There is always going to be people who can sing the songs and play the instruments better or best.
These people will be able to make money in proportion to their talents.
We - as people - have become accustomed to being entertained. I don't see us abandoning that habit any time soon.
We have also come to love the people who entertain us the best. And that "best" is subjective.
So, there will continue to be a pyramid of people who make money from performing or creating art, it's just that the barriers to who can join the pyramid have recently (last 10-15 years) gotten a hell of a lot lower.
When I read one of these articles of yours, I can't help but get this feeling of vertigo - for the stunning loss that the RIAA has handed the record labels!
Could you imagine if they had jumped onto the internet with both feet and put up download sites and peppered them with ads and sold tickets, posters, t-shirts, mugs, doggie sweaters, all on the back of their pre-eminent position as the supreme arbiter of popular musical culture???
They so blew it. And they don't even realize.
They could have rolled out expanded offerings, teasing people with subscriptions to sites which would allow them to chat live with artists, download different mixes of songs, outtakes from studio sessions, backstage recordings. The opportunities lost are astounding!
.... raises plenty of questions not just about the additional overhead costs for Microsoft in dealing with all of those false positives, but in the legitimacy of the entire program.
Yeah, and how many Vista systems are going to go into "reduced fnctionality mode" becasue of false positives?
We've never quite understood why the entertainment industry was so fascinated with copy protection schemes.
This is a bit disingenuous. You know why they're so obsessed with copy protection - at least, you should.
As you have pointed out numerous times, their business model is/was largely based on scarcity. DRM, along with lawsuits are their last-ditch attempt to restore scarcity to a full-blown, long-tail, mega-copy market.
Your basic horse/barn door situation :)
There is supremely delicious irony in the fact that it was the music industry's insistence on moving everyone to CD-ROM that nudged the door in the first place.
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Words Fail
Don't the New Zealand police have any grandmothers they can mistakenly shoot for selling pot?
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Argh
Wished I'd made that distinction.
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I am Botaday
I post an image (Not exactly a webcomic, I prefer Art Humor Blog) a day - for free - and offer prints for sale.
I love the future.
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What we Need
We need something to deal with "rogue" departments (DOJ, USTR, etc)
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Pshaw
You're such a pessimist.
What could go wrong?
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Progress
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This is Right On
These people will be able to make money in proportion to their talents.
We - as people - have become accustomed to being entertained. I don't see us abandoning that habit any time soon.
We have also come to love the people who entertain us the best. And that "best" is subjective.
So, there will continue to be a pyramid of people who make money from performing or creating art, it's just that the barriers to who can join the pyramid have recently (last 10-15 years) gotten a hell of a lot lower.
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I Can't Resist
Keep him away from the shovels.
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Digital Sanity Act
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Re: Carreon Maneuver
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Double and Quadruple Down on Fun!
CE (Carreon Effect) Playing Cards.
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Whoah!
I have to disagree with this.
We do definitely care.
We want *that recording industry to die a quick and violent public death, with as much pain as possible.
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A Perfect Merger
The NRIAA...
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Re: Found This
http://botaday.com/node/1017
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Vignette
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Imagine...
Could you imagine if they had jumped onto the internet with both feet and put up download sites and peppered them with ads and sold tickets, posters, t-shirts, mugs, doggie sweaters, all on the back of their pre-eminent position as the supreme arbiter of popular musical culture???
They so blew it. And they don't even realize.
They could have rolled out expanded offerings, teasing people with subscriptions to sites which would allow them to chat live with artists, download different mixes of songs, outtakes from studio sessions, backstage recordings. The opportunities lost are astounding!
MjM
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2.6 MillionHalf A Million Of Having Pirated Versions Of WindowsAvast Me Hearties!
Yeah, and how many Vista systems are going to go into "reduced fnctionality mode" becasue of false positives?
MjM
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I Like CDs
Over the course of a year, I'd probably buy hundreds of new CDs if they were ~$5 apiece.
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Aw, Come On Mike
This is a bit disingenuous. You know why they're so obsessed with copy protection - at least, you should.
As you have pointed out numerous times, their business model is/was largely based on scarcity. DRM, along with lawsuits are their last-ditch attempt to restore scarcity to a full-blown, long-tail, mega-copy market.
Your basic horse/barn door situation :)
There is supremely delicious irony in the fact that it was the music industry's insistence on moving everyone to CD-ROM that nudged the door in the first place.
MjM
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Were Not! Was Too!
"...the contest and the HUB were developed specifically for the back-to-school season"
Right.
MjM
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