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The war by the MPAA and RIAA to stamp out bootleg MP3 music and now bootleg movies being downloaded over the Internet is very much like the governments -war on drugs-. Its not going to have any effect. 4 million people downloaded the program to trade bootleg movies and music THIS WEEK ALONE
These new breedsof software cannot be stopped, its distributed. No server or person to sue. Indeed there are more MP3 music titles available today then at any point ever in history, so much for the estimated 400 million dollars spent by the RIAA trying to kill off MP3's on the internet. No Law, or technology will stop these new distributed software packages. As bandwidths get bigger, more and more will be traded. With Starwars out and available everywhere 1 full week before its release in theaters you have to wonder how long before every movie is on the internet for free download. Quality will get much better as bandwidth increases.. Studios have real reasons to fear the future of the cash cow they now control.
CNN bootleg Starwars story
Even TV program distributors and TV advertisers are fearful of the future. The newest ReplayTV box has created a HUGE legal fight. TV program producers have stated that the commercials pay for the programs and because of that removing commercials automatically infringes on the TV programs rights, they sued. TV program distributors are also panicked about the future as well. They are suing ReplayTV to stop the 4000 from being sold. However just like the RIAA winning the suit over napster a TV tuner card for $30 in a PC with the right software will do exactly the same thing and MORE as a ReplyTV 4000. So the millions being wasted now on this suit is wasted money. The new software will suddenly fill with TV shows with all the commercials removed.
CNN ReplayTV story
Crazy law and paranoid studios are fighting to keep a cash cow business alive in the face of certain collapse in profits long term.
D-Studio D-VHS is simply a desperate attempt from studios to keep control of the movies, you can't stick a D-VHS tape into a computer like you can a DVD. They figure it’s a more secure format. It has little to do with quality and EVERYTHING to do with paranoia. How long before D-Theater will be a cracked format and you see perfect HD available from the newest pirate software ?? A year or 2 ?.
This is the war on drugs all over again. Even after 30 years the war on drugs has had ZERO effect. This new war on bootleg movies and music is sure to cost all of us a lot as the lawyers fees will get added to movie ticket prices and DVD prices. Not to mention the "new and improved" hardware that we will have to buy to play the newest encryption method used to fight the -war on entertainment-.
The war over music and movies on the Internet is already lost. Any money spent on this endeavor is futile. A new business model is needed as these industries will no longer be the cash cow there have been in the past.
(edited to remove link - Larry Davis)
(edited to remove software titles related to link - anonConcerned)
Larry your point is well taken, I agree..
These new breedsof software cannot be stopped, its distributed. No server or person to sue. Indeed there are more MP3 music titles available today then at any point ever in history, so much for the estimated 400 million dollars spent by the RIAA trying to kill off MP3's on the internet. No Law, or technology will stop these new distributed software packages. As bandwidths get bigger, more and more will be traded. With Starwars out and available everywhere 1 full week before its release in theaters you have to wonder how long before every movie is on the internet for free download. Quality will get much better as bandwidth increases.. Studios have real reasons to fear the future of the cash cow they now control.
CNN bootleg Starwars story
Even TV program distributors and TV advertisers are fearful of the future. The newest ReplayTV box has created a HUGE legal fight. TV program producers have stated that the commercials pay for the programs and because of that removing commercials automatically infringes on the TV programs rights, they sued. TV program distributors are also panicked about the future as well. They are suing ReplayTV to stop the 4000 from being sold. However just like the RIAA winning the suit over napster a TV tuner card for $30 in a PC with the right software will do exactly the same thing and MORE as a ReplyTV 4000. So the millions being wasted now on this suit is wasted money. The new software will suddenly fill with TV shows with all the commercials removed.
CNN ReplayTV story
Crazy law and paranoid studios are fighting to keep a cash cow business alive in the face of certain collapse in profits long term.
D-Studio D-VHS is simply a desperate attempt from studios to keep control of the movies, you can't stick a D-VHS tape into a computer like you can a DVD. They figure it’s a more secure format. It has little to do with quality and EVERYTHING to do with paranoia. How long before D-Theater will be a cracked format and you see perfect HD available from the newest pirate software ?? A year or 2 ?.
This is the war on drugs all over again. Even after 30 years the war on drugs has had ZERO effect. This new war on bootleg movies and music is sure to cost all of us a lot as the lawyers fees will get added to movie ticket prices and DVD prices. Not to mention the "new and improved" hardware that we will have to buy to play the newest encryption method used to fight the -war on entertainment-.
The war over music and movies on the Internet is already lost. Any money spent on this endeavor is futile. A new business model is needed as these industries will no longer be the cash cow there have been in the past.
(edited to remove link - Larry Davis)
(edited to remove software titles related to link - anonConcerned)
Larry your point is well taken, I agree..