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We already tried this with napster. From what I hear it is not going well. Filesharing sites do not succeed on brand equity, they succeed on the fact that the
by Dilpil 17y ago
We already tried this with napster. From what I hear it is not going well. Filesharing sites do not succeed on brand equity, they succeed on the fact that they offer things for free.
- yason 17y agoAnd by offering something the media companies don't: * Movies and tv-series as simple non-DRM'd non-crippled files that can be played on any available video player as many times as you want. * Old productions that aren't for sale currently or any longer. * Productions that aren't released in your country * Productions that you've already bought but unable to convert to easily copyable digital format.
- erso 17y agoEach of the things you've listed here are the sort of thing you'd expect to be negotiated away by said media companies before they agree to any licensing.
- Dilpil 17y agoYes, you would expect that. It would be completely reasonable to expect that. But this is not the reality of the situation.