Hi Dark, Very true. Its interesting that capitalism is driving the technology boom, but at the same time its causing problems for other companies who want to remain behind. That has never been as clear as the SOPA and PIPA acts the recording industry tried to shove through congress this spring.
Its been known for years that compact disc sales have been falling simply because of downloadable formats like mp3 or wma. The RIAA could have adopted the technology 10, 12, maybe even 15 years ago,and sold them through the internet like iTunes and Amazon does now but didn't. Instead they held off, continued trying to sell compact discs, went after Napster and others, and blamed piracy on their loss of sales. The fact of the matter is most people don't want compact discs any more, and prefer to just go to iTunes or Amazon and buy the mp3s, download them to their mp3 player, and be done with it. The only reason the RIAA are screaming so loudly is because if i buy an mp3 from Amazon I can put it on Dropbox and give it away to however many friends I have where I couldn't do that with a compact disc, and belatedly they are just realizing they are screwed because media like compact discs are no longer in demand. Publishers are about to discover the same thing. As you said there is really no reason to print and bind books. There are several devices where you can download an epub book,open it up, and read it on your e-book reader. Digital media is quickly and rapidly making the printing press and physical compact discs unnecessary for the average citizen. Eventually, I figure we'll be able to go to Amazon, Barns and Noble, etc and just download everything we want in epub or some other electronic format. Cheers! On 6/14/12, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm afraid I disagree tom, but probably that is primarily because of the > laughable state of access in this country. > > the sooner the publishers stop trying to maintain an strangle hold on media > > generally, and accessible media in particular, the sooner the digital age > and the sharing of information will be just what it should be. In fairness > though i've got no sympathy or respect for those corporate monsters at all! > > I myself would love to see all publishers works done on a donation basis > like podiobooks, or at least sold as downloadables. We are after all > entering a time where there is no need to pay for printing or bind or > selling of copies, you just pay for the work of the author, which indeed as > > podiobooks and the like shows needs little in the matter of distribution > these days. > > Assuming that there isn't some sort of major world crysis, I think that will > > eventually happen, because history has shon that capitalism can't hold back > > technology, but it might not be for quite a long while. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
