Girino
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Netflix's Fight Against Vpns
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"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable." - Gabe Newell
Who takes my money for pc games all the time. It's just easier
That's exactly true.
There are too many people who own a lot of intellectual property who are thinking in old terms as far as intellectual property rights (including patents) go. Things like this need to be re-conceived in a truly global market. But I don't know enough about the international aspect of why movies and music and such have been limited by region to understand what all else must be involved. As a purely business decision, continuing the status quo internationally seems to be far past any usefulness it may have once had.
Seems to me that if growing parts of the world have access to these things now, purchasing these products would become so cheap for a much greater majority of people throughout the world. Prices would have to fall - and why not? Greater volume at a lower per-unit profit can be a much greater net profit as anyone knows (well, except maybe here in BA
).
Hell, parts of Paraguay that are literally dirt poor have inexpensive cable internet access, which will just be getting better and better. They've had cell service with 2G for quite some time (though it can be spotty at times and there are not enough cell towers) - where music at least would be extremely popular. Right now, they buy a day-long internet package through the phone company, surf the internet and download pirated songs to their cellphones. Heh. It wouldn't be too difficult to market pre-paid credit cards there (in fact, I see a business opportunity maybe...) and get them hooked up to a service that would offer music world-wide. Problem is it would have to cheaper than .99 - 3.00 USD. One dollar in Paraguay is about 4500 Guarani right now. That's a meal for at least one person where they live. Some will eat two off of that much.
I know that iTunes has different offerings in the US than here in SA. There are some overlaps obviously, but there are a lot of things that aren't available in each region that is available in the other. I know of occasions where that very issue has lead to piracy. I.e., it was not a matter of cost but simple availability.
Right now, aside from cellphones and motorcycles (the main means of getting around in the sticks of Paraguay), the biggest new market, which may already be saturated (and within about three years) is slot machines. Yes, that's right, gambling for a non-existent future. A lottery. Imagine if they were to spend some of that money on music and movies.
Maybe it wouldn't be a lot from Paraguay, but Paraguay is just one small country where people are poor and will spend money on useless things. While maybe some people don't like some styles of music, in general it is an art, an intellectual development and a means of spreading communication. Slot machines are none of that.
Music over slot machines! Get rid of piracy! Make it a no-brainer to purchase and we can all make money off our intellectual property and share that work with more people
There are too many people who own a lot of intellectual property who are thinking in old terms as far as intellectual property rights (including patents) go. Things like this need to be re-conceived in a truly global market. But I don't know enough about the international aspect of why movies and music and such have been limited by region to understand what all else must be involved. As a purely business decision, continuing the status quo internationally seems to be far past any usefulness it may have once had.
Seems to me that if growing parts of the world have access to these things now, purchasing these products would become so cheap for a much greater majority of people throughout the world. Prices would have to fall - and why not? Greater volume at a lower per-unit profit can be a much greater net profit as anyone knows (well, except maybe here in BA
).Hell, parts of Paraguay that are literally dirt poor have inexpensive cable internet access, which will just be getting better and better. They've had cell service with 2G for quite some time (though it can be spotty at times and there are not enough cell towers) - where music at least would be extremely popular. Right now, they buy a day-long internet package through the phone company, surf the internet and download pirated songs to their cellphones. Heh. It wouldn't be too difficult to market pre-paid credit cards there (in fact, I see a business opportunity maybe...) and get them hooked up to a service that would offer music world-wide. Problem is it would have to cheaper than .99 - 3.00 USD. One dollar in Paraguay is about 4500 Guarani right now. That's a meal for at least one person where they live. Some will eat two off of that much.
I know that iTunes has different offerings in the US than here in SA. There are some overlaps obviously, but there are a lot of things that aren't available in each region that is available in the other. I know of occasions where that very issue has lead to piracy. I.e., it was not a matter of cost but simple availability.
Right now, aside from cellphones and motorcycles (the main means of getting around in the sticks of Paraguay), the biggest new market, which may already be saturated (and within about three years) is slot machines. Yes, that's right, gambling for a non-existent future. A lottery. Imagine if they were to spend some of that money on music and movies.
Maybe it wouldn't be a lot from Paraguay, but Paraguay is just one small country where people are poor and will spend money on useless things. While maybe some people don't like some styles of music, in general it is an art, an intellectual development and a means of spreading communication. Slot machines are none of that.
Music over slot machines! Get rid of piracy! Make it a no-brainer to purchase and we can all make money off our intellectual property and share that work with more people
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And, for what it's worth, I've been 'round and 'round with Netflix, HBO, and Comcast. All of their promos for their streaming service say something to the effect of, "Watch from wherever you are..."
As it happens, "wherever I am" is not in the USA quite a bit of the time. They should put up or shut up.
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How are they going to do this? Is there a way to tell if a computer is using a VPN?
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