The digital format has shown up already, its called streaming. Netflix and it's ilk are the future, I would venture to say their uptake will surpass DVD's if it hasn't already.
Physical media, for better or worse, is already on the decline.
...they want people in developed countries to pay $8 for the report, but will offer it for free to those in less developed countries (though, it looks like Canadians can get it for free).
The study received funding from the Canada's International Development Research Centre, perhaps that is why Canadian's get it for free?
We don't get much for free up here so we'll take whatever we can get!
I'm not sure the $10 makes more anyway. That entire $10 isn't going to the studio, the theater is taking a cut of that as well. Plus the $1 rental is Redbox's money, in order to rent that movie out in the first place doesn't Redbox need to buy the damn DVD?? Last time I checked they weren't buying the DVD for a $1.
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Canada produces good musical acts, these acts get picked up in the US. To say that forcing radio play of Canadian acts is the only reason we have Canadian acts is crazy. I'm sure most people don't even realize just how many big name bands are Canadian these days, we just keep pumping out indie rock acts.
Arcade Fire, The Acorn, Attack in Black, Bedouin Soundclash, Constantines, Danko Jones, Death from Above 1979, Metric, Mobile, The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club just to name a few. Look at that list, I think Canadians make up a large portion of Coachella each year. It isn't the CRTC causing this, its the fact that Canadian bands are GOOD that does this.
PSN is an online service owned by Sony. If you don't play by Sony's rules then you don't play on the network, seems fair to me. You can still jailbreak (I hate that term btw) your console all you want, you just can't take it online.
The real question is will a jailbroken console still play the latest and greatest games? When newer games require a PSN update that you cannot get to run there is a problem.
Last year?! Where was the other side of this so called war for the last 10 years?
On a side note I'm listening to music I've never heard before all day long, every day at work. I haven't paid a dime and yet I am not breaking any laws.
Everything you just listed is a business problem. The customer doesn't care about them. All that you have done but having these limitations in place is cause your customer to find another method of obtaining your product, "piracy" is just another method of distribution.
Aren't the pamphlets informing the jurors their options in voting? I don't think they are telling them how to vote in any particular case, simply explaining their options.
I don't see how instructing people on the proper use of their job is swaying them one way or another.
Perhaps it isn't the users problem? People don't like commercials, period. So instead of claiming that the ad supported model is dead perhaps it is time to rethink the ads? The format for commercials hasn't changed since TV was invented.
This is the same mentality that you see with big media refusing to adapt to the internet. Why don't people like commercials? From experience and talking to people it seems to mainly be the interruption in the program, the volume goes up, repetition, length of show, etc. Now what do people do when they are forced to watch commercials they don't want to watch? They skip them using a PVR (or is it a DVR in the US?), get up and go to the washroom, chat with someone else in the room, change the channel, "chop" them, etc.
So how come no has has found a way to incorporate more product placement into shows in a less intrusive way? The shows get longer due to less breaks, no more annoying volume increases for crap you don't care about and less repetition, users cannot "chop" them, more eye balls watching them.
I don't think the users are the issue, I think its the format the commercials are presented in that is the issue.
And when you search 1/2 of the results listed result in a "Title not Available for Streaming" error. Why even list the shows at all?
Regardless, people aren't interested in 5 to 10 year old movies. Sorry but if that is the best you can provide people will find what they are looking for elsewhere.
I know a LOT of people in Canada who were really excited for the Netflix launch. Every signed up on day 1, sat down and got to streaming. At first it was really exciting, we were streaming shows off of the internet legally! Amazing stuff.
Then everyone ran out of shows to watch, all 6 of them. We can see what is offered in the US and it makes no sense to the average user why they can't have access to the same stuff. Now all of these friends are canceling Netflix left and right, everyone has the same reason, lack of selection. Are these people just going to go without? Nope, 90% of them will just go back to getting it off of a torrent. Every one of these people were ready and willing for pay for the content, they are just unable to in a way that they want to and for a price that they want to.
That, my Anonymous friend, is how piracy is Hollywood's fault.
If they insist on UBB how about they treat it just like a utility? Have a one time connection fee to set the service up, charge $5-$10/mo maintenance on the connection and then charge, oh say, $0.05/GB?
That is more in line with the actual costs for the ISP. If they are really so worried about "data hogs" then they will pay more than other users and Grandma will get a nice small bill for checking her email.
You won't see any ISP's jumping on that idea. This is a blatant money grab, made even worse for the fact that Canadian tax payers already subsidize these companies for network build outs.
