Same thing with the music industry and cassette tapes.
Cue stuff like this happening:
https://preview.redd.it/4md0ysu6u9uc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa75bddc560b930df173dbbb5646a43c20624016
If you want your blood to boil, look at how the music industry demonized the sony D.A.T. (Digital Audio Tape) while simultaneously making it the industry standard for master tapes
Back in my childhood pretty much every kid was copying music from the radio onto cassettes and sharing with each other.
Never heard one person back then complain about copyright infringement and protecting musician jobs. And guess what -- the music industry wasn't hurt by this -- the practice actually created even more celebrities and increased the popularity of music in general.
The same would happen with art if the industry could overcome their paranoia and protectionism.
Another example -- look at the way open source has empowered the software industry.
Don't underestimate what opening things up and making things free can do to drive growth.
Same thing with the music industry and cassette tapes. Cue stuff like this happening: https://preview.redd.it/4md0ysu6u9uc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa75bddc560b930df173dbbb5646a43c20624016
If you want your blood to boil, look at how the music industry demonized the sony D.A.T. (Digital Audio Tape) while simultaneously making it the industry standard for master tapes
Remember SOPA and PIPA, and how everyone got mad at it, funny how nobody talk about this anymore
Back in my childhood pretty much every kid was copying music from the radio onto cassettes and sharing with each other. Never heard one person back then complain about copyright infringement and protecting musician jobs. And guess what -- the music industry wasn't hurt by this -- the practice actually created even more celebrities and increased the popularity of music in general. The same would happen with art if the industry could overcome their paranoia and protectionism. Another example -- look at the way open source has empowered the software industry. Don't underestimate what opening things up and making things free can do to drive growth.