http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:49:13 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/08/182324.php#comment-3849 That's a pretty bleak view - I can't imagine it will be that bad. Eventually the customer's will will be done. ]]> 3849@blogcritics.org Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:49:13 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/08/182324.php#comment-3847 People are pissed at the industry. The industry needs to provide at least a mediocre online subscription service then brainwash the stupid masses into thinking it's "the kewelist" this is what Musicnet and Pressplay will be in the future, although they both suck right now. And they'll probably be successful at this by the year 2005 (personally, I think 2006). Then other BIG COMPANIES will start making money off the web when the entertainment industry gets people used to the idea of paying. There will be no interesting content online at that time, it'll be the same top 40 radio songs that are played to death now, and the same movies that are available to rent right now. There will be MORE commercials. They'll make deals with ISPs to filter P2P traffic, deals such as the AOL/TimeWarner and Microsoft/Disney deals. They'll also filter traffic from ANY web server, email server and search engine running at home so people can't provide free hosting of ANY content. ALL ISPs WILL DO THIS, THERE WILL BE NO COMPETITION TO GO TO. WI-FI will be flooded with their spam (AKA advertisements) and will be ruined. At a time when the cost of providing Internet access will be at an all-time low, the bill to the customer will be at an all-time high. The Internet will suck in the future if you pay for content now. ]]> 3847@blogcritics.org Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:43:53 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/01/08/182324.php#comment-2742 Oh, the poor dears, only making 28 billion this year. They must be wondering how they're going to support their cocaine habits when they're so bereft of cash. ]]> 2742@blogcritics.org Wed, 8 Jan 2003 20:40:19 EST