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   u2604ab, 14 May 2002 @ 12:05pm

   
   

   V... C... R...

   People didn't stop going to the movies when VCRs came out.

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   Lee, 14 May 2002 @ 2:36pm

   
   

   It is a social event

   Going to the movies is a social event. Getting movies off of the web is not going to change people's need socialize.
   
   My friends and I meet at a theater, watch the movie, maybe go to a cafe or coffee shop afterwards, then we go our separate ways. Sure my friends and I could download a movie from a web site, or rent one from a legitimate source, and watch it in one of our homes, but going to the theater gets us out of the home/work.
   
   Getting out is important to our health. Geeky as some of us are, in the theater we turn off the pagers, the cell phones, we get away from things could interupt an evening at home.
   
   

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   TheCaptain, 15 May 2002 @ 6:36am

   
   

   I'm just remembering...

   the article in which the panic stricken MPAA says that Star Wars Episode 2 has already been downloaded a million times....and then point to that as evidence that the entertainment industry will be driven out of business.
   
   Do you REALLY think that most of those million downloaders WON'T go see the movie? (Hell, I'm betting most will go on opening night.).
   
   It makes me cry to believe that ANYONE out there would be dumb enough to believe these guys.

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