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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2089282" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>A further note: I think that what we're seeing is the end of centralized creation and distribution of a number of forms of entertainment. If you think about it, it used to be that the only way you could watch, for example, thrilling displays of life and death struggles was by going to the Circus and watching the games the Emperor put on. Entertainment's gotten more and more decentralized as people have gotten wealthier and wealthier and as the means of creation and distribution have gotten easier and easier.</p><p></p><p>Now anyone can record music in the living room. And it's getting cheaper and cheaper to create movies. And the distribution systems are likewise getting easier and cheaper to use.</p><p></p><p>The net result is that the studio system isn't going to remain supportable. And that means that making significant amounts of money off movies and music is going to get harder and harder. No amount of legislation is going to stop that. Artists don't need the big bankrolls to get their work completed and out to their audience anymore.</p><p></p><p>Look at the massive fantasy novel industry going on on the Story Hour board here. Publishers of novels are losing out -- it's gotten too easy to distribute writing to your audience without needing some deep-pocketed corporation funding you. Or go over to RPGNow and check out what's happening there.</p><p></p><p>We still don't have a distribution technology as simple as the book, and books still cost a lot of money to produce and distribute, so publishers are okay for now, but they ought to be watching the movie and music industries. Because all this is inevitable. People are clever and want stuff cheap and they'll always find a way. And the big successes are going to be the people who recognize those opportunities and take advantage of them -- NOT those who refuse to acknowledge reality and try to strong-arm the world into not changing.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, ranting. Done now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 2089282, member: 812"] A further note: I think that what we're seeing is the end of centralized creation and distribution of a number of forms of entertainment. If you think about it, it used to be that the only way you could watch, for example, thrilling displays of life and death struggles was by going to the Circus and watching the games the Emperor put on. Entertainment's gotten more and more decentralized as people have gotten wealthier and wealthier and as the means of creation and distribution have gotten easier and easier. Now anyone can record music in the living room. And it's getting cheaper and cheaper to create movies. And the distribution systems are likewise getting easier and cheaper to use. The net result is that the studio system isn't going to remain supportable. And that means that making significant amounts of money off movies and music is going to get harder and harder. No amount of legislation is going to stop that. Artists don't need the big bankrolls to get their work completed and out to their audience anymore. Look at the massive fantasy novel industry going on on the Story Hour board here. Publishers of novels are losing out -- it's gotten too easy to distribute writing to your audience without needing some deep-pocketed corporation funding you. Or go over to RPGNow and check out what's happening there. We still don't have a distribution technology as simple as the book, and books still cost a lot of money to produce and distribute, so publishers are okay for now, but they ought to be watching the movie and music industries. Because all this is inevitable. People are clever and want stuff cheap and they'll always find a way. And the big successes are going to be the people who recognize those opportunities and take advantage of them -- NOT those who refuse to acknowledge reality and try to strong-arm the world into not changing. Sorry, ranting. Done now. [/QUOTE]
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