In most articles about why people pirate movies, I find that two points are mentioned.<p>1) Getting a movie the legal way is much slower and harder than getting it in a few minutes at the comfort of your room<p>2) There will always be people who don't want to pay for movies.<p>Now to talk about India specifically, the first point breaks down. Our internet speeds aren't really high enough to promise that a movie download is faster than taking your bike and renting the DVD for ₹25-50 nearby.<p>Regarding 2), we find that people have no qualms buying tickets at theaters for > ₹100. Buying DVDs however is very rare, at least among the average Indian populace.<p>So unless we find a middle ground piracy is still going to happen. And frankly, I think we have much bigger problems than piracy to tackle.<p>Just my ₹2