I agree with your statement that the game industry might fall short of putting their games on all of the different platforms so that they might be able to be played on any game system. And this should be addressed in order for consumers to have a level playing field when purchasing their products.
However, in regards to the record industry, buying a music CD is different from buying a video game. Music has always been made available to all mediums. The problem is not offering different formats that people can buy their music on, the problem is the arrogance of telling someone that they can not make a copy of something they bought for personal use. A video game contains alot of source code that belongs to the individual or company that created it. This puts them in the area of intellectual rights, like any software created for use in a computer. Indeed, most video game systems have a small hard drive inside,like a computer. It therefore puts video games in the same category as computer software.
With music there is no source code that makes it playable. It is just a type of recording that allows people to hear what has already been copied. There are no intellectual rights involved with music. Just copyright issues, like books. But when I buy a book, I only have to pay for it once. And if I want, I can scan said book and copy it to my hard drive. I just can't make copies and sell it to anyone. Only the publisher and/or author has that right.
By the same token, if I want to rip a CD and copy it to ym hard drive, I should be able to do so without having to pay for a product I have already paid for again. As long as I don't make copies and sell them, I am only using them for personal use.
You know, if I buy a loaf of bread and make a sandwich for a friend, no one tries to charge me a second time for the loaf of bread. Once I have paid for it, I may do as I like with it. I should not have to pay for music a second or third time just because the music industry is not creative enough to find legitimate ways of creating new revenue. Noone should have to pay more than once for a product they purchase. If they have to, then they are not purchasing said product, they are renting it.
I've got to say that the arrogance of these corporate executives and their greedy organizations is incredible! If you have to pay more than once for something you have purchased, then you are not buying it, you are renting it! As far as I am concerned, when I pay for something once, that is to say I buy said item, then it belongs to me! And when something belongs to me, I am free to do with it what ever I like! The only exception to this rule is that I may not re-sell it to anyone else. That is the only instance that I consider it to be copyright infringement. If I want to rip a CD I payed full price for, then I can copy it as many times as I want. To tell me I have to pay for a new copy every time I want to put it on a device I own, is ludicrous. These people are so greedy that they want to make us pay for the same product over and over. They are trying to create new revenue streams at our expense by making us pay more than once for a product they sell. What they need to do is grow a brain and develop the creativity necessary to be able to come up with legitimate ideas to create new revenue streams without ripping off the American consumer!
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I agree with your statement that the game industry might fall short of putting their games on all of the different platforms so that they might be able to be played on any game system. And this should be addressed in order for consumers to have a level playing field when purchasing their products. However, in regards to the record industry, buying a music CD is different from buying a video game. Music has always been made available to all mediums. The problem is not offering different formats that people can buy their music on, the problem is the arrogance of telling someone that they can not make a copy of something they bought for personal use. A video game contains alot of source code that belongs to the individual or company that created it. This puts them in the area of intellectual rights, like any software created for use in a computer. Indeed, most video game systems have a small hard drive inside,like a computer. It therefore puts video games in the same category as computer software. With music there is no source code that makes it playable. It is just a type of recording that allows people to hear what has already been copied. There are no intellectual rights involved with music. Just copyright issues, like books. But when I buy a book, I only have to pay for it once. And if I want, I can scan said book and copy it to my hard drive. I just can't make copies and sell it to anyone. Only the publisher and/or author has that right. By the same token, if I want to rip a CD and copy it to ym hard drive, I should be able to do so without having to pay for a product I have already paid for again. As long as I don't make copies and sell them, I am only using them for personal use. You know, if I buy a loaf of bread and make a sandwich for a friend, no one tries to charge me a second time for the loaf of bread. Once I have paid for it, I may do as I like with it. I should not have to pay for music a second or third time just because the music industry is not creative enough to find legitimate ways of creating new revenue. Noone should have to pay more than once for a product they purchase. If they have to, then they are not purchasing said product, they are renting it.
I've got to say that the arrogance of these corporate executives and their greedy organizations is incredible! If you have to pay more than once for something you have purchased, then you are not buying it, you are renting it! As far as I am concerned, when I pay for something once, that is to say I buy said item, then it belongs to me! And when something belongs to me, I am free to do with it what ever I like! The only exception to this rule is that I may not re-sell it to anyone else. That is the only instance that I consider it to be copyright infringement. If I want to rip a CD I payed full price for, then I can copy it as many times as I want. To tell me I have to pay for a new copy every time I want to put it on a device I own, is ludicrous. These people are so greedy that they want to make us pay for the same product over and over. They are trying to create new revenue streams at our expense by making us pay more than once for a product they sell. What they need to do is grow a brain and develop the creativity necessary to be able to come up with legitimate ideas to create new revenue streams without ripping off the American consumer!