Re:End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google
by literalusername on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @12:59PM
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…most media will start to look a lot more like youtube and less like hollywood.
The difference between youtube and Hollywood is such a chasm only because of IP laws. Hollywood is a superstar market. It's filled with aspiring artists waiting tables because the barrier to entry has been artificially inflated.
Hollywood hates innovation. Transformers 3 could be funded in a myriad of ways that have never been attempted. But because they'd rather lock down IP laws, the entire economy suffers.
A world without IP protection is not a world in which there is no money to be made; It's a world in which new business models need to be innovated.
The difference between youtube and Hollywood is such a chasm only because of IP laws. Hollywood is a superstar market. It's filled with aspiring artists waiting tables because the barrier to entry has been artificially inflated.
Hollywood hates innovation. Transformers 3 could be funded in a myriad of ways that have never been attempted. But because they'd rather lock down IP laws, the entire economy suffers.
A world without IP protection is not a world in which there is no money to be made; It's a world in which new business models need to be innovated.