Comment The industry is funded the wrong way (Score 0) 275
The simple way to eliminate piracy is to get everyone to pre-buy copies of a film before it even gets made. If not enough tickets are sold, then the film is not made and everyone gets their money back.
All the investors get a DVD and the right to download the film. They can share the film if they want because they invested in its creation.
This will also elimate financial flops because it all works on pre-sales. No pre-sales no films.
Currently production companies raise money for films by pre-selling to the distributors. So why not take this one step further and pre-sell to the consumer.
All you need is a product pitch and a delivery date. It could cost $10 per share. People already buy product online so why not extend this to reversing the entire film making/funding/selling process.
This could extend to TV as well.
People who think they would then just sit back and wait for others to invest would find that no films get made. So if they want stuff they will have to invest in it.
These investors do not receive profit, but rather user rights or copy rights. The production company can still sell TV / Cable and other Rights to profiteer off their work and fund the product pitch for the next project.
All the investors get a DVD and the right to download the film. They can share the film if they want because they invested in its creation.
This will also elimate financial flops because it all works on pre-sales. No pre-sales no films.
Currently production companies raise money for films by pre-selling to the distributors. So why not take this one step further and pre-sell to the consumer.
All you need is a product pitch and a delivery date. It could cost $10 per share. People already buy product online so why not extend this to reversing the entire film making/funding/selling process.
This could extend to TV as well.
People who think they would then just sit back and wait for others to invest would find that no films get made. So if they want stuff they will have to invest in it.
These investors do not receive profit, but rather user rights or copy rights. The production company can still sell TV / Cable and other Rights to profiteer off their work and fund the product pitch for the next project.
