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I think you're putting the cart before the horse. Wouldn't making more content easily available curb piracy? Look at the examples of Spotify, Netflix & Steam. T
by skymt 15y ago
I think you're putting the cart before the horse. Wouldn't making more content easily available curb piracy? Look at the examples of Spotify, Netflix & Steam. There's plenty of anecdata about pirates going legal once the legal services are convenient/cheap enough.
- billpatrianakos 15y agoYeah, I agree and I've made that point before. So why doesn't it happen? Edit: I mean why don't more companies get into it and how can we tell that to the authorities in a way they'll listen to
- Zirro 15y agoThere's an unwillingness to adapt within the music and film industry. Spotify (and for those who live in the US, Netflix and Hulu) is a great start, and last time I checked, they were dominating over piracy. The new technologies are competing with piracy. Make a better service, with better conditions than the pirates can offer, and you win the battle. In the end, the media companies need to choose between using the new technology that's being offered or disappear from the market. By the looks of it, some have gone with the latter option, and that is why we see these anti-piracy crackdowns.