If all filesharing websites went down for a week, would Hollywood all of a sudden start making more money?

Probably not. People like convenience. If you don’t offer it, someone else will. Netflix does some of this, and honestly Netflix is one of the most likely ways to minimize pirating. iTunes single-handedly stopped a huge part of music sharing. People wanted high quality sound and they wanted it digitally. iTunes provided that, people had no problem spending for that service. Until producers/companies/artists realize that:

• people want TV shows right when they air
• they want to watch them when they want
• they want to be able to pause
• they dont want to pay for a TV subscription because you don’t have time to watch enough shows to make it worth it
• they don’t want to buy DVDs, have them scratch and break, or have an “extended edition” released a few months later
• TV shows should also come with subtitles, in 4 languages minimum
• TV shows should be shown in 1080p quality

… then piracy will continue. The average user likes pirating more because it’s convenient rather than because it’s free. When you can’t offer a decent competing service, you lose. Good day, sir.