I agree with most of what you are saying Ray, but I'd like to add a couple of things.
Firstly, the entertainment industry will never change their approach to the web unless they feel that there is a genuine threat. In other words, it may take people downloading and viewing these pirate copies to urge them to act. Secondly, I find a fair amount of music online that is unavailable anywhere else (old vinyl that is out of print for example). Anything I can buy, I generally will, music wise. will -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 May 2002 14:35 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Episode II It's not really fair to compare movie piracy to the VCR. They are too different things. One is simply theft. The other was designed as a way to let users tape shows on TV. Apples and oranges in my book. Yes, the movie industry was opposed to both, and yes, they called both theft, but they really are different subjects. Now, I can't imagine that they will loose that much money from movie piracy - a vast majority of people won't be able to participate. That, of course, does not make it right. You could make the argument that the movie studios themselves should be looking for ways to better embrace the Net. As I've said before here, just because the movie studios are idiots, does not mean it's right for folks to steal movies and share them online. There is no moral obligation for studios to be intelligent or to even make money (outside of their obligation to stock holders). Speaking hypothetically - the new Moby CD came out today. Maybe I already have a copy. (Again, I'm speaking hypothetically.) Maybe I feel ok about this because I know I'm going to buy the CD... soon. Maybe I wish the studio would let me just buy an MP3 copy online. The thing is - Just because the entertainment industry is not doing what we want, it does not give us the right to decide for them. ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:16 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Episode II > > > Industry observers said movie piracy may hurt videotape and > DVD revenues > when those more distinct formats become available to duplicators. > > Just like my VCR killed videotape sales too..... > > The sooner the music/music industry realizes that Piracy will always > happen and changes their business model they will be better off. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Episode II > > Todd is in USA Today!!!! > > http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/10/star-wars-piracy.htm ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
