I don’t mind paying for films, just not in the way you are trying to sell them to me.

I don’t want a shelf of DVDs

When I lost my LP collection, I switched to cd’s which were smaller and less aesthetically pleasing to look at when listening to the album, and as soon as I could go completely digital – Emusic, Spotify (and for books too) I did. I pay and play and that’s fine. I have a box of cd’s that I’ve thrown the cases for, but they never see the light of day.

So I have no desire to build up a collection of DVD’s. Especially when a new film sells for £15. £2-3 tops, and I’ll buy. But I’ll rip it and watch on my PC. That box and disc are just a way of getting it to my PC or Xbox. Let’s skip that step, please.

I want to watch the film, not 20mins of adverts

Keep your trailers off DVD's - there's better online

And if I buy that DVD, I rip it, because the film is what I want to watch. I stopped renting because I had to pay to rent, and then be forced to watch your promos. No more. I can use Apple trailers and Youtube to see trailers. Don’t force me to watch yours.

I don’t want your animated menus with repeating sounds

Is it my fault you can't tell I bought the DVD in the UK?

And if I want to watch 5 episodes of “Family Guy” or “Breaking Bad” back to back, your crappy menu with annoying sound clips that loop over and over and over aren’t the answer. And if I reant or buy a DVD in the UK, why are you making me click my way through 20 screens of language choices?!

I don’t want to install your program to watch a digital download

VLC player is great – it plays a whole bunch of formats, handles subititles easily, does fullscreen, does always on top, and is open source (if that matters to you). I have it installed on my PC, I use it to work. I’m funny about what I install on it. I’d rather chance a virus than ever risk installing your dodgy software so you can delete the film I paid to download from my PC because I started watching it, got interrupted, and didn’t begin watching it again with some arbitrary time period. Just let me download the film in the format of my choice, and let it sit there forever until I delete it.

I don’t know what I want to watch when

Sometimes a film is wrong for a mood, and five minutes in it gets switched it off, and it’s time to try another. So I like having a selection of TV and films for when the mood takes me. If after watching three seasons of “Breaking Bad” I fancy a “Louie” chaser, it’s there. At 4am a trip to HMV isn’t really an option. And even if it was, if it is currently showing on TV, will it be available in the box set to buy yet?

What would I like?

• A site with a list of TV shows and films
• With a download in a choice of formats
• That aren’t DRM’ed
• That I can download quickly
• And pay for easily, by episode or series

And sure, I might share a film or show with someone. I know you worry about this. You think that film or show should be locked down so that however much I rave about it, a friend has to take my word for it and buy their own copy. But look at a show like “Shadow Line” on the BBC. Brilliant. But as the weeks pass, it is no longer available to view. One by one, starting with the first episode – the one people will want to watch to see if they like it – it is no longer available to watch. So what can a friend do? Trust me enough to buy the DVD box set when it is finally available? Don’t think so. They’ll forget about it, and you’ll decide that it cost too much to make, not enough people watched it, and that’s that.

Not much point in raving about it if people can't watch it, dammit

Instead, let me download each episode for £1 or so. Maybe I’ll share it with people. But when season two comes up, perhaps they download their own copy. Isn’t that better than everyone downloading it for free from sites where you have no control over the content and make no money from?

Pirate sites show you what people want and how - rip off their ideas for a change

I pay for Spotify, I paid for Last.fm. I pay to see films at the cinema. And if I download a film and love it, I buy the DVD just to give something back. But I’m fed up of buying DVD’s I don’t need or want when there are perfectly good alternatives the film industry could be looking into (but please don’t make me stream).