[opendtv] Re: 'Game of Thrones' was pirated more than a billion times -- far more than it was watched legally
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:49:37 -0400
On Sep 12, 2017, at 10:59 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
YOUR DISCONNECT. Not only do you not understand sales and marketing,
you apparently do not understand how retail businesses work either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_dealerships_in_North_America
Read that, Craig. And then note that this is merely a tangent. For some
reason, you have this twisted notion that stealing from a retailer is bad,
but stealing from a manufacturer is okay. That's just ludicrous.
Give it up Bert. I do not support stealing from either. But I can afford to pay.
This does not change the fact that car dealer buy their inventory, or that
retail stores buy the products they sell. The Wiki link above verifies what I
said in the previous post. Dealer pay the interest on their floor plan, which
finances the purchases from the manufacturer.
That is exactly what I wrote yesterday. The studious simply live
with the piracy
But that's just one of your typical banalities. The studios have to keep
fighting against piracy, Craig, as people find more ways of stealing and
profiting from it.
Yes, it is to their benefit "to keep fighting against piracy." as I noted, this
gives them considerable leverage with the politicians. But one must question
how much the congloms are concerned about piracy. They went along with the
MVPD industry in the creation of Internet based TV Everywhere apps, which use a
very low level of security, allowing people to share authentication credentials
- i.e. piracy.
Its a trade-off between mass market appeal and pissing off the people who pay.
Because Apple's customers believe that they good value
ROTFL. Trust Craig, the Apple True Believer through and through, to find a
way to work Apple into this.
I brought Apple into this because they have what many consider to be a better
valuable proposition, and they have a history of breaking down walls around
industries; first the music cartel, then the telcos who controlled what you
could do with a cellphone.
You get what you pay for Bert. There is a reason Mercedes Benz and BMW can
charge a premium for their cars, versus entry level vehicles.
The fact remains that when looking at total cost of ownership, Apple devices
are typically less expensive than competing products. But even more important,
the Apple ecosystem adds value to owning multiple Apple devices.
Just because a product of value is a "digital file" does not make
it different from an object on a store shelf.
Really?
Jeeez, Craig! OBVIOUSLY. Those digital files may take hundreds or even
thousands of man-years to create. You think they are less valuable than some
cheap-ass tin toy on a store shelf?
No Bert. They are just much easier to steal.
The issue is maximizing revenues from software based products. You need look no
further than your beloved Microsoft to understand how a monopoly can keep you
paying more for each incremental upgrade of their software.
Why does Microsoft virtually give away their software to important market like
education? They understand that the consumers in these markets will steal
rather than paying the full price, and they they are investing in future
customers who WILL pay the full price.
It's just a case of different business models.
Regards
Craig
Bert
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