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Originally Posted by nvisibl
Its more up to the industry to finance the research into the sorting out of any issues, and so pressure or complaint should be directed towards them.
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And if the industry is unable to resolve the problem then they should take it up with Governments and apply due pressure until its fully resolved, I feel.
They may have done so already but the Governments haven't complied or have not provided funding, expertise and the controls necessary to curb any issues overall? I don't know.
Blaming the average Joe or the not so financially well off musician for taking advantage of technology and simple opportunity thus perhaps largely unbeknown adding to financial losses incurred by companies and artists is primarily a sign that the industry/ government is shirking a level of responsability. After all it is they who are running the show and making the money.
In this digital era the downloading of software and MP3's etc.. is very much a standard and accepted thing and is directly and indirectly encouraged by the Industries themselves. Ipods, trial and free software downloads, ISP's advertising "quicker download times" with their broadband packages etc.. etc.. etc..
Its very much a circular chicken and egg scenario, no matter if you side with artists/ industry or the consumers/ average Joe.
So music, film and whatever industry raises prices to compensate for loss?
In which case they themselves (industry/governments) in their more advantagous positions are very much to blame for not dealing with it properly also by their inability to keep up with trend and technology which they themselves are assisting in the development of and so they again target and take it out on the people in spite of their own failures and oversight.