Well played Google. But seriously, copyright owners should really look at Youtube as an opportunity. Get some contracts concerning splitting the revenue from ads, and allow Youtube to show your copyrighted material for you to the world. The copyright owners really wouldn't even have to do anything...
I would imagine piracy would take a big hit. I would argue the biggest draw towards piracy is convenience. Sadly, it is more convenient to pirate a movie than to buy one. If I pirate a movie, I get the file with no DRM which I can play on my computer or any devices I own without a problem. If I buy it, it comes on a disc which I have to keep track of and DRM. If I download it legitimately, again there is just a bunch of DRM issues. But I would imagine streaming it from youtube at will would be pretty hard to beat.
haven't you ever heard of other formats besides dvd? as far as I know it aint that simple to rip a bluray/hd dvd.
and btw, his point was that it is easier to pirate, not that it aint possible the other way around. but firing up dvd decrypter is certainly more of a hassle than downloading a drm free divx.
I think ripping and re-encoding a purchased DVD is beyond the skill-level of the majority of people who download movies now. Yes, there are one-click programs out there now (AutoGK for example) but re-encoding still takes time and a pretty decent computer if you want good results, making it still easier to just download a movie.
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Well played Google. But seriously, copyright owners should really look at Youtube as an opportunity. Get some contracts concerning splitting the revenue from ads, and allow Youtube to show your copyrighted material for you to the world. The copyright owners really wouldn't even have to do anything...
I would imagine piracy would take a big hit. I would argue the biggest draw towards piracy is convenience. Sadly, it is more convenient to pirate a movie than to buy one. If I pirate a movie, I get the file with no DRM which I can play on my computer or any devices I own without a problem. If I buy it, it comes on a disc which I have to keep track of and DRM. If I download it legitimately, again there is just a bunch of DRM issues. But I would imagine streaming it from youtube at will would be pretty hard to beat.
Haven't you ever heard of Dvd Decrypter and/or Gordian Knot?
haven't you ever heard of other formats besides dvd?
as far as I know it aint that simple to rip a bluray/hd dvd.
and btw, his point was that it is easier to pirate, not that it aint possible the other way around. but firing up dvd decrypter is certainly more of a hassle than downloading a drm free divx.
I think ripping and re-encoding a purchased DVD is beyond the skill-level of the majority of people who download movies now. Yes, there are one-click programs out there now (AutoGK for example) but re-encoding still takes time and a pretty decent computer if you want good results, making it still easier to just download a movie.