I'd like to see serious studies that validate this approach, that actually prove displaying these kinds of mandatory messages either (a) inform people of things they don't already know perfectly well, and (b) actually mitigate copyright infringement. Barring that, the messages simply amount to more bureaucracy -- anotr government/industry maneuver that'll annoy (and in some cases, infuriate) legitimate consumers.
If you've already started forgoing physical copies of movies and waiting to view them via streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, I suspect this move will only increase the transition.
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