It's TV, but not as we knew it...
2007-08-30 23:49:54 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Technology
The old model of TV broadcasting the same content to be viewed by millions of people at the same time is dying. Users of the web want content they have chosen to watch, on demand. And they want to be able to mix it up, put their own spin on it and put it back out there. Web Video is coming on leaps and bounds. Already, one can hook their laptop up to the 42" and stream movies, TV shows, cartoons, you name it, from sites that collect video links from elsewhere on the web. Why don't the owners of these shows offer them legitimately in this way? For free, but surrounded by ad content to pay the bills. Perhaps a very minute charge could be applied to movie streams, but charging $9.99 to watch a streamed movie online is not going to take. Perhaps the idea of a blanket licence fee is the best option. Divide it among the artists based on views, ratings, downloads or such similar measuring tools. A fair and reasonable monthly charge on top of the broadband bill in exchange for the privilege of accessing a celestial jukebox of audio visual content would be fine by me. UPDATE |
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