The EU Commission might have delayed its release but I don't buy the argument that the Commission wanted to hide it, because they know that they can't. But it serves Julia's - and her party's - consistent stand.
The problem lies in the very premise of this study which misses completely the point on piracy.
The real issue in the music and film industries is tier-ing their offer to adapt to their customers' purchasing power in the way, say, the automobile industry can: those who can afford and are ready to pay higher prices, those who are fine with the existing prices and those who cannot afford yet want nevertheless to own/enjoy these products.
Until now, there were 3 tier for music: purchase, subscription and ad-supported free. Soon there will be another tier: hi-res. Films and TV series have only the first two tiers right now.
Piracy is not a category. And it is wrong to say that piracy acts as a culture enabler, because free radio and free TV channels provide the whole spectrum of cultural content, with no or very little time delay, while funding the creative industries.
The problem with piracy is that ISPs and file-sharing service providers make money but do not share in the content economy: they are leeches, free-riders and their business has no justification.
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Tier-ing access is the solution
The problem lies in the very premise of this study which misses completely the point on piracy.
The real issue in the music and film industries is tier-ing their offer to adapt to their customers' purchasing power in the way, say, the automobile industry can: those who can afford and are ready to pay higher prices, those who are fine with the existing prices and those who cannot afford yet want nevertheless to own/enjoy these products.
Until now, there were 3 tier for music: purchase, subscription and ad-supported free. Soon there will be another tier: hi-res. Films and TV series have only the first two tiers right now.
Piracy is not a category. And it is wrong to say that piracy acts as a culture enabler, because free radio and free TV channels provide the whole spectrum of cultural content, with no or very little time delay, while funding the creative industries.
The problem with piracy is that ISPs and file-sharing service providers make money but do not share in the content economy: they are leeches, free-riders and their business has no justification.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by ThirdEyeCafe.
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