They Just Don't Get It
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1212&e=10&u=/nf/20040709/tc_nf/25800&sid=95573505
The first thing that pops into my head is this:
What the fuck business is it of the MPAA what people in other countries do? It's the Motion Picture Association of AMERICA. Guess what? If you're concentrated in America, then the rest of the world isn't your balliwick. From the MPAA's webpage , they even admit that they are only concerned with DOMESTIC releases, that there is the MPA (Motion Picture Association) which was established in 1945 to reestablish American films in the world market. So, shouldn't they be making two different studies? One by the MPAA concerned with American piracy and one by the MPA concerned with the rest of the world?
People are still claiming that the music industry has lost money due to P2P file sharing, yet file sharing has been going on for longer than P2P's been around for one, and for another, when it was announced that P2P music sharing was at its lowest levels, music sales -still- didn't go up. Dosen't that tend to mean that there's SOMETHING ELSE causing this problem? Like maybe crappy music? Overly high prices? The fact that artists aren't getting shit as far as royalties go from CD sales?
Face it, RIAA and MPAA, the market's changing. You have to change with the times, or you're going to suffer. People aren't going to stop going to movie theatres because they can download movies. People aren't going to stop buying music because they can download it online. People are going to be more selective, though, about what they -do- spend their money on, and they're not going to buy a $14 CD or a $7 movie ticket for a CD or movie that sucks monkey balls. The worldwide consumer is getting smarter and more concerned with where their money is going, and it's time you people realized it, and adjusted your own business practices to suit that.
When you've got a multitude of movies making $100 million dollars domestically, and 3 times that internationally, and that's not even BEGINNING to count DVD/VHS sales, which go on for years...I'm not going to feel a whole hell of a lot of pity for you.
And FYI? I try to see at least 2 movies in theatres a week, and I've got well over 100 DVDs at the moment. Even with the availability of movies on the net.
The first thing that pops into my head is this:
What the fuck business is it of the MPAA what people in other countries do? It's the Motion Picture Association of AMERICA. Guess what? If you're concentrated in America, then the rest of the world isn't your balliwick. From the MPAA's webpage , they even admit that they are only concerned with DOMESTIC releases, that there is the MPA (Motion Picture Association) which was established in 1945 to reestablish American films in the world market. So, shouldn't they be making two different studies? One by the MPAA concerned with American piracy and one by the MPA concerned with the rest of the world?
People are still claiming that the music industry has lost money due to P2P file sharing, yet file sharing has been going on for longer than P2P's been around for one, and for another, when it was announced that P2P music sharing was at its lowest levels, music sales -still- didn't go up. Dosen't that tend to mean that there's SOMETHING ELSE causing this problem? Like maybe crappy music? Overly high prices? The fact that artists aren't getting shit as far as royalties go from CD sales?
Face it, RIAA and MPAA, the market's changing. You have to change with the times, or you're going to suffer. People aren't going to stop going to movie theatres because they can download movies. People aren't going to stop buying music because they can download it online. People are going to be more selective, though, about what they -do- spend their money on, and they're not going to buy a $14 CD or a $7 movie ticket for a CD or movie that sucks monkey balls. The worldwide consumer is getting smarter and more concerned with where their money is going, and it's time you people realized it, and adjusted your own business practices to suit that.
When you've got a multitude of movies making $100 million dollars domestically, and 3 times that internationally, and that's not even BEGINNING to count DVD/VHS sales, which go on for years...I'm not going to feel a whole hell of a lot of pity for you.
And FYI? I try to see at least 2 movies in theatres a week, and I've got well over 100 DVDs at the moment. Even with the availability of movies on the net.