arstechnica.com— For the last hundred years, rightsholders have fretted about everything from the player piano to the VCR to digital TV to Napster. Here are those objections, in Big Content's own words.
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While everything before might have been able to put a slight dent in the obcene profit margins that big media have enjoyed for decades, the digital age and the internet are really the first advances to come along that could actually kill them.
FTA:"It's theft," he said. "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots."NO. I'm only stealing something if there's a condition set up for me where I'm *required* by law to purchase a service or product. That condition does not and can not exist on TV and it never will."I guess there's a certain amount of tolerance for going to the bathroom. But if you formalize it and you create a device that skips certain second increments, you've got that only for one reason, unless you go to the bathroom for 30 seconds. They've done that just to make it easy for someone to skip a commercial.""tolerance"???? Who the f**k are you? What if I need to take a s**t for 10 minutes? What if I want to close my eyes, stick my fingers in my ears, and sing Mary Had a Little Lamb at the top of my lungs? What if you find a commercial offensive or annoying? There is nothing, not even a contract, that can obligate you to watch commercials.And what's happening is that commercials are becoming longer, and there are more of them. That annoys viewers, so they channel surf during the commercials, which causes the execs to show more commercials. It's a cycle that doesn't work.TV as we know it is going to die soon and I welcome its death.
Sousa was right when it came to amateur music. However, the Internet is reversing that trend somewhat since there's good distribution services that a lot of amateurs can use
We never really needed those companies anyways. Digital media should allow independants to thrive and not require the distribution mechanisms that record labels and hollywood production companies offer. They will keep screaming loud and clear while other companies pop up and create new markets, as Apple did.
AHAHAHAAHAHAHA, I'm sorry, but PiddlyD wins, and for this statement alone:"I'm not sure what you think an MP3 is... Fairy dust and good intentions?"
acknotswOct 12, 2009
While everything before might have been able to put a slight dent in the obcene profit margins that big media have enjoyed for decades, the digital age and the internet are really the first advances to come along that could actually kill them.
onipsemajOct 12, 2009
FTA:"It's theft," he said. "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots."NO. I'm only stealing something if there's a condition set up for me where I'm *required* by law to purchase a service or product. That condition does not and can not exist on TV and it never will."I guess there's a certain amount of tolerance for going to the bathroom. But if you formalize it and you create a device that skips certain second increments, you've got that only for one reason, unless you go to the bathroom for 30 seconds. They've done that just to make it easy for someone to skip a commercial.""tolerance"???? Who the f**k are you? What if I need to take a s**t for 10 minutes? What if I want to close my eyes, stick my fingers in my ears, and sing Mary Had a Little Lamb at the top of my lungs? What if you find a commercial offensive or annoying? There is nothing, not even a contract, that can obligate you to watch commercials.And what's happening is that commercials are becoming longer, and there are more of them. That annoys viewers, so they channel surf during the commercials, which causes the execs to show more commercials. It's a cycle that doesn't work.TV as we know it is going to die soon and I welcome its death.
elranzerOct 12, 2009
The RIAA has been f**king with the government ever since the RIAA existed (basically, shortly after Sony was incorporated).
fuzzynyankoOct 12, 2009
Sousa was right when it came to amateur music. However, the Internet is reversing that trend somewhat since there's good distribution services that a lot of amateurs can use
replaysmikeOct 13, 2009
We never really needed those companies anyways. Digital media should allow independants to thrive and not require the distribution mechanisms that record labels and hollywood production companies offer. They will keep screaming loud and clear while other companies pop up and create new markets, as Apple did.
nicpOct 13, 2009
RTFA, Hint: it's on page 2 :)
taketheleapOct 13, 2009
AHAHAHAAHAHAHA, I'm sorry, but PiddlyD wins, and for this statement alone:"I'm not sure what you think an MP3 is... Fairy dust and good intentions?"