At 10:25 AM 7/4/02 +0300, Mikko Sdreld wrote: >Luckily movie industry will not be hit by the free distribution as bad as >music industry. This is because a major portion of their money comes from >people going to cinema to see the movies. They don't do that because they >don't have a copy at home, but because they wish to see it in a big screen >with awsome sound effects. And that is something we just don't have yet in >every house - and something that will be a big investment for a long time.
Disagree. Mostly young folks go to movies because its a neutral territory for *dating* with entertainment supplied. Older folks have nicer home entertainment and N-way stereos installed, also more heads to pay for. If you can afford $15/head for hollywood's latest you can probably afford a nice home system. And not worry about getting properly located seats to actually get the hifi audio/visual. Once TivoNet cranks, or computers interface better to home entertainment systems, Hollywood is toast. Imagine if KaZaa could *stream* movies from several sources, so you don't have to wait for the full download, and neither are you impaired by asymmetric upload rates. [Aside: Hollywood is trying to get tax exemption on movies made in Calif., which to me would make them vulnerable to treatment as a public utility, since (as a Californian) I'm paying for them. State-funded research is publicly owned, after all. Cf Faust.]
