That. And they could take cues of what people want and offer it themselves (the ones behind the lawsuit). And in that scenario I obviously invented e-mail.
The thing is, Kodak had the tools to be the pioneer in the digital market and chose to protect their own cash cows. As Mr Rodent said before you the main difference is that copyright will ensure money keeps flowing to these companies keeping them on life support for a long time even when they should just fail. And then when they fail somebody will buy their intellectual property and abuse it some more.
Good thing we have wide screens to fit threads like this one. I'd think the guy is just some plain troll wanting to unleash some hell in the comments. He has succeeded in a quite amusing way. I wonder if Mike is going to use the ban hammer or if he is as entertained as we are.
If they focused that much energy into providing ease of access for fair pricing we'd have awesome services and probably better content. But hey, let's sue the Government for our failure to develop compelling services (https://torrentfreak.com/filmmakers-take-dutch-state-court-lost-piracy-revenue-170309/).
If we are lucky, some of these media giants that are in pure denial will become another Kodak. A shining example of a company that could have pioneered great things but chose to sit in denial and ignore the future. Then there will be space and climate for innovation because the old dinos will be gone.
"but under an absolute cavalcade of public relation bloviation the likes of which we've never seen before"
I'm not really sure what "cavalcade of public relation bloviation" means but I intend to add it to my daily vocabulary. It almost makes me want to see the prospect of a Comcast/AT&T/Time Warner merger to see how you'd describe it.
Re: Will you be consistent about ALL corporations that have unfair advantage and apply it to Google, Microsoft, and ALL others?
You can go without Google. Not so much with AT&Warner (which will be the actual single option if merged in many places). Will you stop being a moron and acknowledge simple facts?
"I'm hardly going to be considered an apologist for Hollywood"
Do you smell that distinct charred meat scent? I think some brains fried trying to process this article.
Ahem. Much like the ACLU went to the rescue of some KKK members because as obnoxious dipshits they are, it's precisely when the worst types need the First that we should stand by them.
Honestly? This may be a good thing in the end. Without media giants in the way the space may open up for streaming options everybody has been asking for ages now with much lower costs. We'll finally be able to pay to watch our teams matches only at affordable prices, all online.
From the ashes of the legacy players will rise the new age. Good riddance.
Meanwhile people couldn't care less and modding carries on as if nothing happened. Because other countries. Still, it would be safer for consumers if they could rely on a local or well known manufacturer.
Even this could be made less appealing if games didn't cost a kidney and an eye and we had all-you-can-eat subscription models (like Netflix but for games). But hey, maybe I'm crazy and Netflix is a huge success because some other obscure reason. But why make a ton of money in the long run if I can make 10% of it RIGHT NOW.
Vulnerabilities will exist regardless of how good the makers are at upgrading their systems. Android environment is particularly plagued with updating issues given its fragmentation. My phone is still within those receiving patches for critical security issues within 3 months but that until the manufacturer decides to pull the plug. And it will eventually. Of course it would be good if vulnerabilities were brought to light and fixed asap. But the CIAs of the world are not the problem, rather, the lack of updates that patch critical problems that are eventually uncovered is.
You can install whatever OS you want on your computer, why shouldn't this apply to mobile computers, er, phones? I'd gladly install directly from Google. Heck, if you make things easier you'll also spawn a healthy market for alternative OS developers where we all win in the end.
This will impact Internet giants such as Netflix, Google, Facebook and others. The question is, do they want to shell out the extra money for the fast lanes since they already are at the top and it would only screw new entrants? And even if they remain silent, what will happen when the ISPs have an even more perfect monopoly and start skyrocketing these 'fast lane' rates?
I don't know, if I were the big Internet companies I'd be adding another zero to my lobbying gun against this shit.
I refuse to teach my children respect to laws (intellectual property laws) that couldn't care less with their original intent and are currently used to censor, stifle creativity and as a form of legalized mafia. But I will make sure they manage to go without so they will not only steer away from such laws but will also not give cash to these companies.
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And free you felt, speculate you did. Perfectly.
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I'm not really sure what "cavalcade of public relation bloviation" means but I intend to add it to my daily vocabulary. It almost makes me want to see the prospect of a Comcast/AT&T/Time Warner merger to see how you'd describe it.
Ahem. Good article by the way.
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"I'm hardly going to be considered an apologist for Hollywood"
Ahem. Much like the ACLU went to the rescue of some KKK members because as obnoxious dipshits they are, it's precisely when the worst types need the First that we should stand by them.
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From the ashes of the legacy players will rise the new age. Good riddance.
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Even this could be made less appealing if games didn't cost a kidney and an eye and we had all-you-can-eat subscription models (like Netflix but for games). But hey, maybe I'm crazy and Netflix is a huge success because some other obscure reason. But why make a ton of money in the long run if I can make 10% of it RIGHT NOW.
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You can install whatever OS you want on your computer, why shouldn't this apply to mobile computers, er, phones? I'd gladly install directly from Google. Heck, if you make things easier you'll also spawn a healthy market for alternative OS developers where we all win in the end.
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I don't know, if I were the big Internet companies I'd be adding another zero to my lobbying gun against this shit.
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