Blogcritics Comments on Media Survival

Comment by Temple Stark on Media Survival

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:10:25 EST

We went through that before. sir. I agreed if an artist WANTS TO give it away for free that is entirely their choice and a good choice for me as a listener/ reader. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Media Survival

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:08:52 EST

re ownership, actually no: once a work is released it belongs to the culture, it's a part of the fabric which belongs to all of us. Now proceeds from the work may belong to the creator for X amount of time until copyright runs out (which is another problem - copyright now lasts WAY too long, completely out of historical balance), but the work belongs to the culture. ]]>

Comment by Aaman on Media Survival

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:03:51 EST

Temple, I, for one, use the Creative Commons license - if you use my writing, and you are free to do so, all I ask is credit. Of course, I'm not a starving writer whose work is being ripped off by some Broadway producer. I might think differently then. Yep, typo - will fix ]]>

Comment by Temple Stark on Media Survival

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:02:08 EST

Eric's reaction is over the top in dismissing this guy. I would have thought being a creator, Eric, you would seek to understand more about personal property and copyright rights. What's wrong with "our content?" It does belong to them if they created it. Just like authors here should not have expectations that their work is lifted for a book or for another Web site without their permission. Should every artist be destitute and poor? More people are consumers than creators and so their interests lie with themselves. But that doesn't reduce the rights of the creators. Nor should it. And is this a typo - 5. Contact is still king, but financing the kingdom is complicated ]]>

Comment by Aaman on Media Survival

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:14:13 EST

You, yourself, are fair and balanced, I assume. All your points are valid, but are not connected with his premise - which is that technology does not change the rules of the game - it does, fundamentally. Point 10 - the producers deserve protection - but again, people are resorting to an alternate channel because existing channels were hitherto not meeting their needs. Look at it as the industry having to improve distribution effectiveness - you don't do that by driving your customers into the arms of the pirates. ]]>

Comment by Horace on Media Survival

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:49:43 EST

You guys realize that Chernin is thought of as the most brilliant executive in the entertainment industry? Most of points are spot-on. The consumer is not driven by technology, but by convenience. You do not go out and buy an iPod for the sake of buying an iPod. You buy it so that you can have control over your music and the ability to bring it with you where ever you go. While most consumers nowadays are tech-savy, they are not driven by it. They are driven by convenience and necessity. As for rule 10, he's right. As much as people love kazaa and whatnot, it's illegal and the producers of entertainment and other content deserve protection. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Media Survival

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:48:41 EST

a catastrophic sign, I would say ]]>

Comment by Aaman on Media Survival

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:44:21 EST

I see a general bias against new media and the value of technology to deliver business value - a bad sign when you lead a large company. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Media Survival

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:29:41 EST

thanks Aaman, I think overall the changes are for the better, and while he makes some good (and obvious) points, #10 shows he is an idiotic dinosaur and should probably be shot and put out of our misery: "our content"? Who is "our" - the content creators or the consumers, or both? One of the great things about blogs is that comments cause the "content" to be a collaboration between writer and readers, plus like broadcast TV or radio, the content is "free" to consumers in that it issupported by advertising, affiliate programs, etc, which encourages the collaboration ]]>