A system set up in the 80s to stop different media cannibalising each other is forcing honest viewers into piracyTelevision and the whole media industry are stuck in a wasteful rearguard fight for the preservation of an analog era relic: the release windows system. Designed to avoid destructive competition among media, it ends up boosting piracy while frustrating honest viewers willing to pay.
Comment on Different release times of films and TV shows boost global piracy
Frédéric Filloux, Guardian Unlimited: Film
Mon, 11/26/2012 - 8:09am
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