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- kevinarth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I just found this, but it's a fantastic video. I think this is the direction we're going to have to go because all this DRM crap just won't work and the MPAA can't sue EVERYONE...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0VERY good article, and I would so be willing ot live with a small ad in the corner of a TV show if it meant not having to stop it for commercials, and also have it available on the net.
- DanTheManPR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So much money to be made... how can the mpaa not be seeing dollar signs?
- forever200, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0not a bad model.......... the mpaa should read the first few paragraphs...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think they see it as getting more money by just sueing people.
- phantomx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You know I don't think it's the advertisers that have a problem with piracy, it's the broadcasters and such. Couldn't they just do what advertisers have done for years and do some "product placement"? I don't know, some billboard that passes in front of the camera for a few seconds that says something like "[tv show] is brought to you by: [broadcaster]". This would also help get rid of commercials. Then if it were the broadcasters providing the content themselves...
- mozTom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://p2pnet.net/story/4835
Here's the story that prompted that article:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/stories/s1366795.htm - FunkyGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0TV companies make money off of their commmericals, so why dont they come up with a video format that you cannot fast forward (well non tech people cant) and make it SUPER harder to not fast forward. So then they can host it on theri website as a bit torrent file, and say, hell, DOWNLOAD IT! I am sure they would make money that way. The advertising could be clickable, and you could even have it go to the users specific interestes, like google ads but with video. I think thats actually a really good idea.
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If he left out the idea that the producers should insert more "bugs" into the corners of the screen, then I'd agree with him.
Those bugs have already gotten annoying enough at some points to make me stop watching programs. There was one time where a bug for some new series actually played audio and I missed some key points in dialog of a show that really liked. Result was I stopped watching that network.
I tell you what.. I'll pay a buck for an hour long episode of a good TV series, in good quality, without any bugs or other forms of advertising. If you give it in a form that I can easily burn to a DVD, I'll make it a couple of bucks. Hell, I've paid for DVD sets of TV shows, so buying it one episode at a time doesn't bother me.
If they can turn that into a paying proposition as a business model, I'll sign up.
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