marclaurens
January 30th, 2003, 11:04 PM
Does anyone agree with the following rant ?
The Media Business has made a great living from entertainment selling us records, cassettes, videos, dvds, books, and newspapers as well as tv and cinema.
People have began to buck the system by recording things from tv onto video and audio cassette and by the use of photocopiers.
no one really cared then because the quality of the reproductions would invariably be far inferior to the originals.
but since the uptake of digital technology where the sum total of anything can be described as a 1 or a 0 things have changed.
The money giants dont like it ? you cant blame them though can you.
The point about the whole thing now is that if it this easy to copy
and share all media then the peer to peer community among others are proving that the stuff they are trying to peddle is way to expensive.
In the past they could justify the costs , which could be hidden away in the distribution chains but now potentially distribution costs are totally slashed with anything and everything available for the price of your bandwidth.
When you look at the media picture they have made a mint
by creating demand for newer and newer songs , films , software, ideas in books etc . There is more stuff out there in than a million people could digest and appreciate in a million years but still it keeps coming.
We seem to have a relentless appetite to consume tv shows, new sofware products , films, music which is encouraged and fed by groups with an interest in keeping this going.
If you listen to the media magnates message they will tell you that piracy will kill the industries, and artists will suffer.
well I dont think that any decent performer is going to starve to death if he doesnt get his 1p or 1 cent per record sale.
you perhaps would see rationalisation , ie less media machine pumping out regurgetated ideas rehashes in the form of manufactured pop groups , uninspiring action movies with amazing special effects but zero substance , chewing gum for the soul.
chances are you wouldnt mind paying robbie williams 1p per record if you like that sort of thing. He has recently spoke up in favour of peer to peer and he has only just been given an 60 or 80 million pound contract.
Chances are that if media is reduced to the cost of the data transfer than robbie is going to set up server somewhere and charge you to download. If he is cheap enough then you wont bother getting it elsewhere, it wouldnt be worth the hassle and if you value his work enough youd want to support the guy and make sure he can continue in his work.
There is still much money to be made from live concerts as well, which would incidently weed out those artists that cant perform live.
just a thought
The Media Business has made a great living from entertainment selling us records, cassettes, videos, dvds, books, and newspapers as well as tv and cinema.
People have began to buck the system by recording things from tv onto video and audio cassette and by the use of photocopiers.
no one really cared then because the quality of the reproductions would invariably be far inferior to the originals.
but since the uptake of digital technology where the sum total of anything can be described as a 1 or a 0 things have changed.
The money giants dont like it ? you cant blame them though can you.
The point about the whole thing now is that if it this easy to copy
and share all media then the peer to peer community among others are proving that the stuff they are trying to peddle is way to expensive.
In the past they could justify the costs , which could be hidden away in the distribution chains but now potentially distribution costs are totally slashed with anything and everything available for the price of your bandwidth.
When you look at the media picture they have made a mint
by creating demand for newer and newer songs , films , software, ideas in books etc . There is more stuff out there in than a million people could digest and appreciate in a million years but still it keeps coming.
We seem to have a relentless appetite to consume tv shows, new sofware products , films, music which is encouraged and fed by groups with an interest in keeping this going.
If you listen to the media magnates message they will tell you that piracy will kill the industries, and artists will suffer.
well I dont think that any decent performer is going to starve to death if he doesnt get his 1p or 1 cent per record sale.
you perhaps would see rationalisation , ie less media machine pumping out regurgetated ideas rehashes in the form of manufactured pop groups , uninspiring action movies with amazing special effects but zero substance , chewing gum for the soul.
chances are you wouldnt mind paying robbie williams 1p per record if you like that sort of thing. He has recently spoke up in favour of peer to peer and he has only just been given an 60 or 80 million pound contract.
Chances are that if media is reduced to the cost of the data transfer than robbie is going to set up server somewhere and charge you to download. If he is cheap enough then you wont bother getting it elsewhere, it wouldnt be worth the hassle and if you value his work enough youd want to support the guy and make sure he can continue in his work.
There is still much money to be made from live concerts as well, which would incidently weed out those artists that cant perform live.
just a thought