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Damn, I'm easily amused.
I don't know about movies, but with regards to the music industry, they've tended to greatly exaggerate their losses from filesharing, in fact the sales had dropped by no more than 7%, which often is attributed to a range of factors. What they do to make their situation look more ehm.. catastrophic is to compare their current sales with projections of sales based on a rate of increase, which doesn't represent any hard numbers at all.
As for the big scare about artists not being given a shot because of lack of funds, here's an interesting example:
http://www.arancidamoeba.com/mrr/problemwithmusic.html
But as for movies, this is really just a simple argument, but does a movie really need to have a budget of $70M to be good? If they had half that money, would the quality suddenly suck?
As for the big scare about artists not being given a shot because of lack of funds, here's an interesting example:
http://www.arancidamoeba.com/mrr/problemwithmusic.html
But as for movies, this is really just a simple argument, but does a movie really need to have a budget of $70M to be good? If they had half that money, would the quality suddenly suck?
In a lot of ways it would. A historic drama simply needs a lot of money. If you want LOTR to look fantastic, and that's a big part of why those movies are so good, you'll need a lot of cash as well.
7% still is a notable loss. And what about the future losses? The way I see it, piracy is only going to increase.
7% still is a notable loss. And what about the future losses? The way I see it, piracy is only going to increase.
Don't be ridiculous, there are movies you can't make without a lot of money, but tons of cash is spent on the worst junk as well.
Oh it is, but it's good to keep things in perspective. And these losses you're so concerned about, whose are they? The record companies. The companies that decide what's on the air and what's on mtv more or less. Much less so the artists.
Besides home recording is developing to be a fully adequate solution for many artists, so record companies could be on the way out anyway. Would you bemoan the loss of jobs for a coal plant going out of business because it's not needed anymore?
Oh it is, but it's good to keep things in perspective. And these losses you're so concerned about, whose are they? The record companies. The companies that decide what's on the air and what's on mtv more or less. Much less so the artists.
Besides home recording is developing to be a fully adequate solution for many artists, so record companies could be on the way out anyway. Would you bemoan the loss of jobs for a coal plant going out of business because it's not needed anymore?
I never said they didn't make junk. LOTR simply wouldn't have happened without extensive funds. Movies will become more amateuristic without cash and quality will decrease. It's a logical procedure. And that even goes for movies such as Il Postino. Actors wouldn't be professionals and thus would be less good.
Of course the record companies are most concerned about those losses. But again, if musicians can't afford to be pros, quality will decrease. That's how it has been for centuries, that's what would happen this time.
Of course the record companies are most concerned about those losses. But again, if musicians can't afford to be pros, quality will decrease. That's how it has been for centuries, that's what would happen this time.
But you're assuming that their income would fall to zero. No apocalyptic scenario has ever suggested that. In fact, quite a few record companies that sell music online are flourishing, companies that let you buy mp3s that have no copy protection and you could distribute if you wanted. So it's not like people are going to stop buying music once and for all.
To be honest I'll be concerned about those effects when I see them. I'm not overly impressed with the music industry as it is, they push a lot of junk. I can't imagine that their music quality would suddenly drastically plummet. Didn't they produce music in the 90s when their budgets were lower? How did they manage that?
