slow read rates compared to optical.
- Optical discs are a much more reliable data storage format than flash memory devices. SD cards and other flash memory devices need to be used every few months, or the electric charge will wear out, causing the data to be unreadable. On the other hand, a professionally-pressed Blu-ray disc can theoretically last 50-100 years.
- SD cards are more expensive to manufacture than optical discs.
Jenkins says there are already three Popeye slasher flicks in the works.
Filmmakers Try To Use Public Domain Characters for Anything Other Than Cheap Horror Movies Challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
The CDC states no person-to-person transmission occurred, and public risk remains low.
...for now.
Is he gonna try to rename it "L" or "X"?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know Tibet is technically an autonomous region and not a country, but it doesn't roll of the tounge as much.
I don't think piracy has that big of an effect on box office.
Most people don't know how to pirate properly and are too afraid of "viruses" and navigating file systems to do it.
If piracy really were that big of a problem, they wouldn't be doing this.
Maybe his Circadian rhythm is out of whack.
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- Deadpool & Wolveirne
- Interstellar
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- Godzilla Minus One
- No Country for Old Men
- Reagan
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Complete Third Season
- Twisters
- Star Wars: Ahsoka - The Complete First Season
- The Grinch
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
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Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)
Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs
- Alien: Romulus
- Interstellar
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Complete Third Season
- No Country for Old Men
- Star Wars: Ahsoka - The Complete First Season
- Deadpool & Wolveirne
- Godzilla Minus One
- The Wild Robot
- The Grinch
- Willow
- Loki: The Complete Second Season
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- Oppenheimer
- Riddick
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Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)
Top 10 Home Media Sellers (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted)
- ALien: Romulus (72%)
- The Wild Robot (47%)
- Deadpool & Wolveirne (67%)
- The Grinch (2018) (26%)
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (50%)
- Interstellar (89%)
- Twisters (48%)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (24%)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (32%)
- The Forge (19%)
Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)
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