I think government and the populous as a whole play a large part in this natural progression of things as well.
When it comes to innovation and changes to the way the world works we're faced with two competing sides:
1) Let innovation take over and increase all things good to the consumer
2) Protect jobs
Once the MPAA/RIAA or whatever finally realize that their role is no longer to play the middleman between the artists and the consumer there will be massive job loss. Its not my job to envision where these workers will migrate but its an unfortunate truth of life when processes become automated and require less people in the whole scheme.
And that's primarily how people maintain support for the associations instead of piracy or streamed content. Those ads in the theater of the key grip going "piracy is killing my job" is the pity response they're trying to drive from us. The Key Grip in reality shouldn't be hurting MPAA should be. They haven't realized yet that their role in the process isn't worth the same amount as it was 10 years ago and they're refusing to take a pay cut as a part of things.
Somebody on HN once described the state of the music industry as a transfer of wealth from the record labels to the internet companies. That made a lot of sense to me.
When it comes to innovation and changes to the way the world works we're faced with two competing sides:
1) Let innovation take over and increase all things good to the consumer
2) Protect jobs
Once the MPAA/RIAA or whatever finally realize that their role is no longer to play the middleman between the artists and the consumer there will be massive job loss. Its not my job to envision where these workers will migrate but its an unfortunate truth of life when processes become automated and require less people in the whole scheme.
And that's primarily how people maintain support for the associations instead of piracy or streamed content. Those ads in the theater of the key grip going "piracy is killing my job" is the pity response they're trying to drive from us. The Key Grip in reality shouldn't be hurting MPAA should be. They haven't realized yet that their role in the process isn't worth the same amount as it was 10 years ago and they're refusing to take a pay cut as a part of things.