tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post8385177720871266798..comments2024-01-23T07:34:52.253-08:00Comments on Copyrights & Campaigns: Slate admits: Hollywood isn't 'stupid'Ben Sheffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06477793715765992689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-63317915133937595672009-04-17T20:58:00.000-07:002009-04-17T20:58:00.000-07:00Windowing still exists, but it goes in days rather...Windowing still exists, but it goes in days rather than the (seemingly endless) months it used to. I don't think they've really figured out what consumers want... Digital consumers don't care about "owning" movies as much as renting them. Compare iTunes for movies to the quick/easy alternative of Netflix, and it's a no brainer. Give me a DVD or HD quality rental (that I can watch for more than 24 hours!!! for the love of popcorn even BLOCKBUSTER can do better than that) for 5 bucks before it hits DVD, fine. Keep dreaming about selling me the movie for $15 bucks when I could watch it over & over again through Netflix.<br /><br />Long story short - I think it's less about dithering about contractual rights and more that studios haven't fine tuned distribution to the average consumer.<br /><br />But I note that what you write about the movie industry getting together and building X is exactly what the authors guild complained about re: google books about 6 years ago (we want to do it, on our own terms, we don't know if we CAN do it, etc. etc. ad nauseum). They will, eventually, get over it. In the interim they are happy to digitally exploit the loads of movies that get released weekly.<br /><br />FWIW, I doubt that the studios would rather litigate than innovate. I think they'd rather make money :)<br /><br />It's Friday night & I have 3 red envelopes calling my name. Netflix remains one of the most brilliant digital distribution networks created. Tons of content, no new infrastructure/bandwidth required.brandykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16616449343638746431noreply@blogger.com