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• The whole entertainment business needs to rethink copyright and what is fair use. Sony to name one is split into two camps. One half is trying to stop you making copies of videos and music it sells, whilst the other is selling you the means to copy it!
  From the days of reel to reel tape recorders and top loader video's people have copied music, TV and films for personal use and will continue to do so. If they like what they see and/or hear they will want to own the original which makes for a sale for record/film companies. DVD's have now come down to a reasonable price level and it is cheaper to own a copy than to take the family to see it at the cinema. Bands these days probably make more money from radio and TV plays (which other industry gets paid to advertise anyway?) and live performances than they make from CD sales unless they sell millions of copies.
  The whole copy right issue on media needs overhauling and needed doing a long time ago. In reply to: "Microsoft and Viacom show the way to sensible copyright enforcement"

  October 14, 2008

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