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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Steam is the ultimate applicable example here. Digital content management that is easy to use, fairly priced and easier than pirating.
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This x100000000. Need I remind people the following tech was condemned, in fact some (if not all) of these technologies resulted in legal action to stop them. And this is only a short list:
- Cassette tape
- Video cassette
- Recordable compact disc/DVD recordable
- Mp3 technology
The above were said to be capable of devastating an entire industry, but the exact opposite occurred. The video tape opened the door to an entirely new revenue stream. Companies that first made mp3 hardware were sued! Think about that for a moment, and consider the revenue stream from mp3s now. The bottom line is instead of these companies going after people for downloading, they need to instead embrace those same people and convert them to customers.