Digital Watchdogs Widen Anti-Piracy War

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times is covering a new focus by companies like Warner Bros. on consumer attitudes towards media consumption. The last few years have seen media companies concentrating on pirated materials sold in marketplaces and downloaded online. Increasingly, the expectation of content for free is what is worrying these same companies. 'Missteps made today could have grave consequences for the future, particularly when it comes to consumers' willingness to pay for movies and television shows online ... Warner and other entertainment companies are moving cautiously ahead, but their interests are divided. All want to share their content online with consumers but are, at the same time, imposing constraints that risk alienating a younger, Web-oriented audience.'"

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Re:Not new

[cliffski]

its not a matter of being against consumers, its a matter of making consumers realise that entertainment products cost serious money to make, and that investment needs to be recouped. This was never a serious problem before the web, people knew that movies cost millions, they bought tickets and went to see them. If you have a whole generation growing up thats used to taking those movies for nothing, you are describing the death of an industry.
You might not like the big media companies, I don't much like them either, but I *do* like top quality films, games, software and Tv shows, and I know they cost money to make. I certainly don't want to live ina world where mass piracy has eliminated commercial entertainment and we have to rely on home-made movies dont by people in their spare time. I'm not sure what a $100 version of Lord of The Rings looks like, but I'm pretty sure it's not as cool as the version peter jackson made.
DRM is like Democracy. Its a terrible solution, except for all the others.

Re:alienate?

[4D6963]

He said "artist". How does Tupac fit in there?

Please be modded a troll.