Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music

**chastity** · April 20th, 2009

To hear some tell it, file sharing gutted the music industry by encouraging people to gorge themselves on free, illegal content. Indeed, unless Friday's landmark verdict against The Pirate Bay is overturned, four Swedes will spend a year in jail and owe millions of dollars to entertainment companies for operating a file sharing network.

Nonetheless, sites like The Pirate Bay taught — and continue to teach — valuable lessons to the content industry. Even as music labels and movie studios try to sue peer-to-peer networks out of existence, these same networks have been preparing music labels and movie studios for the emerging social-media world, in which sales form only a small slice of the revenue pie, and what really matters is who likes what, and who pays attention to them.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/...le-sharin.html

**Mainframeguy** · April 21st, 2009

this could make for an interesting thread - I'm watching with interest as the internet changes things - cannot help feeling we are due for a paradigm shift, but the phenomenoms like YouBoob and Farcebook scare me - they lock down the free world of the internet for commercial ends....

**zeke_mo** · April 21st, 2009

This is why valve does so well with video game sales. They see the ease of file sharing and DRM free software and utilize that. People dont pirate because they are cheap, the pirate because its easy. For me it is a means of trying something 100% before I buy it, but not everybody does that.

**Johnny** · April 21st, 2009

I still blame Lars Ulrich for all this. The whining little brat ..

lol1804 · August 24th, 2009

but the problem is when will THEY understand it? and until it is convenient for them to understand and slowly start to control all this, people will keep getting unfair punishments..
lets face it.. we need to be underground and it is going to stay that way as long as net neutrality exists..

**LordOfLA** · August 25th, 2009

Please check thread dates before posting please

**fitz** · August 25th, 2009

bah.. 4 months isn't too bad compared to some others

may as well pick up the conversation again anyway as the issue is still somewhat relevant..

**Johnny** · August 31st, 2009

Originally Posted by fitz

bah.. 4 months isn't too bad compared to some others

may as well pick up the conversation again anyway as the issue is still somewhat relevant..

I agree - Lars Ulrich is still a whining little brat .

April 20th, 2009	Top \| #1
chastity OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Location: Arizona near the Grand Canyon Posts: 2,097 Reputation: 613 Power: 143	Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music To hear some tell it, file sharing gutted the music industry by encouraging people to gorge themselves on free, illegal content. Indeed, unless Friday's landmark verdict against The Pirate Bay is overturned, four Swedes will spend a year in jail and owe millions of dollars to entertainment companies for operating a file sharing network. Nonetheless, sites like The Pirate Bay taught — and continue to teach — valuable lessons to the content industry. Even as music labels and movie studios try to sue peer-to-peer networks out of existence, these same networks have been preparing music labels and movie studios for the emerging social-media world, in which sales form only a small slice of the revenue pie, and what really matters is who likes what, and who pays attention to them. http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/...le-sharin.html

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Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,763 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 166	Re: Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music this could make for an interesting thread - I'm watching with interest as the internet changes things - cannot help feeling we are due for a paradigm shift, but the phenomenoms like YouBoob and Farcebook scare me - they lock down the free world of the internet for commercial ends.... hosted by Lord

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zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,964 Reputation: 1290 Power: 122	Re: Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music This is why valve does so well with video game sales. They see the ease of file sharing and DRM free software and utilize that. People dont pirate because they are cheap, the pirate because its easy. For me it is a means of trying something 100% before I buy it, but not everybody does that. "My Mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas" ~Sam Zeitgeist Money as Debt, educate yourself.

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Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,838 Reputation: 2369 Power: 170	Re: Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music I still blame Lars Ulrich for all this. The whining little brat .. Paul Reed Smith.

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lol1804 OSNN Junior Addict Joined: August 2009 Posts: 6 Reputation: 0 Power: 31	Re: Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music but the problem is when will THEY understand it? and until it is convenient for them to understand and slowly start to control all this, people will keep getting unfair punishments.. lets face it.. we need to be underground and it is going to stay that way as long as net neutrality exists..

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 209	Re: Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music Please check thread dates before posting please If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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fitz *XPista7eopardix Joined: April 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 4,014 Reputation: 2947 Power: 164**	Re: Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music bah.. 4 months isn't too bad compared to some others may as well pick up the conversation again anyway as the issue is still somewhat relevant.. Hee-hee! Evil makes my buttocks tingle.

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Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,838 Reputation: 2369 Power: 170	Re: Why File Sharing Will Save Hollywood, Music Originally Posted by fitz bah.. 4 months isn't too bad compared to some others may as well pick up the conversation again anyway as the issue is still somewhat relevant.. I agree - Lars Ulrich is still a whining little brat . Paul Reed Smith.

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