Arguments ‘for’ piracy
In the argument ‘for’ piracy, I think the most common reason for people buying pirated DVD’s is because of the money side. Why would you want to spend £10-£15 on a single DVD, when you can get hold of pirated copies for £1, or 12 for £20 which is the same price as one single DVD. Some people think that the quality is pretty poor, which is not the case. Now people have been selling pirated copies of DVD’s for years, the quality has massively improved and progressed hugely. The days of the hand held camera at the back of the cinema is far from gone. If you have the unfortunate chance of coming across a bad pirated film, the chances are the seller is a beginner or has been working in that particular field for a short period of time
Also you may pay £15 on a DVD and then absolutely hate that film, and you’ve just wasted £15. When you could have easily bought a pirated copy and not of cared as you paid such a minimal amount. But however, if you do enjoy that film most people would go out and buy it, especially if they wanted the extras, i.e. behind the scenes.
In some cases you see a particular movie and want it on DVD, so people want to spend as less as possible. So however, the film industry is still getting money from the amount you spent at the cinema in the long run.