Of course metered bandwidth is about protecting their old models, I didn't even realize that this wasn't obvious. All that you have to do is look what which ISP's own what media company in Canada to see that.
Bell owns CTV, Shaw just bought Canwest and Rogers owns, well... Rogers. 3 major IPS's that own 3 major media companies. Their choices are to sit by while consumers wake up to the fact that they are being overcharged for media via the traditional channels (satellite/cable) and take advantage of the new, legal, services popping up on the internet. Or they can cap data and make it too expensive to make these new services attractive.
What works better for one of these large companies? Having someone pay $7.99 to Netflix every month and stream using their $50/mo internet connection or to cap their data and convince them that their $7.99 is better spend on one VOD rental?
Of course this is all about protecting the old model!
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Re: Re: The future...
Physical media, for better or worse, is already on the decline.
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Free for Canadians
The study received funding from the Canada's International Development Research Centre, perhaps that is why Canadian's get it for free?
We don't get much for free up here so we'll take whatever we can get!
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Arcade Fire, The Acorn, Attack in Black, Bedouin Soundclash, Constantines, Danko Jones, Death from Above 1979, Metric, Mobile, The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club just to name a few. Look at that list, I think Canadians make up a large portion of Coachella each year. It isn't the CRTC causing this, its the fact that Canadian bands are GOOD that does this.
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PSN is an online service owned by Sony. If you don't play by Sony's rules then you don't play on the network, seems fair to me. You can still jailbreak (I hate that term btw) your console all you want, you just can't take it online.
The real question is will a jailbroken console still play the latest and greatest games? When newer games require a PSN update that you cannot get to run there is a problem.
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On a side note I'm listening to music I've never heard before all day long, every day at work. I haven't paid a dime and yet I am not breaking any laws.
I'm I morally on the wrong side?
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Re: Re: Music Parallels
Everything you just listed is a business problem. The customer doesn't care about them. All that you have done but having these limitations in place is cause your customer to find another method of obtaining your product, "piracy" is just another method of distribution.
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I don't see how instructing people on the proper use of their job is swaying them one way or another.
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This is the same mentality that you see with big media refusing to adapt to the internet. Why don't people like commercials? From experience and talking to people it seems to mainly be the interruption in the program, the volume goes up, repetition, length of show, etc. Now what do people do when they are forced to watch commercials they don't want to watch? They skip them using a PVR (or is it a DVR in the US?), get up and go to the washroom, chat with someone else in the room, change the channel, "chop" them, etc.
So how come no has has found a way to incorporate more product placement into shows in a less intrusive way? The shows get longer due to less breaks, no more annoying volume increases for crap you don't care about and less repetition, users cannot "chop" them, more eye balls watching them.
I don't think the users are the issue, I think its the format the commercials are presented in that is the issue.
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Regardless, people aren't interested in 5 to 10 year old movies. Sorry but if that is the best you can provide people will find what they are looking for elsewhere.
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Then everyone ran out of shows to watch, all 6 of them. We can see what is offered in the US and it makes no sense to the average user why they can't have access to the same stuff. Now all of these friends are canceling Netflix left and right, everyone has the same reason, lack of selection. Are these people just going to go without? Nope, 90% of them will just go back to getting it off of a torrent. Every one of these people were ready and willing for pay for the content, they are just unable to in a way that they want to and for a price that they want to.
That, my Anonymous friend, is how piracy is Hollywood's fault.
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Nope, no business decision was wrong there. All "hacking's" fault.
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That is more in line with the actual costs for the ISP. If they are really so worried about "data hogs" then they will pay more than other users and Grandma will get a nice small bill for checking her email.
You won't see any ISP's jumping on that idea. This is a blatant money grab, made even worse for the fact that Canadian tax payers already subsidize these companies for network build outs.
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Thought This Was a No Brainer?
Bell owns CTV, Shaw just bought Canwest and Rogers owns, well... Rogers. 3 major IPS's that own 3 major media companies. Their choices are to sit by while consumers wake up to the fact that they are being overcharged for media via the traditional channels (satellite/cable) and take advantage of the new, legal, services popping up on the internet. Or they can cap data and make it too expensive to make these new services attractive.
What works better for one of these large companies? Having someone pay $7.99 to Netflix every month and stream using their $50/mo internet connection or to cap their data and convince them that their $7.99 is better spend on one VOD rental?
Of course this is all about protecting the old model!
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Got to Love This Quote
Fighting piracy is hard, tax payers should do it for us.
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