Something of interest struck me about the following sentence: “While this issue has many industry insiders sweating bullets, many see it as an evolving problem that will either work out in the end or sink the movie business entirely.”

Now I have no delusion that piracy does have its negative effects on the industry as a whole…it certainly does, particularly in the areas you’ve just pointed out.

So perhaps I’m being either too optimistic or just naive, but I think there’s something about the ‘theater experience’ that will always attract the masses, as well as keep raking in the box office dough for the industry. Similar could be said about music concerts…however in that respect, concerts seem to sustain the individuals of the band more than the record companies (as many bands have stated, “touring is where we make our money!”). Although, those concerts, like the theater, generate interest in the fan (viewer) to go out and purchase their favorite albums, via legal cd or mp3 downloads (dvd & Blu-ray, alike in the movie department) for the sake of having an ‘official’ release with all the bells and whistles. So in the end, the record & movie industry still have the best thing going for them…the ARTISTS!

Maybe that was a bit of a tangent from the main focus of the article, but not completely…my point I mean to make is that the ‘official event’ will always beat out the ‘flawed plagiarist’!

Anyway, that’s my thought about that ONE freakin’ sentence! I’m way too long winded!