So who should pay the big costs of developing a movie? Because while individual piracy is rampant, television stations and cinemas can't get away with copying their work without pay so the movie studios survive.
Good. Actors and everyone in the movie industry is overpaid. I've illegally downloaded hundreds of movies, and I invite all readers to do the same. Ditto for music. Musicians should earn money performing, not selling recordings. Actors should be making money playing in theaters. Think that the world would count many more actors, musicians and singers than there is today, if all performance was live. Many artists cannot make a career today, because they can't compete with the promotion from the big stars of the largest studios.