I have some sympathy as well for the "ground troops" of the entertainment business who are hurt by pirating. Part of me says well, if you lower the price sufficiently to what the market thinks is right, you'll effectively end the economic advantages of piracy. I don't know how bad piracy is in movies but I don't think the average American prefers to see a bad pirated version of ROTK over the awesome spectacle of seeing it on the large screen. I don't think Hollywood has a problem.

The real industry in trouble is the music industry where they've kept the price of albums artificially high for decades and lowered the quality of the product to the point where people are voting with their feet and ripping and running. Why pay 14 dollars for the 1 or two songs you like when you can download them for free. I have no sympathy for the record company execs I hope they all go out of business, however the artists are getting hurt by this. But they were already getting ripped off by the record company's the company's just pissed that somebody else is ripping THEM off.

It's not an easy question...

Da Worfster