[ SECRET POST #2112 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2112 ⌋

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Comments

[kallanda_lee]

Yup, before the Internet. Without the Internet, the discussion wouldn't exist. Well that, and digital carriers like mp3. Which have only existed for a heartbeat, historically seen, and publishers have no idea to deal with the new technology, basically. And they are retroactively trying to make up laws to protect themselves.

The thing about video shops - they not so much disappeared as evolved into other media, like pay TV.

[insanenoodlyguy]

... that doesn't help video store people out of a job.

I'm not saying they collapsed solely by downloading. But that sure fucking helped And they are a testament to the idea of "oh like the rich artists are hurt" excuse not really holding up.

[kallanda_lee]

But what are you arguing then, that we should artificially sustain outdated media, and outdated ways of distributing it?

I loved video stores. I hate to see them go. But if I'm honest, I wasn't using them anymore (even before I started downloading things).

Yes, the video stores workers are out of a job and that sucks - but there are other jobs that have historically disappeared. You don't see that many blacksmiths anymore, either. You can't really stop that from happening - at best, you're stalling.

[(Anonymous)]

Really? I see my blacksmith every 7 weeks to shoe my horse, his job title is just "Farrier" or "shoer" instead of the dated phrase 'blacksmith.'

Same job, just different title. :)

[kallanda_lee]

Sure, but that's part of my point. Your "farrier" is to a blacksmith what pay TV/legal downloads are to video stores. But your farrier is probably not making battle armor or swords anymore (unless he's a very specialized person who makes things for medieval re-enactment).

[insanenoodlyguy]

Perhaps you can't. But lets not pretend the music business was all rich artists and fatcat corporations. There were other folks in this.