To not enjoy some of the other changes the internet has brought…

[jobhunter7]

To not enjoy some of the other changes the internet has brought…

Email, online banking, online shopping, online estate agents, the iplayer all good -

But what with piratebay, illegal streaming sites etc...

It now costs a small fortune to go to a concert or the cinema…

I know you-tube monetises content if you get enough views but it’s built on stolen content…

I suppose youtube could instead be short clips of music like amazon does, film trailers and people’s own channels like “bald & bankrupt”...

Maybe the government will tackle this next...

A regular adult ticket at my local cinema is about £15... I am sure that's above inflation...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42982769

In 1998 it cost £23.50 to see the Spice Girls at Wembley Stadium (about £39 in 2018's money).

When Taylor Swift plays the same venue in June 2018, ticket prices will range from £55 to £120.

@jobhunter7

In 1998 it cost £23.50 to see the Spice Girls at Wembley Stadium (about £39 in 2018's money).

When Taylor Swift plays the same venue in June 2018, ticket prices will range from £55 to £120.

I'm baffled as to why you think the internet is responsible for this. The price is set by supply and demand.

Equally to use the music example - a CD used to cost what, ten pounds? You now get Spotify access to the majority of all recorded music for an entire month for that. So yes live is more expensive for large artists, you are also saving money elsewhere - so it is a market disrupted by technological innovation.

Also - consider how much better concerts are now regarding the sound and light show. The spice girls would have probably been 5 of them on mics with a backing track. Taylor swift production is at the leading edge of an audio visual experience - assuming you line the music. None of this is apples with apples.

So the internet is responsible for cinema tickets going up and you think the government should step in? To nationalise cinemas? To subsidise entertainment?

A more likely explanation is production quality and expectation has increased therefore increasing the ticket price and also the value is what people are willing to pay. You don’t want to pay £15 for the cinema, millions of others are fine with that.

When Taylor Swift plays the same venue in June 2018, ticket prices will range from £55 to £120.
I think you've missed out on tickets for that.

Not sure you can claim youtube is built on stolen content either. Rights holders have lots of tools to strike content which is deemed to infringe.

Oddly I think the counterpoint to your views is closer to the truth - that music is too cheap due to digital platform pricing, which stifles innovation and doesn't Foster a thriving community of artists.

How much should the cinema cost? Is £15 expensive for 2-3 hours of entertainment? As someone mentioned above the prices reflect the cost of running a cinema and producing the content. If cinemas were raking it in with huge profits someone would launch a competitor chain and set the prices cheaper to steal market share - which I don't believe has happened.

Big Hollywood studios make eye watering amounts of cash, think of the budgets they have for marvel movies etc and the marketing which goes with that. Im not convinced piracy is the sole reason the cinema is expensive.

Also a lot of people prefer to watch films at home on streaming services where they can pause, go to the loo etc so that might impact costs. I love the cinema in the right circumstances but it’s a bloody nightmare when you’ve paid £15 to sit next to someone sitting on their phone or chatting to their mate.

It's £8 on a weekend at my local Odeon and I pay the equivalent of £12.99 a month for Limitless.

uhm... what? your post is not making any sense 😂

I have my Metallica stadium ticket from 1992 and it cost £16 (Inc booking fee!)
Internet has nothing to do with it- inflation, increased health and safety requirements (needed- Hetfield nearly died on that tour! Burton died whilst they were on a previous tour!), increased cost of travel, staffing costs etc etc.