On 24/01/2011 17:41, Patrick Elliott wrote:
> On 1/24/2011 1:42 AM, scott wrote:
>>>> A good example is the adverts before a film on a DVD that you are
>>>> forced
>>>> to watch. A cracked copy will usually cut out the adverts, and some
>>>> people would say it is doing no harm by doing that themselves for their
>>>> own personal use. But, the fact that the adverts cannot be skipped is
>>>> actually creating income for the publisher, without them they'd need to
>>>> charge more for the DVD in the first place.
>>>>
>>> This is funnier than hell. You do realize that 100% of those
>>> advertisement are for products *produced* by the same company that you
>>> bought the DVD from? Who are they losing revenue from if you remove
>>> them, themselves?
>>
>>> Sure, you "might" see something you want to buy later,
>>
>> You seemed to answer your own question.
> Not really, because if I was interested in buying something else there
> are myriad other ways to find it, without having to run through 10
> minutes of crap, before getting to the movie.

I don't think they expect that 100% of people watching the adverts will 
go out and buy something they otherwise wouldn't!  Some will though, and 
that's the value of them.

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