When I HAVE to pay for an entertainment surcharche, who is to benefit. You quote the way radio works but the RIAA pays radio stations for air time for the records that are the pick of the moment. When we have to throw money in a hole to pay the RIAA et all off, does this benefit the persons actually producing the goods?
Consider movies, a good movie will entertain me I go out buy a drink and I pay for the privilidge. Then the movies are rented and if I want to watch THAT movie I may rent it. Then it goes to television I watch it, if I feel like it, preferably on the BBC as they do not have advertisements. I pay for the channels as cable does cost. So at all stages I pay. Movies are expensive to make but consider the marketing that is put into the product (at all stages off the sale) that is a significant factor that buys me nothing as many movies with less marketing money are out spend. However, when you compare movies with drama or television the justification for the amount of money paid to the movie industry is hard to make.
The only reason why so much money is involved is because these monopolies have had their act together. When you consider how little money (relatively) ends up with artists AND how little service the customers get (it is getting increasincly difficult to buy classical music for instance). The problem is not only with payment but also that the organisation of the middle men is increasingly the problem.
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Posted by: gerardm on August 27, 2003 01:54 AMConsider movies, a good movie will entertain me I go out buy a drink and I pay for the privilidge. Then the movies are rented and if I want to watch THAT movie I may rent it. Then it goes to television I watch it, if I feel like it, preferably on the BBC as they do not have advertisements. I pay for the channels as cable does cost. So at all stages I pay. Movies are expensive to make but consider the marketing that is put into the product (at all stages off the sale) that is a significant factor that buys me nothing as many movies with less marketing money are out spend. However, when you compare movies with drama or television the justification for the amount of money paid to the movie industry is hard to make.
The only reason why so much money is involved is because these monopolies have had their act together. When you consider how little money (relatively) ends up with artists AND how little service the customers get (it is getting increasincly difficult to buy classical music for instance). The problem is not only with payment but also that the organisation of the middle men is increasingly the problem.
Thanks,
Gerard
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