There are two industries here
1) artists/directors/moviemakers/bands/actors etc. who make the works we admire.
2) then there are distributors/publishers etc who have gotten the works of group 1 to us.
Group 2 is no longer profitable/necessary in its present form.
The internet drops the cost of distribution
Computers make studios much less expensive
digital reproduction makes copies perfect
As I see it group 2 failed to produce sufficent income to support itself.
Some I know call it picking bad artists / scripts / etc.
It blamed the media it had comitted the industry to - digital.
Rather than take the blame for the artistic quality they were producing they blamed copying.
They said they were losing billions in China - when did they MAKE billions in China.
But the politicians followed the lead of the loudest wallets and lawyers designed a system. Unfortunately engineers had to build it. I think better people are trying to take it apart.
Then there are people like me who have absolutly no intention fo letting Sony or anyone else F**K up my computers to better their pocketbook. One warning was quite enough for me.
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There are two industries here 1) artists/directors/moviemakers/bands/actors etc. who make the works we admire. 2) then there are distributors/publishers etc who have gotten the works of group 1 to us. Group 2 is no longer profitable/necessary in its present form. The internet drops the cost of distribution Computers make studios much less expensive digital reproduction makes copies perfect As I see it group 2 failed to produce sufficent income to support itself. Some I know call it picking bad artists / scripts / etc. It blamed the media it had comitted the industry to - digital. Rather than take the blame for the artistic quality they were producing they blamed copying. They said they were losing billions in China - when did they MAKE billions in China. But the politicians followed the lead of the loudest wallets and lawyers designed a system. Unfortunately engineers had to build it. I think better people are trying to take it apart. Then there are people like me who have absolutly no intention fo letting Sony or anyone else F**K up my computers to better their pocketbook. One warning was quite enough for me.