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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. Re:Without even reading the article.... by SlashChick · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "I don't have an Australian Drivers licence, and my local video store requires *australian* photo ID."

    I have no idea what the government options are in Australia, but here in the U.S., if you don't have a drivers license, you can get a government ID card. (California information)

    One of the main reasons for getting an ID card is exactly the reason that you stated above -- so you can do business with stores/companies that require a valid government ID. (In the U.S., you can also use a military ID instead of a drivers license.) Perhaps Australia has something similar...

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  2. Re:Is it as good as they say? by mlk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it as good as they say?
    Yeah, spend a few mins to walk to your local libary, and borrow the first ;-)

    I doubt they would be so popular without the involment of the media.
    It would be intresting to take a truely deadful book and hype it ;)

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  3. Heh... by Pinguu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    His conclusion? "[Consumers] may well be willing to pay for their entertainment -- if the quality is guaranteed and the price is fair."
    I just relised I prefer quality over quantity, having gone to the cinema to see 8 crap films in the last 3 weeks.

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  4. Pff by Pinguu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...entitled Harry Crushes the Hulk...
    Pah, The Hulk would kick Harry Potter's ass.

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  5. It should have.... by mrmeval · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Bulk had popups, windows opening all over the place, extremely annoying.

    Why would some idiot put that in a movie?

    Mostly the anim is good, the story line is less than expected.

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