The movie industry was worried about people making copies of movies they rented or borrowed or whatever. Just the same way they are worried about people sharing on the web. It doesn't mean it's right to copy movies or games or music or whatever. I buy a ton of DVD's and wouldn't consider downloading a movie. The quality isn't there. When broadband reaches critcal mass and the quality gets better and DVD burners get cheaper then I think they might worry.
The music industry is a whole other story. Charging $18 for a CD is up to them. I choose not to pay for a CD. The only CD's I have bought recently have been for my son. Gotta love Bear and the Big Blue House for 8 hours straight in the car :) People gripping and complaining often times changes how a business operates, look at the whole hosting edition of CF. Obviously the MP3s aren't hurting the music industry that much, because they continue to ignore the people who want to legally buy music on a per song basis on the web. Consumers are a very powerful entity when it come to corporate America. No consumer, no company. I download a song occasionally, if I like it. If I like the artist enough I might even buy the album. But I always buy the album if it's a group I like. And I would be more than happy to pay $1 for a song via the web that I could download and do whatever I want with. So until the RIAA changes I am content to listen to the radio, and bear and the big blue house. -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:35 AM 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
