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Amazon Launches Online Movie Studio
angry tapir writes "Amazon.com is getting into the movie business by opening Amazon Studios, with the goal of using the Internet to put fresh movies on the big screen. The new Internet movie studio will allow writers to upload screenplays to its website where the global Internet audience can read them and offer feedback, or producers/directors can use them to make test movies. The test movies, which must be at least 70 minutes in length, can also be uploaded."
Disregard that, this idea is public domain.
Do you really want a ~$40 to $x00 computer game with a remote delete option and compulsory limited activation keys?
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Great but they miss the marketing push and existing mind share Amazon has.
Like not so long ago was mentioned again: there is only room for monopolies on the Internet.
I'm noticing that recently there has been a growing trend towards independent publication of books, music, movies, and other creative works.
I really hope this continues to take off (with enthusiastic support from our wallets and voices) because it weakens the influence of the *IAAs and various copyright consortia that have an annoying habit of lobbying governments for legislation in no one's favour (not even the artists) but their own.
Monopolies? I like economic theory as much as the next guy, but I can't see any evidence that Amazon is a monopoly. Pray tell, what commodity or service is Amazon the sole provider of? Hmm?
I'm not disputing Amazon has a significant advantage, just your crazy economic ideas.
If our elected representatives no longer represent us, do we still live in a Democracy?
So you can read screenplays of other people? Are you allowed to moderate them up or down? If so, Hollywood could just buy the highest moderated screenplay :P What could possibly go wrong?
Reading a screenplay gives you very little indication of whether it will make a good film. It's like just seeing the lyrics to a rock song without the music.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
Great but they miss the marketing push and existing mind share Amazon has.
Like not so long ago was mentioned again: there is only room for monopolies on the Internet.
I dont know why people keep propogating this myth. A monopoly and a company with a large market share are two completely different things. Let's say you are walking aimlessly around the sahara desert and you come across my lone market stall selling bottled water and there is nobody else (and more importantly, no water) around for miles. In that area, for that resource I would be a monopoly. If you want it, you have no other choice but to get it from me. THAT'S what a real monopoly is.
Also - personally I can't even think of a sector that one business completely dominates online. Even Google, a commonly cited example (their market share varies wildly depending on who you ask - I've seen everything from 65% to 85% estimated) still has other competitors with decent 5% chunks that still amount to a lot of users and a s**t load of business. It is quite possible to make varying amounts of money in business. You don't just have paupers and billionaires - there is a hell of a lot in between.
And it goes without saying, that all big businesses were small businesses once...