Re:Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What did you do?'
by justaman on Thursday December 11, 2014 @10:31AM
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>>The only reason the iTunes model has come to exist is because of torrents and illegal sharing.
TPB is popular because Netflix is still budding. Had Netflix/iTunes been around in the late 90's I doubt file sharing services like Napster would have been half as popular. I dont believe people who have the means to pay for media desire to steal.
The fact is the market failed to keep up with consumer demand.
If you examine how TiVo came to be you will see the main concept is "TV on your schedule". Netflix services this need in a much simpler manner.
TPB is popular because Netflix is still budding. Had Netflix/iTunes been around in the late 90's I doubt file sharing services like Napster would have been half as popular. I dont believe people who have the means to pay for media desire to steal.
The fact is the market failed to keep up with consumer demand.
If you examine how TiVo came to be you will see the main concept is "TV on your schedule". Netflix services this need in a much simpler manner.