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Study: Legal movie sales and rentals increased after Megaupload was shut down
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article published on 9 March, 2013
According to a research survey posted earlier this week, legal movie sales increased after cyberlocker Megaupload was shuttered last year.
Wellesley College assistant professor of economics Brett Danaher and Carnegie Mellon University professor of information technology and marketing Michael D. Smith say the closure led to increased digital sales and rentals for two major movie studios ... [ read the full article ]
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9. March 2013 @ 22:27 |
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After the shut down, "weekly digital sales of movies from the two studios to grow by between 10,500 and 15,300 units from what would otherwise have been expected. Rentals grew between 13,700 and 24,000 units a week."
Sounds to me like the headline should read: "Professor's guess for digital video sales and rentals shy by several thousand units". Very little information is given other than that.
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Mysttic
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9. March 2013 @ 23:26 |
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Not to mention it may not be due to fact it was shut down, but it could be due to the fact that better content people were more willing to spend their $ on was released.
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9. March 2013 @ 23:45 |
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These bozos and their studies. They are good for a laugh though.
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10. March 2013 @ 00:16 |
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One of the biggest waste on money on "research"...nothing but a bunch of bull crap propaganda. Anyone that used online sharing services knows how scarce were MU links for the new releases, months or even year(s) before closing down. Spend money and make quality stuff,at reasonable prices, and people will buy it.
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10. March 2013 @ 01:13 |
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This is from The Wallstreet Journal. Unfortunately you need to pay a subscription fee to read it.
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Justoneguy
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10. March 2013 @ 02:42 |
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Originally posted by cyprusrom:
One of the biggest waste on money on "research"...nothing but a bunch of bull crap propaganda. Anyone that used online sharing services knows how scarce were MU links for the new releases, months or even year(s) before closing down. Spend money and make quality stuff,at reasonable prices, and people will buy it.
Yep, these "studies" sponsored by the MPAA and RIAA etc. are nothing more than a tool for censorship of the internet. The sad fact is it is working and they will eventually sneak enough under the table deals in to get what they want.
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Jeffrey_P
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10. March 2013 @ 04:54 |
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Unless you just have to read the journal the same story is available via RSS feed or other source
Jeff
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Bryan3404
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10. March 2013 @ 11:45 |
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So they are saying that their sales have never fluctuate by 6% at any other time?
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Bozobub
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10. March 2013 @ 13:59 |
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That's what they're (falsely) trying to imply, Bran3404.
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Interestx
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11. March 2013 @ 12:34 |
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Let's just see how things played out over the following 6mths, hmmm?
Who wants to bet general market conditions are the cause?
In this depressed economy people tend to stay at home so home entertainment can see some growth and it is a small boost, I'd call these numbers very small in the context of the US market.
..and that within a month or 2 people found other means to download?
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11. March 2013 @ 18:34 |
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I haven't rented a movie or bought since megaupload was closed on top of that most movies are garbage and a waste of time. There's only a few good movies out there. LOL
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11. March 2013 @ 22:07 |
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Originally posted by JohnAppleseed:
Give it a look and actually try to understand it with an open mind. Then, if you dont buy it, give a compelling reason why.
Biased information sources. The study was short, and could easily be swayed by ubiquitous market fluctuations. It was based on guesses of what would happen, which are practically meaningless in an ever-changing marketplace and economy full of innumerable variables.
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The WSJ article also says that the study was not funded in any way - it seems it was just two university professors doing what they do for a living.. research.
You left out the part where they said that, while the study wasn't funded by the MPAA, data provided by the MPAA was used in the study. Fruit of the poisonous tree. I'm also curious how often these professors produce guesses of this magnitude that are not off by 6-10%, relative to those that are within or beyond that error margin.
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12. March 2013 @ 15:46 |
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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
Unless you just have to read the journal the same story is available via RSS feed or other source
Jeff
Every site I've read sources it to The Wallstreet Journal... Just saying.
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DADEO1
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15. March 2013 @ 12:19 |
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"study wasn't funded by the MPAA, data provided by the MPAA was used in the study"
Oh, now I get it.
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