Do they, or don't they want us to watch their shows?
Why can't they replicate the content online as they do over cable? And pass the costs over to the advertisers... you know, the whole point of advertising in general.
NYT, and others, keep forgetting that viewers are a good thing, and the more viewers (hits and clicks) the more valuable advertising space is. That business model has not changed.
It's true. Microsoft and Apple know this, that's why they push X-Boxes and iTunes so hard. No one wants physical media anymore, except for the hold-outs, but they're still spinning vinyl and rolling in Super-8, they stopped factoring them in 1995.
Is it possible, given your higher-than-usual-profile-especially-regarding-the-media-industry-business-model-criticisms, that there were industry shrills planted to disrupt you when you speak?
Isn't "selling music" more than just a copy of the CD, or a concert ticket? I think it's great and important that an artist can "make a living" from their art, and I will always find it bothersome when an organization who's whole purpose is to "make a buck" is the one "defending" the old business models.
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List of ESA members
http://www.theesa.com/about/members.asp
DRM free independent games have been so much better these days anyway.
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Do they, or don't they want us to watch their shows?
Why can't they replicate the content online as they do over cable? And pass the costs over to the advertisers... you know, the whole point of advertising in general.
On the post: It's Not About 'Free,' It's About Sharing
Re: Re: Re: Re: Nothing acttually costs anything, so...
On the post: It's Not About 'Free,' It's About Sharing
"Cool, play it."
"No, you have to buy it first."
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So if I get caught selling drugs to a cop, can say I was "testing" them?
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On the post: Dear Hollywood: It's Time To Realize Artificial Scarcity Is Gone... And That's A Good Thing
And as long as the industry has insiders as government officials, this will be for a while longer.
On the post: Avatar Blu-Ray Customers Not Enjoying Their DRM-Crippled Discs
BLU-RAY WAS DEAD BEFORE DVD EVER DIED...
On the post: Getting The Music Business Over The 'But We Must Sell Music' Hump
Isn't "selling music" more than just a copy of the CD, or a concert ticket? I think it's great and important that an artist can "make a living" from their art, and I will always find it bothersome when an organization who's whole purpose is to "make a buck" is the one "defending" the old business models.
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On the post: That Whole Watch An Ad To Get Content Thing? Patented... And The Patent Holder Has Been Suing
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