I guess the 40% reduction of DVD sales for the studios has nothing to do with this huh? When you don't pay for something you are stealing it. You are stealing from the studios, the producers, the actors, the support staff and the retailers. There is no other way to cut it -- it is theft - pure and simple.
I do agree that copying DVDs is stealing, but what evedince is there that reduction in DVD sales are because of stealing. I would think that Netflix, and Blockbuster mail and movie pass programs have something to do with it. I would think that the increase in channels and entertainment available have something to do with it. I would think that the quality of movies the past few years would have something to do with it.
I have stopped buying DVDs because of another thing about copy protection that I have mentioned a few times. With two different
stand alone DVD players, I have had to update the firmware in the players because Sony's copy protection would not work with the players. The first one I think was "House of Flying Daggers". I exchanged the movie twice, to find out it was the copy protection. I then looked online and read that one of the hack programs had been updated to rip this movie. I then called the manufacturer for the DVD player and had to wait one week while they updated the firmware, and then had to update the firmware on the player to watch the movie. I stopped purchasing and only rent because it has been such a pain.