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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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2011-03-20, 11:39 | Link #22 |
Gamilas Falls
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I've seen some that try it and it generally doesn't work as often in the United States. Maybe it is because the stuff they are throwing in is crap or not what someone getting the DVDs would want.
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2011-03-20, 11:53 | Link #23 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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One of my favorite Western packages was the first season of Northern Exposure with the orange zippered hunting vest it came in. To some degree, a distributor has to decide whether they want a niche quality product that people with wallets buy.. or a product that will festoon the shelves of Walmart at 9.99. Most of the US distributors don't seem to have the knack of tuning this per product -- which is bizarre considering they're fairly small operations that should be able to dance on a dime.
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2011-03-20, 12:19 | Link #24 | |
Deadpan Snarker
Join Date: Dec 2005
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The half-life of media entertainment has always been ridiculously short I have more songs and albums on casette tapes predating Napster than I have MP3's on my computer in 1985 We didn't have to wait for a box set release of S1 of the A-team because we already had it at home on VHS
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2011-03-20, 12:20 | Link #25 |
Grand Duke of Lolitania
Join Date: Aug 2007
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my total revenue was 220$ per month my total expenses was almost 150$ plus saving 20$ what can I got with 50$ left? for example with 2$ you got a 8 hours Internet service with 56k international bandwith and 1mb regional banwidth. and around that time I will got 10 HD eps Gundam. 1 You Cannot Advance movie. almost hundred page of manga. so what do you think? can spend 50$ left to buy games, softwares, Anime, Manga, equal with my Internet DL with just 2$?
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2011-03-28, 09:48 | Link #26 |
~Night of Gales~
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Your country, Indonesia, has one of the highest rising cost of basic necessities, being food, taking up an average of FREAKING 50% of the average income of an Indonesian, compared to US or UK that ranges between 5-10%.
That is a painful reality as far as global pricing goes.
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2011-03-28, 14:04 | Link #27 |
blinded by blood
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I don't know what America you live in, but food surely eats up more than 5-10% of my monthly outlay!
Food is fucking expensive, dude--to the point where the price difference between eating out and cooking for myself is very small. I can't buy in bulk because I don't have the space to put it. Food costs per month are generally about $200-300... and that's eating a lot of miso and rice. Maybe that's 5-10% of a career person's income, but it's a huge chunk of a starving student's...
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2011-03-28, 16:03 | Link #28 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Anyway, Piracy is certainly not a recent phenomena (the US was famously a haven for Media Piracy in the 19th Century, didn't pay on copyright for music scripts! Oh the irony...), though today it is cheaper. The fact is though, that the average person doesn't put that high a value for music and TV. Until recently these things were provided for free anyway, through TV or Radio(paid through advertising, subscription or Taxes). Most people who heard a song wouldn't end out buying it, and the idea of selling a tv show after it ran was considered absurd, as recently as the 90s (it was all considered quite disposable). That's why I think the future is subscription services. I could see myself paying 20$ a month to access the entire BBC catalog and output, or to have access to every anime that airs. I can't see myself paying 20$ for a couple of episodes I'll likely never watch again. Anime isn't always quite so disposable, but a lot of it is. Another alternative would be able to donate cash to the makers. I don't particularly want to own DVDs, but it would ease my concience, and help support the artists. Why should such a large percentage of my cash go to middlemen like retailers or DVD manufacturers? Let it all go to the studio. |
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2011-03-28, 16:26 | Link #30 |
Also a Lolicon
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I think the future should be subscription services, but it seems that people are locking down on those type of services. Like Netflix users have to wait 90 days minimum for a lot of content now. The industry doesn't want to go the subscription route, they probably won't be willing until they run themselves into a place where they can litigate to continue their current model any further and are forced into it to stay alive.
On the topic of donations. I think there should be an option to pay money directly to the dev team/etc instead of the people in between. I would personally pay extra to make sure all my money goes to the people who made the game/movie/etc instead of the people who are above them in the food chain. Its not going to happen though, sadly. |
2011-03-28, 18:49 | Link #31 |
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I basically live off of Pandora on my smartphone, it's great. It's how I hear new music, and how I decide what to buy. Wish my data cap was higher though... *grumbles*
Step one, listen to Pandora and hear a song I like. Step two, pull up the whole album on YouTube or download it from somewhere and give it a listen. Step three, purchase said album if it's good, from the artist's website directly if possible.
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2011-03-28, 19:43 | Link #33 |
I'm not a tumor
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: In the dreams of beautiful women
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Which will never happen. American govt is so deep in the pockets of the MUsic and Film industry that I wouldnt be suprised if the crack down on piracy continues to escalate. Its all Americans care about, money.
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2011-03-28, 20:28 | Link #34 | |
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I would like to ask, that since corporations exist to serve their shareholders, is it possible that we could all team up and become a large enough portion of their shareholders that we can influence their decisions with our desires? |
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2011-03-28, 20:38 | Link #35 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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But .... I suppose one could argue the only "Americans" left are the immortal corporations since the government has been almost completely co-opted by them.
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2011-03-28, 20:59 | Link #36 | |
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
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2011-03-28, 23:51 | Link #40 |
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Indeed it is. More than likely, the douchefaces who shut down the domain names won't be harmed, while the innocent people who weren't infringing any imaginary copyrights will have a shitload of red tape and nonsense to deal with.
Thus, negative retribution.
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