<Rant>Why the Entertainment Industries have their heads up their collective bums </Rant>
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Well, I finally feel that I need to say this (emotionally charge as it is likely to be). I am sick to death of the movie and music industry leaving us poor mugs here in Oz on the outer. Waiting for movies/tv shows to be bought by the TV stations before we can see them, and in some cases waiting for years before we see it. Here are a few examples:
- Flash Gordon is being shown in the US on the Sci-Fi channel. Now, even though we do have a Sci-Fi channel here on Foxtel, I have yet to see any indication that we will get to see it (I know I know, it is probably crappy, but let us decide that)
- There is also another show called Kyle XY - similar situation
- Doctor Who -well, we saw the first 3 series (8 months after release mind you),a nd are yet to see the new ones. We haven't even seent eh Christmas Special yet.
- The Sarah Jane adventueres is apparently in season 2, yet we have not yet seen it here
- The The Sarah Connor Chronicles is not here yet (but apparently we are promised this "in February"
There are many many more like this. Take XBox live and the ability order movies and watch them that way, or even iTunes where you can purchase on-line movies. Then there is Amazon with DRM free music. The list goes on.
What do we get lumbered with? Bigpond movies, which sucks so much you would rather go and hire it from a Video store. And Bigpond Music, which sucks so so so much (jsut try and re-image your machine and see if you can play your legally bought music) . In the face of all of this, you hear the entertainment industry cry about piracy, and how much it is damaging their business.
Well, if we, the consumer, actually cared enough to stop believing their crap arguments, the might actually stop their hiding behind the veil fo piracy, and actually supply the whole world with services that stop piracy. How much does constricting supply of a prodcut contribute to piracy? Remember prohibition? Did that work? Well, I say that the entertainment industry is attempting to practice prohibition on entertainment. So of course there will be priacy. What else do they expect?
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