Film Piracy - Kerry's Arguments Against

Film Piracy: Against Arguments

• Piracy lowers the views/ratings of a movie and damages the chance of the industry making a sequel. 

• It doesn’t only lose the big companies and rich stars money, it also causes the set runners, editors, and other behind the scenes people to lose out on money. 

• It's stealing, which is a punishable crime. 

• Small independent film companies wouldn't be able recover from the money loss of piracy and it could cause them to be unable to continue creating films. 

• Watching films online, or copied DVD lessens the viewing quality and ruins the atmosphere you get when watching in the cinema.

• Piracy could damage the future of cinema, for if no one goes to the cinema it could cause them  to shutdown, and then we will lose the excitement of new film releases.

• It could also be argued that piracy is the reason cinema prices are so high, as in order to get the same amount of money from less people they have to raise the prices.