[Amy Jade]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Absolutely correct. It is depriving the content providers of income, puts people out of work, stops new and original content being produced and pushes the price up for those that do play by the rules.

It's sad in my eyes because while it may not dent bigger studios as badly it could ruin smaller ones

A good example was Scream 4, somebody recorded a pre release screening and it was all over the net, it hurt the movies takings hugely and effectively killed off the franchise hitting cinemas ever again.