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Re: These companies don't want online video

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:24:01 EDT

Kearnstd posted : Fully embracing online video with minimal DRM or platform limiting headaches would also gain IP owners more sympathy from the tech minded people.

Right now there is a general attitude even from people who would never pirate that companies who refuse to adapt get what they deserve.
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Re: These companies don't want online video

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:35:50 EDT

BF69 posted : There is no DRM on iTunes music. many people still feel 99 cents is too much and many songs are $1.29. Also the way the music has been over the years with it's DRM and lawsuits and such many people wouldn't buy music it was 10 songs for a penny, just out of spite.

And yes the media is overpriced. They have lots of issues. Embracing online video would at least reduce the number of problems. Then they can work on the rest.

Re: These companies don't want online video

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:28:45 EDT

Corehhi posted :

said by BF69:

said by Corehhi:

Money to be made???? IT was a huge amount of money to be made in fact the movie industry never made so much. Rental income plus they could dump crappy movies in a video store and actually make money off of them. VCR's turned out to be the best thing ever for them.

Yes we I that. That was my whole point. Just like when the VCR came out the movie/TV industry was afraid to innovate and embrace a new technology out of fear it would reduce profits. especially when the old ways were still making them money. They could have made billions more if they had embraced the VCR sooner. They are making the same mistake here.

The exception is here people have an easy alternative to getting their content even if it's not legal. And these people will be hard to get back as customers once they go that route. And these people will teach their kids that not paying for content is the way to go. The music industry has learned this hard lesson. There is whole generation that will never pay for music again. Billions were lost and billions will continue to be lost because of that mistake.

Most media is over priced which is also a problem. That's why Itunes did so well, reasonable price, easy to use still DRM problems but it worked and is profitable.

Re: These companies don't want online video

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:29:22 EDT

BF69 posted :

said by Corehhi:

Re: These companies don't want online video

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:28:20 EDT

Corehhi posted :

said by BF69:

You have to remember that these are the same businesses that wanted to kill the VCR because it would encourage piracy and costs jobs. It took them a awhile to finally realize there was actually money to be made with home video.

Re: These companies don't want online video

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:16:39 EDT

BF69 posted : Yeah but it took them over a decade and losing in the Supreme Court to realize this. Even after the VCR won the right to exist it was still years before anyone other than video rental stores bought movies on VHS. The reason was they cost over $100. Then someone finally clued them in that they could make more money by selling them at $20 a pop to the masses than just selling them to video stores for $100.

Re: These companies don't want online video

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:49:35 EDT

Kearnstd posted : That is why i find their crusade against the VCR so funny, in the end home video made them more money than they had ever made before in history.
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Re: These companies don't want online video

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:26:28 EDT

BF69 posted : You have to remember that these are the same businesses that wanted to kill the VCR because it would encourage piracy and costs jobs. It took them a awhile to finally realize there was actually money to be made with home video.

These companies don't want online video

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:52:14 EDT

ISurfTooMuch posted : For all the lip service these companies give to putting content online, that's the last place they want it. They have cable, satellite, and, to a lesser extent, broadcast TV as their revenue streams, and they're quite happy with those. If they could somehow make the Internet go away, they'd do it in a heartbeat. But they can't, so they keep offering the absolute minimum that they have to, just in case their hand is forced, and they have no choice but to embrace online distribution.

And you'd think that piracy would push them to offer viable online options, but it doesn't. Instead, they employ the strategy of trying to crush piracy with a sledgehammer while not offering any real alternatives that people might want to use, since those would involve actually getting into online distribution.

So the question is why they do this. I think part of it is that they know what's worked for them for decades, and they figure they can bend the world to their business model, no matter what anyone else wants. However, I also think another part of it is ignorance of what they're missing out on. After all, many of the people at the top of these companies are older, and I'll bet a significant number of them are slightly out of touch with what younger people want. Certainly, there are people in these companies who do get it, but, if you aren't the boss, and the boss sees no value in something, even after you've tried to explain it, then you'd often be wise to keep your opinions to yourself after that.