[mythtv-users] RIAA in trouble - relevant to us

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 12:33:57PM -0400, Joe Borne wrote:
> As far as 5C encrypted channels are concerned. I frankly think that
> once digitally delivered media becomes ubiquitous, the providers just
> wont bother. It's been proven over and over that people who want to
> make illegal copies are going to find a way to do it no matter how you
> encrypt it. The VAST majority of users have no problem paying a fair
> price for content served 'ala carte'. This theorem was proved by
> iTunes.

And, of course, all the "we're doing this to fight piracy" arguments
are crap anyway; real pirates, the ones who pick a stamping master off
a commercial disc image and stamp out their own, aren't affected by it
anyway, and I think our protestations to that effect are starting to
take root.

You notice no one's said (aloud) "Gee, maybe the decline in sales is
because the customers are getting pissed at us for making their lives
so difficult"?

> The younger executives at the movie studios all understand this, as do
> the bands, and other providers. It's simply the "old guard"
> desperately grasping a a crumbling business model.

Yup; been watching telcos do it for 20 years now...

Cheers,
-- jra
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