I think this commercial is effective because it shows what happens to booksellers and companies involved in publishing when people would
rather pirate the content from Torrent sites, rather than pay for it.
Not exact matches
In other words, Boll's latest evokes the form but not the
content of such film series as Lord of the Rings,
Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Wars, which means that few if any fantasy fans will be deceived into believing that Dungeon Siege is a legitimate endeavor
rather than the same everything - must - go yard sale of clichés and familiar formulas the director mined for his previous work.
Most people when they know that they're getting a book with added
content over a first draft which is free, and that part of the sum that the author makes is going to a good cause related to the
content of the book, will likely go with the legit version
rather than the
pirated one.
People would
rather pay for the
content, but if it is not easily available,
pirating is the next choice.
And a promise not to repeat the Orwellian moment is
rather dubious in itself, as Amazon showed it has the ability to remove texts that are already paid for and downloaded — and has a legal obligation to remove
pirated content.
It creates an ecosystem in which
content creators earn money from file sharing
rather than losing it to
pirates.