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Entitlement. Posters above feel entitled to demand the content on their own terms because if they don't agree they can easily just download it without facing a

Entitlement. Posters above feel entitled to demand the content on their own terms because if they don't agree they can easily just download it without facing any consequences, and feel for some reason that Hollywood should now cater to their demands. If there was a 99% chance of being fined / sued the next day after torrenting the latest blockbuster, the entitlement attitude I think would change dramatically.

tjradcliffe 12y ago
True, but there is no chance of being fined/sued and there never will be. That's the reality we live with, and there are proven business models that will make a huge amount of money in that reality. Businesses that attempt to live in a separate reality will suffer. It's hardly fair, but it is fact.
kbenson 12y ago
I think calling it "entitlement" is doing a disservice to the situation and the complex motivations and desires on all sides that have lead to and inform the future of the current situation. There's blame all around, from consumers that are willing to skirt and outright break the law, to rights-holders that have time and again resorted to morally ambiguous contracts and actions with a consumer base that's quickly coming to the conclusion they can't always expect a fair deal[1]. That said, only one of these groups has any real power to make a change in the short term. In the long term other possible solutions exist, such as through enacting new laws, but that seems to backfire as often as not given a enough time for the landscape to change yet again, so I don't hold hope that a good solution will come out of that. 1: http://boingboing.net/2013/12/15/amazon-takes-away-access-to-pu.html http://boingboing.net/2013/12/15/amazon-takes-away-access-to...
- Illotus 12y ago
  I think you touch a key issue here. Changing the situation is really difficult. From consumer point of view pirating and campaigning for changing laws are pretty much the only ways that have potential to make a difference. Boycotting is not practical, because it so very rarely has any effect when the product is very desirable for many people.
  - lazylizard 12y ago
    what if consumers got irritated enough and repeal copyright altogether? and then where are we?

tjradcliffe 12y ago

True, but there is no chance of being fined/sued and there never will be. That's the reality we live with, and there are proven business models that will make a huge amount of money in that reality. Businesses that attempt to live in a separate reality will suffer. It's hardly fair, but it is fact.

kbenson 12y ago

I think calling it "entitlement" is doing a disservice to the situation and the complex motivations and desires on all sides that have lead to and inform the future of the current situation. There's blame all around, from consumers that are willing to skirt and outright break the law, to rights-holders that have time and again resorted to morally ambiguous contracts and actions with a consumer base that's quickly coming to the conclusion they can't always expect a fair deal[1]. That said, only one of these groups has any real power to make a change in the short term. In the long term other possible solutions exist, such as through enacting new laws, but that seems to backfire as often as not given a enough time for the landscape to change yet again, so I don't hold hope that a good solution will come out of that. 1: http://boingboing.net/2013/12/15/amazon-takes-away-access-to-pu.html http://boingboing.net/2013/12/15/amazon-takes-away-access-to...

Illotus 12y ago
I think you touch a key issue here. Changing the situation is really difficult. From consumer point of view pirating and campaigning for changing laws are pretty much the only ways that have potential to make a difference. Boycotting is not practical, because it so very rarely has any effect when the product is very desirable for many people.
- lazylizard 12y ago
  what if consumers got irritated enough and repeal copyright altogether? and then where are we?