Comments on: Crackdowns affect the Piracy Market http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/05/26/crackdowns-affect-the-piracy-market/ Exploring Pakistan's Technology Frontier Sun, 20 May 2012 18:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: KO http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/05/26/crackdowns-affect-the-piracy-market/comment-page-1/#comment-65 KO Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-65 The current vendors don't.The current vendors don't. What looks likely is that someone will get a license to 'legally' sell movies. While it's not happening right now, it could happen that piracy havens will shift from the front row to the seedier gullies. The current vendors don’t.The current vendors don’t. What looks likely is that someone will get a license to ‘legally’ sell movies. While it’s not happening right now, it could happen that piracy havens will shift from the front row to the seedier gullies.

]]> By: admin http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/05/26/crackdowns-affect-the-piracy-market/comment-page-1/#comment-66 admin Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-66 RE: The current vendors don't....As happened with Pulse Global and Radio City. Movies were appropriately priced at the time because at 25 rupees, they offered more reliable quality than their pirated counterparts. Renting movies was commercial model of the time because replicating VHS was time consuming and costly. Archiving those collections took some up space and effort, hence the need for big rack space in stores. The 25 rupee rental fee was for all this--not for the intellectual capital as one would expect. This fit well with the Pakistani consumer mindset. Times have changed since. Storage and media replication have both gotten a lot cheaper and faster. Everyone is a collector now. Most of the rental fee is a premium on intellectual capital. Would the Pakistani mindset rather rent or own for 25 rupees? RE: The current vendors don’t….As happened with Pulse Global and Radio City. Movies were appropriately priced at the time because at 25 rupees, they offered more reliable quality than their pirated counterparts. Renting movies was commercial model of the time because replicating VHS was time consuming and costly. Archiving those collections took some up space and effort, hence the need for big rack space in stores. The 25 rupee rental fee was for all this–not for the intellectual capital as one would expect. This fit well with the Pakistani consumer mindset.

Times have changed since. Storage and media replication have both gotten a lot cheaper and faster. Everyone is a collector now. Most of the rental fee is a premium on intellectual capital. Would the Pakistani mindset rather rent or own for 25 rupees?

]]> By: haq http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/05/26/crackdowns-affect-the-piracy-market/comment-page-1/#comment-67 haq Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-67 RE: The current vendors don't.I'd say a significant population of the _world_ would own rather than rent at such low prices, given how accessible pirated material is here. RE: The current vendors don’t.I’d say a significant population of the _world_ would own rather than rent at such low prices, given how accessible pirated material is here.

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