Please stop buying multiple copies!

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MIAGI

Monday, January 30, 2006 1:17 PM

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Originally posted by AKALightningbug:
Dvd sales are great, and i'm all lfor buying them as legit gifts and such, but we have gotten some publicity... the industry does know that we are sorta inflating the #'s... so again i have to say: we need huge ratings for the mar 10th sci-fi channel marathon.... cuz that's something we can't artificially inflate, start getting freinds to set their vcrs and tivos for it... the 1 new convert a week plan is brilliant though.. btw if we spend all our $$$$ on the dvds we won't have the cash to make the serenity tpb a bestseller, just something to think about.

i'm a leaf on the wind.

This brings up, to me, the suggestion of pirating copies to give to people.

Hmmmm. It's an interesting dilemma. In this fashion, many more people would come to appreciate Firefly - however, the "studio execs" would have pretty much no idea.

And also, it's a bit horrid to rip off Firefly (I didn't really need to add that did I?)

Bigger fanbase? Yeah.
Greater likelihood of a new series... probably not.

Another point of view: I myself was given a burnt copy of Serenity from the internet, which got me into the whole thing, and I have since pre-ordered the DVD, and I am saving for the Firefly box set (I am so poor right now) as my friend wants it back (!!!). Perhaps if people love it enough they will go and buy legit copies? This is an issue to consider.

What about something like giving out a one episode "teaser" VCD to people? Would that work? Is it too illegal, is it too disrespectful? I don't know.

Opinions?

GEDEYENITE

Thursday, February 2, 2006 7:40 PM

I have some first hand experience on how this issue was a success.

I have been working my brother to watch Buffy for over a year now. My wife and I enjoyed the entire series over a 4 month period (US and UK DVDs) and wanted to share the joy. My brother mentioned my harassment to a neighbor who then handed him Firefly.
He couldnt stop raving about it (and was sold on the Joss style). He quickly made me a pirate of it for my little vacation to Iraq. I have since watched it 3 times and shared it with 3 others (2 of 3 are true browncoats now).
As a result, my brother bought me a copy (one for him too in case you were wondering) and sent it to my wife so she could enjoy). I have also just sent a copy to my college roommate (who got us to watch BTVS in the first place).

So bottomline, 1 borrowed = 1 pirate = 3 purchases.

GedEyeNite

ENGINEANGEL

Thursday, February 2, 2006 8:59 PM

First of all, multiple copies of serenity = cash for 'Versal and a great way of converting others which = good. so i say buy as many copies as you want! it won't hurt in the slightest, it can only help.

secondly, i wouldn't pirate them, but if you copy the disks and make multiples of them and then just lend them out to your friends it won't be wrong and will help firefly since once the people know that they can't keep the copies, if they like the series enough they will go out and buy their own copy. This has worked for me several times and is still working (yay!).

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PSYCHICRIVER

Friday, February 3, 2006 11:07 PM

Maybe people are just buying em cos they want em.

PsychicRiver

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TEALCANDTRIP

Monday, February 6, 2006 6:45 PM

10,000 worldwide? That seems way low to me.

If Sean Maher had 5000 people cheering for him in one room, well, do we really think half the browncoats in the world were in that room?

Also, DVD sales are above 500,000 right now (probably significantly above). So do you really think that every browncoat bought fifty copies?

CBY

Monday, February 6, 2006 10:18 PM

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Originally posted by tealcandtrip:
ASo do you really think that every browncoat bought fifty copies?

No, but the number of purchased DVD copies is at least three times higher then the actual number of browncoats.

Christmas 2005:
"Oh Jeffrey, look, our niece Mary gave us this Serenity DVD!"
"What the hell is a DVD?"

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TEALCANDTRIP

Tuesday, February 7, 2006 2:41 AM

The DVD sales were 500,000 last September before the movie came out.

With all the new browncoats and all the sold-out DVD's last Christmas, it's gotta to be at least 7 or 8 hundred thousand. And by your numbers, the actual number of browncoats is what? 250000. Still, I think it's higher than that, especially if you define browncoat as a fan of the series. You don't have to be hopelessly obsessed to be a fan.

CBY

Tuesday, February 7, 2006 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by tealcandtrip:
And by your numbers, the actual number of browncoats is what?

I didn't make that up. According to the "Add your DVD to the total"-threads (Part I+II) 353 people bought 761 Serenity-DVDs.

The term "Browncoat" is a matter of definition. I personally think it's primary for the hardcore fans, not the common supporters like me. I prefer the term "Firefly-Fan" ("Flan" sounds ditsy).

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KAELE

Tuesday, February 7, 2006 3:21 PM

Well, the numbers would be kinda screwy then.

I PURCHASED two copies of Serenity. I only kept one and gave the other as a gift (though not in that particular order).

My mom PURCHASED two copies of Firefly. She gave both as gifts, one to my dad and one to my hubby.

I may just purchase another set and give it to my brother.

I don't like the idea of pirating it. I am pretty sure that most people out there do not have the disposable income to be hoarding Serenity and Firefly DVDs. Like me.

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MISSKITTEN

Tuesday, February 7, 2006 4:05 PM

I'm buying two because I want the extra material the Australian one has to offer and I want one in my own region (region 2).

As for converting new fans? I've converted ca. 9-10-ish people that I can think of and I ain't stoppin' ;)

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