continue to look for ways not to give consumers what they want.
By this I am assuming you mean "a free lunch"?
Sorry, but if this is an indication of what consumers want, the music business (and movies) might as well shut down now, because apparently nobody wants to buy anything anymore.
Like..
What radio did to the music industry?
Yes... so sad :(
I remember back in the 70's and 80's paying for radio - don't you?
"Those that buy it on PC are mostly folks who don't understand the difference between a dedicated server and a localhost."
Wha-? The people who play on PC know very well the difference. The whole pc fps industry was built off of dedicated servers (bf2? cod4?). that is by far the dumbest statement I have read about this whole snafu.
Quake 2 had dedicated servers - first one I recall offhand...
It's a statement - like many others; that a concept or a product doesn't stand on it's own - and needs all dissenting opinions squashed.
If say... a Pizza joint had a site saying it's pizza was horrible - would it really matter if the regular customers loved the pizza and bought it anyway?
In the end - it won't matter, because regardless of what's said on the web, I'd rather try the pizza myself and make my own determination - as tastes are different.
Back in the olden' days - before the intarwebz - people used to use these things called "tapes".
Tapes could copy music and video.
People did that - without the internet.
If I didn't have internet today - I would be watching TV maybe.
I might go to the library and rent some movies. Or just do the same thing I do now - buy movies I like; because I seen them somewhere else already - or part of it, for free.
Or perhaps I might buy some music - music I had already heard on the radio - for free.
Out of ALL the music I currently own, maybe 2-3 CD's at MOST I did not hear prior to purchasing them. ALL others I had heard - for free on the radio.
Now, I hear stuff on the web and if I like the CD, I buy it. I do the same with movies. I don't buy a movie to 'check it out' - I buy a movie because it's good enough to prompt me to own a copy - same with music.
I still buy newspapers - and that's about to STOP, simply as a gesture of defiance as they push and push about this.
Don't alienate those who still buy your papers to support you, even though I can get news from the web.
Yes - I buy the local paper 3 or 4 times a week, to read at lunch. I could just bring lunch back to the office and eat here, but sometimes I am just fine with eating out and buying a paper.
I could save gas and money by just bringing in my lunch and reading news on 'new media' pages. I don't so much care for the 'traditional' news as much anyway - I read as many articles here and on other 'rogue' news sites as I do from my local paper.
I also keep a couple books in my console - just in case I want to read those instead, but I'm happy buying a paper, even if I only read it for 20 minutes.
Do what the RIAA did and I'll do the same - It was a good 8 years I refused to buy any CD's because of the principle.
Yeah... call me a crusader or whatever; but I'm still a customer either way.
My local paper - thus far has been innovative and hasn't complained about it's content being re-posted. If they keep that up in this coming storm - I'll subscribe.
Maybe it will be software that can cure cancer - they would then get sued because of 'Intellectual Property' rights of the Cancer Society - saying that no one else has the right to attempt to cure cancer, as it was their idea.
Then other companies who make devices for Chemotherapy would also sue, saying that the software is putting poor Chemo workers out of jobs.
You know it would be true. Even if it was something as noble as curing cancer. Can't disrupt corporate profits - that's akin to heresy in the religion of money.
Marshall Loew recognized this years ago, when he said: "We sell tickets to theatres, not movies."
This is real hard to come up with an idea...
1. Sell Theater 'memberships' - allowing free movies all month for a membership fee. Like 'cinema Netflix' for example - or a cable bill, to liken it.
2. Sell Concessions at a reasonable level - so I don't just go get pretty much as much of whatever I want before hand - because even a nice restaurant and lots of food is cheaper than concessions. Ir just partner with some chain restaurants, etc..
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After hearing some of their other stuff...
I'm heading to Amazon now to buy some of their CD's - that's what I do with groups I really like - I go buy the CD's.
If I wouldn't have heard them - for free - I wouldn't be buying any of their stuff.
The radio didn't cut it. Even though - wow, it was 'free' too.
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By this I am assuming you mean "a free lunch"?
Sorry, but if this is an indication of what consumers want, the music business (and movies) might as well shut down now, because apparently nobody wants to buy anything anymore.
Like..
What radio did to the music industry?
Yes... so sad :(
I remember back in the 70's and 80's paying for radio - don't you?
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Re: Re: Dedicated servers
Wha-? The people who play on PC know very well the difference. The whole pc fps industry was built off of dedicated servers (bf2? cod4?). that is by far the dumbest statement I have read about this whole snafu.
Quake 2 had dedicated servers - first one I recall offhand...
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More options = more customers
Less options = less customers
Who would have thought...?
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If say... a Pizza joint had a site saying it's pizza was horrible - would it really matter if the regular customers loved the pizza and bought it anyway?
In the end - it won't matter, because regardless of what's said on the web, I'd rather try the pizza myself and make my own determination - as tastes are different.
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Tapes could copy music and video.
People did that - without the internet.
If I didn't have internet today - I would be watching TV maybe.
I might go to the library and rent some movies. Or just do the same thing I do now - buy movies I like; because I seen them somewhere else already - or part of it, for free.
Or perhaps I might buy some music - music I had already heard on the radio - for free.
Out of ALL the music I currently own, maybe 2-3 CD's at MOST I did not hear prior to purchasing them. ALL others I had heard - for free on the radio.
Now, I hear stuff on the web and if I like the CD, I buy it. I do the same with movies. I don't buy a movie to 'check it out' - I buy a movie because it's good enough to prompt me to own a copy - same with music.
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I still buy newspapers - and that's about to STOP, simply as a gesture of defiance as they push and push about this.
Don't alienate those who still buy your papers to support you, even though I can get news from the web.
Yes - I buy the local paper 3 or 4 times a week, to read at lunch. I could just bring lunch back to the office and eat here, but sometimes I am just fine with eating out and buying a paper.
I could save gas and money by just bringing in my lunch and reading news on 'new media' pages. I don't so much care for the 'traditional' news as much anyway - I read as many articles here and on other 'rogue' news sites as I do from my local paper.
I also keep a couple books in my console - just in case I want to read those instead, but I'm happy buying a paper, even if I only read it for 20 minutes.
Do what the RIAA did and I'll do the same - It was a good 8 years I refused to buy any CD's because of the principle.
Yeah... call me a crusader or whatever; but I'm still a customer either way.
My local paper - thus far has been innovative and hasn't complained about it's content being re-posted. If they keep that up in this coming storm - I'll subscribe.
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Then other companies who make devices for Chemotherapy would also sue, saying that the software is putting poor Chemo workers out of jobs.
You know it would be true. Even if it was something as noble as curing cancer. Can't disrupt corporate profits - that's akin to heresy in the religion of money.
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One for Corporations, the Elite, and Government.
The other for the 'serfs'.
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This is real hard to come up with an idea...
1. Sell Theater 'memberships' - allowing free movies all month for a membership fee. Like 'cinema Netflix' for example - or a cable bill, to liken it.
2. Sell Concessions at a reasonable level - so I don't just go get pretty much as much of whatever I want before hand - because even a nice restaurant and lots of food is cheaper than concessions. Ir just partner with some chain restaurants, etc..
3. Profit
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Someone else would take advantage of the situation to release their own music.
It's helpful to people and organizations if they realize - they are all replaceable.
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