Empower people, free up the market, and the need for the RIAAs and the MPAAs of the world decreases dramatically.
That's where we stand in this broadband Web-centric, PC-oriented universe. It's not designed to bolster or perpetuate bloated oligopolies.
Dear Slashdot Family,
Typically, I refrain from ever posting on Slashdot, despite my regular visits, mainly because you guys are usually talking over my head, but in the case of the RIAA/P2P fight, you're right up my alley.
Very recently, my company released an ongoing series of video shorts on Kazaa/Altnet featuring footage of Hawaiian Tropic models with original music soundtracks. Although we just started, prospects look promising. Ergo, everybody involved in this process, so far, is pleased.
We're even considering including independent recording artists music tracks, and offering them a royalty on sales.
If 50 examples like this surfaced, say, in the next 60 days, wouldn't this be the key argument against the RIAA? i.e., content providers selling entertainment voluntarily using P2P? How could they continue to claim a position of "artists interest" if independents used P2P in a lucrative way?
In my view, the only issue from the RIAA's perspective is - even if they don't say it upfront - they just don't want to lower their prices. They don't want to adjust to this intense force in the free market.
Where would the software industry be if it spent this much time and money "fighting piracy"?
Just some thoughts,
SoSoHot.com
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Empower people, free up the market, and the need for the RIAAs and the MPAAs of the world decreases dramatically. That's where we stand in this broadband Web-centric, PC-oriented universe. It's not designed to bolster or perpetuate bloated oligopolies.
Dear Slashdot Family, Typically, I refrain from ever posting on Slashdot, despite my regular visits, mainly because you guys are usually talking over my head, but in the case of the RIAA/P2P fight, you're right up my alley. Very recently, my company released an ongoing series of video shorts on Kazaa/Altnet featuring footage of Hawaiian Tropic models with original music soundtracks. Although we just started, prospects look promising. Ergo, everybody involved in this process, so far, is pleased. We're even considering including independent recording artists music tracks, and offering them a royalty on sales. If 50 examples like this surfaced, say, in the next 60 days, wouldn't this be the key argument against the RIAA? i.e., content providers selling entertainment voluntarily using P2P? How could they continue to claim a position of "artists interest" if independents used P2P in a lucrative way? In my view, the only issue from the RIAA's perspective is - even if they don't say it upfront - they just don't want to lower their prices. They don't want to adjust to this intense force in the free market. Where would the software industry be if it spent this much time and money "fighting piracy"? Just some thoughts, SoSoHot.com