steven36 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 It's not a secret that Hollywood and Google are constantly fighting over piracy issues. While most of the public comments are made on search, there's another Google product that terrifies the movie studios. Leaked research reveals that Hollywood fears a huge piracy surge due to Google fiber, predicting a billion dollar in piracy losses in the U.S. alone.Google is slowly expanding its fiber to the home services in the United States. Most recently Austin, Texas, was added to the list and a few dozen other cities will follow soon.Promising free Internet and blazing fast gigabit per second connections at a relatively low price, many consumers are happy with Google’s new product.Hollywood on the other hand fears the worst. While great connectivity offers commercial opportunities for entertainment companies, some are overly worried about the negative consequences.Earlier this week we received a leaked presentation covering the results of a Google Fiber survey conducted on behalf of Warner Bros and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The research was conducted in 2012 and aimed to get a baseline of the piracy levels, so changes can be measured after the rollout.The survey respondents came from Kansas City, where Google Fiber first launched, with St. Louis residents as a control group. In total, more than 2,000 persons between 13 and 54 were asked about Google Fiber, their piracy habits and media consumption in general.The results reveal that more than half of those surveyed were very interested in Google’s offer. This includes a large group of pirates, which make up 31% of the entire population.About a third of these pirates said they would download or stream more with Google Fiber. Perhaps even more worrying for Hollywood, about a quarter of the non-pirates said they would start doing so if Google comes to town.The most interesting part, however, is that the research tries to estimate the studio’s extra piracy losses that Google Fiber could create across the nation.Drawing on an MPAA formula that counts all pirated views as losses the report notes that it may cost Hollywood over a billion dollars per year. That’s a rather impressive increase of 58% compared to current piracy levels.The research also finds a link between piracy and broadband speeds, which is another reason for Hollywood not to like Google’s Internet service.According to the report this is “another indication that piracy becomes more attractive with Google Fiber.”We will refrain from analyzing the methods and the definition of piracy losses, which deserve an article of their own. What’s most striking from the above approach is the way the studios frame Google Fiber as a piracy threat, instead of looking at the opportunities it offers.For example, the same report also concludes that 39% of the respondents would use paid streaming subscription services more, while 34% would rent and purchase more online video. Yet, there is no mention of the potential extra revenue that will bring in.Judging from all the piracy calculations, statistics and projections, it appears that Hollywood is mostly occupied with threats. But of course there’s nothing new there.Source: https://torrentfreak.com/movie-studios-fear-piracy-surge-due-google-fiber-141229/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Oh, high speed means faster torrents! Let's ban everything faster than dialup!Oh wait, now Netflix and all our "approved" streaming services are FUBAR and people are selling Blu-Rays in the street again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 riiight!. faster computers also make piracy easier, so let's thwart any technological advancement in that area too!ridiculous! i'll never understand how the rest of the world can put up with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrioNeXus Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 they want to kill internet for better :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nude Dude Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 when are the asswipes in the movie and music industries going to learn you cannot lose what would of never been bought. it is a fact that when piracy is up so are movie and music sales, when piracy is down movie and music sales are down. that suggest that piracy helps these industries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Google trying to be the new AOL of the new millennium with lighting fast internet you know the Movie Studios is going fight them tooth and nail . But i look for the big internet companies to fight them as well in the US were this is going on, the big internet companies have been holding a Monopoly on people all along making it hard to switch providers . In Rural areas of the US you will be lucky to ever see this make it there at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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