You know, I've heard this Hollywood/The RIAA is dead meme repeated for at least 10 years now and I just don't see it happening anytime soon.
Is there even any evidence that they are dying? Are their revenues falling year upon year, piracy advocates insist that they aren't.
I still see trailers every year for the latest $BIG_MEDIA_MOVIE with no sign of slowing down, how many movies you can fit on a 4TB drive is pretty irrelevant. Since the original iPod came out people have been able to store more music than they actually listen to anyway.
Anyway, what would replace it?
Youtube? Half of their content is either scenes from TV/Movies or people talking about TV/Movies.
Kickstarter? Yes for folks who are passionate enough to think about what they want and go out actively looking for stuff they might like.
Many people just want to see a trailer for latest big blockbuster so that they know what to buy for their kids when they want some peace and quiet or what to talk about at the watercooler on monday.
What about piracy?
Everyone seems to be firmly of the opinion that the cat can not be put back in the back with this one.
Me, I'm not so sure. The feds are going after pirate websites with the big guns. Not to mention that on the whole the people who make your software and hardware are on the side of the content producers.
Since we are all going "Post PC" and many computers will become more like appliances, what's to say that your future Apple TV will even play any content that has not been directly licensed from iTunes and the like?
Look at the MSN Messenger/Pirate bay issue.
You don't really need the government to do anything, the big tech companies can do it all by themselves.
What would happen if Windows 8 and the next OSX just flat out refused to let you navigate to a torrent website, or even install a torrent client?
Sure , you will have an underground scene of jailbreakers and people who still run open hardware etc but they won't be getting the subsidies on buying that new family entertainment system that everyone else is getting.
People are lazy and don't want to make their cultural choices themselves.
Is there even any evidence that they are dying? Are their revenues falling year upon year, piracy advocates insist that they aren't.
I still see trailers every year for the latest $BIG_MEDIA_MOVIE with no sign of slowing down, how many movies you can fit on a 4TB drive is pretty irrelevant. Since the original iPod came out people have been able to store more music than they actually listen to anyway.
Anyway, what would replace it? Youtube? Half of their content is either scenes from TV/Movies or people talking about TV/Movies. Kickstarter? Yes for folks who are passionate enough to think about what they want and go out actively looking for stuff they might like. Many people just want to see a trailer for latest big blockbuster so that they know what to buy for their kids when they want some peace and quiet or what to talk about at the watercooler on monday.
What about piracy? Everyone seems to be firmly of the opinion that the cat can not be put back in the back with this one. Me, I'm not so sure. The feds are going after pirate websites with the big guns. Not to mention that on the whole the people who make your software and hardware are on the side of the content producers.
Since we are all going "Post PC" and many computers will become more like appliances, what's to say that your future Apple TV will even play any content that has not been directly licensed from iTunes and the like?
Look at the MSN Messenger/Pirate bay issue. You don't really need the government to do anything, the big tech companies can do it all by themselves.
What would happen if Windows 8 and the next OSX just flat out refused to let you navigate to a torrent website, or even install a torrent client?
Sure , you will have an underground scene of jailbreakers and people who still run open hardware etc but they won't be getting the subsidies on buying that new family entertainment system that everyone else is getting.
People are lazy and don't want to make their cultural choices themselves.