I think you should examine the situation a little more closely.
For instance, if you produce a video that uses a song from Britney Spears (not that anyone would ever do that, but play along), the licenses required to allow people to physically download copies of that song to their hard drives are different and usually vastly more expensive than releasing the video as a live stream or as part of an on-demand system. The primary question of this article was maintaining fiscal responsibility, not opening the door to a finanical raping by the RIAA/MPAA.
Torrents are also nowhere near easy enough to use for the everyday consumer. It's nice to think so because, after all, everyone on Slashdot is a computer genius, but when you're trying to reach the broadest market possible, things like torrents and other forms of P2P are not viable options. Internet streaming is still, and will continue to be for some time, the best option for delivering content media to consumers at home.
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I think you should examine the situation a little more closely.
For instance, if you produce a video that uses a song from Britney Spears (not that anyone would ever do that, but play along), the licenses required to allow people to physically download copies of that song to their hard drives are different and usually vastly more expensive than releasing the video as a live stream or as part of an on-demand system. The primary question of this article was maintaining fiscal responsibility, not opening the door to a finanical raping by the RIAA/MPAA.
Torrents are also nowhere near easy enough to use for the everyday consumer. It's nice to think so because, after all, everyone on Slashdot is a computer genius, but when you're trying to reach the broadest market possible, things like torrents and other forms of P2P are not viable options. Internet streaming is still, and will continue to be for some time, the best option for delivering content media to consumers at home.
They say many great men did most of their best thinking while on the toilet.
Maybe I should buy an iLulu and try to program while on the john.