Piracy affects the production, distribution and exhibition of the film industry. Piracy is "murdering" the film industry, the continued increase of piracy is costing companies millions of pounds a year. In 2009 77.75 million pirated Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) were sold. This some took around £7'000'000 from the film industry in 2009. The smaller studios with talent pools and aspiring young films makers and workers lose out on money, and experience as the smaller companies are less willing to take risks with films, and film-making begins to dwindle. This hampering of talent, stops aspiring young workers on their way up to large dominant film companies, such as Warner Bros.
Companies such as Working Title Films are now introducing technologies not available or at the same quality of public purchase, such as 3D or digital films. Digital films projectors cost around £250'000 per screen, this innovative new way of watching film is more secure, and makes for much better viewing. The screen is no longer pixelated either. Each cinema is sent a copy of the film for example, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy recently made by Working Title is distributed in an encrypted safe, with a password unique to each container, and will expire after a set time, this is how piracy is currently being combatted.
Piracy is increasing at an average of 3% each year. This is mainly due to the dramatic increase in digital and media technologies. Faster broadbands and different torrents make downloading a film from the World Wide Web very easily and fast. The quality is often good nowadays.
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