All the producers, distributors, directors, actors who appear on television complaining that because of piracy the cinema can disappear, they should fall in the face of the little shame they have for two reasons that make these criticisms little credible:
1st. In this year 2009, Hollywood has exceeded $ 10.000 billion in revenue for the first time in history, thanks to hits like 2012, New Moon, Up, Avatar, Transformers 2, etc.
In total, 27 American films have grossed more than $ 100 million. And the big four studies skyrocketed their profits. It took Paramount, Warner, Sony and Buena Vista less than 300 days to raise more than $ 1.000 billion each in the US and Canada, the largest international film market, accounting for 35% of the global box office.
2o. Spanish cinema, no matter how much the current Minister of Culture may, has achieved a screen share that has not been remembered for years thanks to hits like Ágora, Cell 211, Planet 51, Fuga de Cerebros, Spanish Movie, REC2, El Secreto de sus ojos, etc.
From here, I tell Mrs. Ángeles González Sinde, stop the nonsense against piracy because less than 1% of the films that Internet users in the country download are Spanish, and to fight more because films are made in Spain of quality with a great advertising endorsement behind like Cell 211, for example. When there is a good movie, even if it is Spanish, the public goes to the theaters paying 6 euros for their ticket.