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Harry Potter and the Entertainment Industry

Posted by michael on from the potter's-field dept.

VoidEngineer writes "In a surprisingly insightful article entitled Harry Crushes the Hulk, Frank Rich discusses how "Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix" beat out "The Hulk" and goes on to offer some insightfull and interesting comments on demographics, digital media piracy, file sharing and p2p networks, the iTunes store, and more... His conclusion? "[Consumers] may well be willing to pay for their entertainment -- if the quality is guaranteed and the price is fair."

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  1. that strategy won't work by DarkSkiesAhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    [Consumers] may well be willing to pay for their entertainment -- if the quality is guaranteed and the price is fair.

    Sheesh, what dunce claimed that? Clearly consumers are more willing to pay if you threaten and sue them. Duh.

  2. Kids these days by somethinghollow · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Here's what's wrong with kids in the digital age. They live in front of their TV and PC screens. They steal music online. Their attention span is zilch. They multitask on everything and concentrate on nothing except video games. They will buy any trashy product that the media goliaths can sell them, then drop it as soon as the next big hype comes along."

    Isn't that the problem with adults in the digital age as well?

  3. sharing books by BenjyD · · Score: 3, Funny

    and, assuming a very conservative average of two readers per book, a larger audience as well.

    People are sharing books! Quick, send in the licensing police. That's $100 million in lost sales. This new trend in book piracy must be stamped out before our book industry is ruined.