Piracy Is Good! Copyright Is Evil.

Despite the conventional wisdom that BitTorrent websites and illegal downloading are destroying the fabric of entertainment industries, a number of advocates and activists believe that piracy can help independent filmmakers as both a distribution mechanism and promotional tool.

So when i finish my next film and sell it on Amazon or Netflixs, and sell my first copy and that person uploads it on Pirate Bay or Demonoid and after few days ends up on all the flash movie sites, and has been downloaded 5 million times yet in the next six months my film only sells 3 DVD at $12, how does this help the independent filmmaker, nobody came knocking on my door from Hollywood after watching my movie, i lost all the money i put into the project, i have no home and no job and now live on welfare handouts, yet the people sharing my movie on the internet are making money from google ads, is this your RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.

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That question is completely irrelevant to point being made. If someone isn't going to spend money either way, if there was piracy or not, it has NO EFFECT. In fact, no, that's not right. If the person who was never going to spend money either way downloads it and talks about the film with someone else then you've just got free advertising.

But to answer your question as a seperate issue; you'd buy it if you wants to contribute towards what you thought was a good product because you want to see more.