Give it time and it'll blow up in their faces again. I remember when
people were trying to outlaw the .mp3 format a few years back. Now,
everyone's all groovy with the mp3 era because it's become so
profitable. Corporations had to adapt, and a new market was born. We
got our portability of music, artists no longer had to go through
convoluted channels to get air time, and some nifty toys like the iPod
and now iPhone are able to exist because of it. Try outlawing mp3
format now. Steve Jobs would poop a brick. Even the YouTube phenomenon
is a sign that the balance of power is slipping from the media moguls.
If anything, the power of how media is delivered is very much so in the
hands of the consumer. If we want it, and are willing to pay something
for it as long as it's a better deal than the current one, someone will
cater to it and profit by giving people what they want.
Give it some time. I'm sure it'll all work itself out.
-Lu
P.S. Has anyone noticed that television has gotten really good in the
past year or so? Lost, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, 24, House...
On 1/30/07, *Joe Laffey* <joe(at)laffey.tv <mailto:joe(at)laffey.tv>> wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, peter boeykens wrote:
> Im probably going to be flamed but here goes anyway...
>
>
> isnt it normal with everybody having access to digital copying
hardware and
> software, with illegal copies of all kinds of media and software
being so
> widespread, and with the sales for music CD's going ever
downwards, that some
> initiative is taken to make piracy more difficult?
> most of us find it perfectly normal to pay for our XSI license.
But when it
> comes to movies and music, and additional software, and what not,
people
> become less picky.
> Most of us wouldnt consider stealing anything physical ever, but
when it
> comes to data, everybody's in?
> Can any of us here pretend to never have copied media he didnt
pay for? I
> dont think so.
> And most of us here even depend from media for a living...
The issue is fair use. We want to use music / video we purchase in ways
that WE decide. We want to use it on devices WE want to use it on.
We want
to be able to make a legal backup copy. We want to be able to play our
video / music 5 or 10 years from now.
DRM is not the answer. It prevents to much fair use. Anyway, the record
companies just want *control* they want to decide who is the next hot
band. They don't want the people to decide these things...
--
Joe Laffey | Visual Effects for Film and Video
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