"Technology should eventually drive movie production costs down, but that's still far in the future."
I disagree. Movie production has gone on for over a century now. The "cost" to make a film has risen over the years, not because of technology, but because of the price of technology. Movies made in the 1920's and 30's were big budget at the time, yet even in today's money, it would have been an almost indie budget. In some situations, the technology really isn't all that different now as it was then. Far into the future? no, because far into the future there will be new technology applied, with new technological costs, that will make movie budgets of today pale in comparison.
Youtube gives an avenue of distribution where there was very little before. Theatrical movies like "Cloverfield" is a good example of a "youtube-esque" movie branching off into the old mainstream, while giving hope to a new model.
I see one small problem. No matter how liberal an entity is, there is an almost religious fanaticism to cling to the ways that they know. The unbridled fear of trying something new, whether being motivated by monetary or professional means, causes these business leaders to cling to their old ways for all it's worth. Even if they have the financial mean to try something new, with relatively low cost to business if it fails, they would rather stay on the sinking ship. Glad to see some of the journalism outlets taking at least baby steps, to get out of that sinking ship. Who knows, they just might find the bottom is closer than they originally thought, they just have to put their feet down.
Could we possibly extrapolate the laws here a little and have it set up that the mafiAA will get charged with cyberbullying? That way at least one of the two will go down in flames.
I agree that the building doesn't get copyrighted, but the likeness of the building can. If I am not mistaken, the eiffel tower is licensed through the French Tourism bureau.
I do agree that with something being in another country, the laws are going to be hard to push, but on that note, there can be other economic and political retaliations that arise from such a blatant "slap in the face".
There is another alternative. With the prices being so cheap anymore, they could include a hardware key. There are quite a few commercial applications that still use this, and it would probably be the most effective. Most games are already overpriced as is, so eating the cost of a hardware key should not be an issue.
Anyone remember the original netzero, when they were free but you had to deal with their banner ads? At&t are just doing the same thing, except you actually pay them for the opportunity to get those wonderful, relevant ads. *sarcasm*
You do. It's called sales tax, VAR tax, use tax, etc. It's just a few cents everyday, every sale. Yet what can be done..Consider this, that piracy is what's being done to combat to "few cents robbed from our pockets" every time you listen to a song or watch a movie.
most printer companies require you to register your sn with them for any sort of support. If a unique identifier is tied to a particular sn, then it is theoretically possible to track.
most unlucky hackers are usually barred from electronic devices for a period of time, as well as some institutionalization. Spammers should be classified as something similar, and have the tools of the trade removed from them for a length of time, and then only returned when they can show rehabilitation.
unfortunately, with the way the current system is, activism will be tried, convicted, as if it was terrorism. You can't have activism when the current regime is going to bend the flimsy constitution into saying you are a terrorist, therefore committing treason, meaning you can be shot on sight, without warrant, without anything.
The only thing I've seen from the internet is it's ability to prove how dumb some of the older models used to be. The internet has made the new generation act locally, but think globally. I remember, close to the dawn of the 'net, that we, as americans, were terrified of the russians. We thought, at the time, that every russian was akin to the al queda we have today. But then the younger generation, through the power of the net, realized that it wasn't the people, it was the governments. The people were just like us. The younger generation broke through the social stigmas that had been ingrained the year prior through the new education medium called the net. We are more globally aware now then we ever were before. If we want to know something about a particular country, all we have to do is look for someone from that country on any of the social sites and find out first-hand, instead of literary propaganda. We also found out that "newspapers" were biased news. I can now go to newspapers from around the world and get a better objective viewpoint of what goes on in the states, than I ever could from local or national papers. The internet making the younger generation dumber? No, I think it is changing the way the younger people think, and that, in turn, is making the older generation FEEL dumber.
Welcome to the birth of socialist america. Orson Wells was right when he said "all pigs are created equal, some are just more equal than others". Take down, put up, complain, yet you just generate hot air to fuel the fire. Add a little closed minded, poisonous talk-and you have a mighty bonfire from which you can light your torches, and sharpen your pitchforks to go door to door, and root out everyone that you disagree with. Let the witch burnings begin again because they are just a tad bit different, and hell they don't even believe in what you believe in.
to blame, or not to blame, that is the question. If someone fails to commit suicide, the are arrested and charged with attempted suicide, spend months or years in psychiatric "prison". If someone is present when a suicide happens, and they know it is happening, they are arrested for allowing it to happen. Criminal case aside, it would be comical, if beside the wrongful death suit, that all the josh evans (or whatever the fake name was) also sued for impersonation, slander, and defamation of character. With stretches in the law with the criminal case, these stretches are minute in comparison
hmmm....welcome to science fiction, where witht the current state of laws of physics, means that everyone is copying someone else anymore because there just isn't any new science. Saying jk is being hurt by this, is like saying azimov was hurt by all the "bad" portayals of robots run amok. Is like Sir Clarke being hurt bacause someone showed a satellite going nuts. The list can go on and on. There is overlap because, ideas are finite. There are only so many ways you can describe bloodthirsty robots. There is only so many ways you can describe first contact. The "father's" of sci fi would, by the comments posted here, have the right to sue every other sci fi author out there.
The circle comes around....
These megamergers are going in the wrong direction and will open up huge opportunities for small, quick firms that think big.
Google was one of those small companies that thought big. Now they are big and doing the same thing that happened to microflop. They dream of only getting bigger, without caring who the step on. 10 years down the road, we are going to have new players, new leaders, new innovation, but with it, new legislation to make it harder for the next generation thanks to the big players now.
Welcome to the world of sensationalism. Saying that artists (authors) are willing to allow their collective works to be distributed without monetary compensation would not have sold as many papers, or generated as many hits, or (in the case of this article itself) generate as many reviews. It is reporter sensationalism at it's best, even if it is misleading. It hooked the audience, and drew them in. As long as the article itself is factual, then no harm, no foul. A hook is a hook, and in the papers' world, thats the headline.
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I disagree. Movie production has gone on for over a century now. The "cost" to make a film has risen over the years, not because of technology, but because of the price of technology. Movies made in the 1920's and 30's were big budget at the time, yet even in today's money, it would have been an almost indie budget. In some situations, the technology really isn't all that different now as it was then. Far into the future? no, because far into the future there will be new technology applied, with new technological costs, that will make movie budgets of today pale in comparison.
Youtube gives an avenue of distribution where there was very little before. Theatrical movies like "Cloverfield" is a good example of a "youtube-esque" movie branching off into the old mainstream, while giving hope to a new model.
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I agree, but...
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also agree
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been done before....
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Re: MPAA's claims
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possible
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lolz
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sentence
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geocaching with rewards
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Re: The sad part is...
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Re: blaming the Net
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blaming the
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Don't blame Dorpus too bad
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yay!
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assisted suicide works for me
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rehash of old ideas
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thinking big...
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