Movie studios consider Google Fiber as one of the incentives for the development of piracy

It is no secret that Hollywood is trying with all its might to fight the "pirates". At the same time, right holders are trying to take into account not only current threats, but also to identify trends that may affect the power of right holders in the future. One of these threats Hollywood considers high-speed connection to the Web, represented by Google Fiber.

Now this project is developing, albeit at a rather slow pace. Recently, connections within the project began in Austin, Texas, after which Google Fiber came to other cities. It is worth recalling that within the framework of the project, Google provides its customers with gigabit access to the Web, with a relatively small monthly fee.
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In principle, representatives of various media services should only be happy - because an increase in the speed of access to the Network means greater opportunities for customers who can watch video in better quality. But Hollywood sees negative aspects in the development of broadband access to the Web. For example, Torrenfreak journalists received a presentation prepared in the interests of Warner Bros and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The presentation is based on the results of a study conducted in 2012, and its goal is to convey to the listener / reader the trends in the sphere of illegal distribution of content.

The main source of data is a survey conducted among residents of Kansas City (Google Fiber was launched in this city) and St. Louis (as a control group). In total, about 2,000 people were interviewed, aged from 13 to 54 years. The questions concerned Google Fiber, piracy and content consumption in general.

The survey results are quite interesting: more than half of the respondents expressed interest in the Google Fiber project. Interestingly, among 2000 people, 31% were pirates. And about a third of pirates expressed the view that with the advent of Google Fiber, they will be able to consume more pirated content, including movies. And about a quarter of the "pirates" said they would download more pirated movies as soon as they got Google to connect to the Google Fiber network.

According to MPAA, as a result of such activity of pirates, Hollywood will lose about 1 billion dollars a year.



The presentation is predictable: “This is another indicator that piracy will become more attractive with the advent of Google Fiber.”



However, the same report states that 39% of respondents will use paid content subscription services, while another 34% will “rent out” and buy more legal video. For some reason, the MRAA in this case did not count the increase in profits.