Has technology gets more powerfull and more widespread will it become more difficult for people who make copywrited matereal to earn money from it? Already music is being shared quite a bit anyone with a cable connection and a CD writer can get almost any music they want with out paying for it. Shure the quality isn't always has good and you can't always get all the songs on somones album but it's only a matter of time before you can download whole albums in a few seconds with the best quality, Movies and TV shows will be next. The same goes for software I'll admit I get all my music and most of my software free ther's always a copy someware that's been cracked. But in the long run is this hurting our supply of copywrited material by killing it's source do you think companies can find a solution to this problem or will technology sereosly harm the copywrite industry?
The Future of copywrited matereal
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G-Man
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I don't think it's hurting them so much. The fact is that in the last few years sells of music CDs and computer games sharply grew.
onejayhawk
Afflicted with reason
G-Man I think he's talking about Piracy.
There has always been edges where things slipped through. The system more or less works because of largely volentary compliance. Being scorned is sometime worse than being punished.
J
PS Gee. That sounds lije the basis of our whole criminal justice system.
There has always been edges where things slipped through. The system more or less works because of largely volentary compliance. Being scorned is sometime worse than being punished.
J
PS Gee. That sounds lije the basis of our whole criminal justice system.
G-Man
A One Man's War
I know what he was talking about. But piracy, despite being common, isn't causing for any decrease in sells of ligal media, so I don't think the industry will be hurt by it.
Damien
Emperor
Everybody's far from having a cable connection,therefore I think they don't have to complain.
G-Man
A One Man's War
Most people are far from having a computer if you talk globaly.... But most people are alos far from buying many CDs, so the market is still no where near it's potential.
G-Man
A One Man's War
It's wrong but there's nothing that can be done about it. Electronic information is too vulnerable.
Lucky
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The industry IS hurt by piracy and copyright infringement. Some software firms or music industry giants are losing up to 50% of their annual revenue to piracy. That means that half of the software/songs produced by them doesn´t yield a cent of revenue for them. It does not mean they could double their amount of revenue without piracy, since many people wouldn´t by it legally and at normal prices. 
But it will not hurt the bigger companies very much, in that I agree. On the other hand it increases the monopol the industry giants have, since it makes it MUCH harder for smaller companies to run economically well. So in all it is hurting the variety, which is the bigger problem than any revenue losses.
But it will not hurt the bigger companies very much, in that I agree. On the other hand it increases the monopol the industry giants have, since it makes it MUCH harder for smaller companies to run economically well. So in all it is hurting the variety, which is the bigger problem than any revenue losses.
If they're getting "hurt" by piracy they won't
last. Why should I shell out 20 bucks for a
CD I can build for 50 cents? (morals aside)
Curbing priacy is easy lower yer prices/add
value to your product. ie What don't you get
when copying throught a computer? The manual
/Artwork/posters/maps etc. The industry is hurt
by it's own cheapness, manuals on the cd,
4" x 4" artwork on the cd cover. Add more
value to the product than a 3 cent CD and
maybe, just maybe somebody will care.
last. Why should I shell out 20 bucks for a
CD I can build for 50 cents? (morals aside)
Curbing priacy is easy lower yer prices/add
value to your product. ie What don't you get
when copying throught a computer? The manual
/Artwork/posters/maps etc. The industry is hurt
by it's own cheapness, manuals on the cd,
4" x 4" artwork on the cd cover. Add more
value to the product than a 3 cent CD and
maybe, just maybe somebody will care.
Akka
Moody old mage.
The industry IS hurt by piracy and copyright infringement. Some software firms or music industry giants are losing up to 50% of their annual revenue to piracy. That means that half of the software/songs produced by them doesn´t yield a cent of revenue for them. It does not mean they could double their amount of revenue without piracy, since many people wouldn´t by it legally and at normal prices.
No, that's a common lie of the industry.
Most of this piraced stuff would not have been bought anyway. It's just a way for the companies to look like poor victims, while still selling singles over 10 .
The truth is that all the CD I bought were including songs that I downloaded first. I would never have paid for them if I could not have tested them before. But they will anyway say that I've pirated half of the product
Wolfe Tone
Which Way Did He Go?
Sure I download a brave bit of music, but if I didn't I wouldn't have bought the cd. I agree if I find a banc I like, I will get a few of their songs of the internet. If they are good enough I might go out and buy their cd. I don't have money to waste on music that I may or may not like.
G-Man
A One Man's War
Originally posted by Akka
No, that's a common lie of the industry.
Most of this piraced stuff would not have been bought anyway. It's just a way for the companies to look like poor victims, while still selling singles over 10 .
The truth is that all the CD I bought were including songs that I downloaded first. I would never have paid for them if I could not have tested them before. But they will anyway say that I've pirated half of the product
Same here. Ever since I started using P2Ps I'm buying twice as many CDs
Besides the companies themselves aren't much better. They pay for each CD much less than any of us does, and they give the artists just a few % of the money paid for it. Where do you think the rest of the money goes to?
floppa21
Crusty Manhole
Like Wolfe Tone said. But then, that explains why I don't buy much music. I buy what I KNOW FOR A FACT I will enjoy even without hearing it as in certain artists. My music collection has dwindled in past years as far a svariety, but it's quality has spiked. 
I never pirate music. I do buy DVD "transfers" from Malaysia of movies I want. I feel no guilt. I get them for $10 a movie after shipping, quality is spectacular. I would not buy the movies for $15 - $25 in any store. And I am stimulating the Malaysian economy... or something... 
I dunno, piracy is not something I can really look at and be overly concerned with.
I never pirate music. I do buy DVD "transfers" from Malaysia of movies I want. I feel no guilt.
I get them for $10 a movie after shipping, quality is spectacular. I would not buy the movies for $15 - $25 in any store. And I am stimulating the Malaysian economy... or something... I dunno, piracy is not something I can really look at and be overly concerned with.
Greadius
:yeah:
I think people that download copyrighted material as such always seem to forget that most people:
A. Don't have a computer.
or
B. Have a computer and don't know how to turn it on
or
C. Have a computer, and have no interest in P2P networks or free music.
Most people will never have enough interest in getting free music or using their computer so much that it will seriously damage any industry in the long run. It is up to the industries to adapt to the technology and attempt to find a way to take advantage of it.
A. Don't have a computer.
or
B. Have a computer and don't know how to turn it on
or
C. Have a computer, and have no interest in P2P networks or free music.
Most people will never have enough interest in getting free music or using their computer so much that it will seriously damage any industry in the long run. It is up to the industries to adapt to the technology and attempt to find a way to take advantage of it.
