The next time I go to the theater and spend my hard earned money (and trust me, it’s like an investment anymore since I don’t like spending money on crappy movies - regardless of the eye-candy), and fanatically enjoy , buying the movie on DVD would actually hurt the sales and revenue of the theatrical release. Why?

Greg: Martin, did you see ?
Martin: Yes, I did, and Holy Schnikies, it was GREAT! It was so good that I bought the DVD when the movie was over. .

Greg: Wow, I didn’t expect you to like it that much. Sounds like it was really a good movie. DVD huh? Is that it? Let me borrow it for the night….

… and so begins the downfall of movie theater revenue. Though I might champion people to see a movie, I cannot alienate my friends by saying, “Nah, go see the movie and you can borrow my DVD afterwards”. Who says that? Who would? Why would you? Answers: Nobody, Nobody, and you wouldn’t. Heck, this is how many of my high school friendships started. Hey Martin, can I borrow that copy of Poison, Whitesnake, or XXXXX? And lifelong friendships were sown in that moment. But there is a difference between this model for movies and music.

Music events like concerts, as far as I can see, can only benefit from this. I’ve already seen web casts do this, so why not the actual event? When the vent is in town, it’s only in town for 1 to 4 days, max. I cannot afford $50 for the tickets, but I can afford $20 for the DVD of the event. And as long as there is a history of quality audio and video recordings of said events, why not capture that moment in time. What would you give for a DVD copy of Woodstock or Grassroots? You were there, you were and nearly .

But then again, I’m not saying much of anything. But if I was, I’m just sayin’.