When people read the stories about 90 percent of South Korean households being connected to the Internet at speeds exceeding 20 MBS, lots of them ask why anyone would need all that speed. A short article in The Korea Times supplies the answer: they want to download movies, most of them pirated.
The survey of 2,358 on-line surfers, aged from 15 to 49, conducted by the Korean Film Council, said that as many as 47.3 percent had downloaded feature films through file sharing sites, by paying no money or less than 100 won ($ 0.11) per film during the past year.
Among the folks who did not download pirated movies — about half of the people surveyed — the major sticking point was perceived complexity. Only 12 percent of them expressed concerns about the morals of piracy. Hollywood should be very afraid for its profits.
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