2 People Are Speaking Their Mind

1. Jon @ Imvite Says:

   July 15th, 2007 at 4:56 am

   Where do they get these figures from, anyway? I think every “estimate”, from worldwide viewership, to money lost from online downloading, should be required to be supposed by a link to how they came up with the figures.

   Most likely they used some local number, and then multiplied it not only per capita on the Earth, but extended it for the next twenty years to some up with two billion. And do they count anyone flipping by the concert on the remote control for two seconds as a viewer, too?

   Unfortunately I missed the shows. But even if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have watched it for the entire thing.

   As far as excited: when the media industry is doing its damndest to remove or lock down every piece of content from being broadcast anywhere, it’s hard to get excited about it. Two years from now this concert will be impossible: royalty rates will be charged for every single country and computer that can access it, making online broadcast impossible.

   Sigh. I wish I could be excited. I really do.

   Jon

2. Chris Tew Says:

   July 15th, 2007 at 5:08 am

   I’d pretty much agree with you on that Jon — I recently had a rant about how DRM and copyright is destroying online TV:
   http://www.webtvwire.com/drm-copyright-destroying-internet-television/

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