Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 1 Feb 2012 @ 11:18am
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So, sort of like Obama and the NDAA? Except he said veto first and signed later...which makes you a liar instead of either incompetent (didn't understand what she signed) or trying to save public opinion of her.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 30 Jan 2012 @ 2:17pm
C'mon Chubby! TechDirtbags, when will you just admit your shepherd has been greasing the palms of legislation as a paid lobbyist? I guess it makes sense that he would recruit Reddit to do some lobbying, too. Freeloaders unite!
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 30 Jan 2012 @ 11:11am
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Sure artist have their right to control. Originally it was for a (relatively) short term and the copyrights would retire. Industry with the help of its elected officials has distorted copyright law so much that the original purpose of copyright is left a withering corpse. Changes made have, in fact, robbed the public of their Constitutional rights. The copyright holders had their shot at making money now the works should be released to the public as was originally intended. Any talked to revert copyright law to its original form is screamed about as tearing away "artists rights", rights that were supposed to be limited.
iTunes isn't free because Jobs thought he could squeeze some more money from folks who wanted to guarantee to get low fidelity recordings without a virus and actually feel they are purchasing legitimate tracks that give money to those who deserve it. They also made it very convenient to get music and videos. The sad part is a pirate site can do much the same thing for (essentially) free to the consumer. Why can't industry do that? Don't forget that the industry hated iTunes at first, too. Now it accepts it (notice the adaptation of a business model).
Which brings me to your final point. I don't understand why you don't believe a business model change is possible (apparently adopting online music distribution is one adaptation the entertainment industry is slowly accepting while hating at the same time). Piracy and cheap distribution is an inevitability especially when it makes sense from a consumer and business model standpoint. Only one part of industry suffers and the rest increases. Thus is adaptation. That is why you hear the "adapt or die" motto thrown around so much. "Mike's" business model proposals are ways to make money (sometimes lots) with that inevitability out there.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 30 Jan 2012 @ 10:38am
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Which just goes to show that the entertainment industry hasn't figured out how to get users to purchase or view through the copyright holders "legitimate" delivery methods. If the services offered were worth it then the industry's delivery channels would top the search results.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 30 Jan 2012 @ 6:56am
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That is one prong of the attack, remove the right of control over the work of artists.
Funny...isn't that what the record labels do now? Take control over the work of the artist? IP law made some sense when it protected the original artist/inventor...not anymore!
The recorded music business is down more than 50% in 10 years, including all of the "successes" of online sales such as Itunes. Net money, recorded music brings in 50% less than it did just a decade ago.
As should be expected according to your next point of infinite distribution. If you take out the cost of pressing discs, printing cd liners, packing shipments, and trucking them all over the planet, employing zitty teenagers to sell them at record shops (an obsolete model) then you would expect the net money to drop. Plus, people aren't buying all the recorded music they used to be forced to buy for the one song they wanted. But you focus on the recording industry that is hurting...not the music industry...which has been growing.
Good business models are suppose to be able to wipe out existing business without kneecapping them.
What? You would rather be wiped out than just wounded? Wouldn't it be better for you to adapt and continue to make money than to die penniless (well not the CEOs, but the rest of 'em)?
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 27 Jan 2012 @ 2:11pm
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Bet you could make a similar graph showing a big MPAA and follow all the arrows to the congress critter that they lobbied into office. Throw in all the movie studios and the majors would all be there in the convoluted mind rape of lines with arrows at their tips. Seriously, my only gripe with that graph is that odd yellow orange color used.
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 24 Jan 2012 @ 9:48am
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Soooo. Some artists want to throw their lot in with the big boys and they like it enough. A bunch of other artists choose to do things on their own and make money that way. So why is it okay for the labels to legislate to protect their business model while shutting down the the distribution methods used by unsigned "indie" artists?
Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), 24 Jan 2012 @ 8:43am
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I thought documentaries were made to first inform others as a primary goal...making huge profits should be ancillary and not typical for most documentaries.
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iTunes isn't free because Jobs thought he could squeeze some more money from folks who wanted to guarantee to get low fidelity recordings without a virus and actually feel they are purchasing legitimate tracks that give money to those who deserve it. They also made it very convenient to get music and videos. The sad part is a pirate site can do much the same thing for (essentially) free to the consumer. Why can't industry do that? Don't forget that the industry hated iTunes at first, too. Now it accepts it (notice the adaptation of a business model).
Which brings me to your final point. I don't understand why you don't believe a business model change is possible (apparently adopting online music distribution is one adaptation the entertainment industry is slowly accepting while hating at the same time). Piracy and cheap distribution is an inevitability especially when it makes sense from a consumer and business model standpoint. Only one part of industry suffers and the rest increases. Thus is adaptation. That is why you hear the "adapt or die" motto thrown around so much. "Mike's" business model proposals are ways to make money (sometimes lots) with that inevitability out there.
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Funny...isn't that what the record labels do now? Take control over the work of the artist? IP law made some sense when it protected the original artist/inventor...not anymore!
The recorded music business is down more than 50% in 10 years, including all of the "successes" of online sales such as Itunes. Net money, recorded music brings in 50% less than it did just a decade ago.
As should be expected according to your next point of infinite distribution. If you take out the cost of pressing discs, printing cd liners, packing shipments, and trucking them all over the planet, employing zitty teenagers to sell them at record shops (an obsolete model) then you would expect the net money to drop. Plus, people aren't buying all the recorded music they used to be forced to buy for the one song they wanted. But you focus on the recording industry that is hurting...not the music industry...which has been growing.
Good business models are suppose to be able to wipe out existing business without kneecapping them.
What? You would rather be wiped out than just wounded? Wouldn't it be better for you to adapt and continue to make money than to die penniless (well not the CEOs, but the rest of 'em)?
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