Posted by Colin B on 12/14/06 20:50

"Ron Hunter" <rphunter@charter.net> wrote in message
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> I think the root of the problem is that the recording industry has ripped
> people off for so many years that most people have no sympathy for their
> position. They just don't seem to understand that the old way of doing
> business is gone forever. EVERY time a new technology has come along,
> they have moaned and groaned about how they are going to be put out of
> business, but still manage to make billions every year, and have more
> influence with Congress than 'big oil'. I am not, generally, a consumer
> of their products, and so watch this taking place with some amusement, and
> objectivity. Until the media providers understand that there is a great
> new opportunity for them to use technology to deliver their 'product' in a
> way that suits their buyers, the problem will not go away.

Perhaps the media providers have been listening to you Ron! Four major TV
networks are considering creating a jointly owned Web site to offer their
programming online rather than have to chase down pirated clips on YouTube.

http://news.com.com/TV+networks+may+form+anti-YouTube+cabal/2100-1025_3-6142345.html

But I'm not sure why you think "the recording industry has ripped off people
for so many years". Frankly, I'm stunned at the mass disobedience of
copyright laws of a large number of people who upload video to YouTube. If
the quality of this video was a little better, then couldn't this be a
serious threat to the incomes of many recording artists? It's not all
artists who are multi-millionaires!

Even with the low quality of the video on Youtube, I guess many young people
would think it is good enough, thus depriving some artists of much needed
revenue from DVD and CD sales. In any event, we have been told in this
thread that everyone who uploads video to YouTube that does not have the
approval of the rights' owners can be sued. So is it worth the risk
uploading "illegal" video, I certainly don't think so!

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