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Originally Posted by no ssl yet  Though the artist has never seen a ton of money from album sales, album sales have always been the catalyst for making other money. I think guys are avoiding the fact that this will soon effect movie theaters. It's a matter of time. IF I said 10 years ago mom and pop record stores would be non existant, one stop distributors would be closed down and Tower records would shut down, nobody would listen. This WILL effect the box office. If see it in the streets beginning to happen. It actually will be good for the record biz when it does happen because the motion picture industry will have a vested interest in solving the problem. I think the answer will be an end of the physical medium. It will take one of two forms. ONE unlimited downloads for a subscription fee, where you get to see movies and download unlimited amounts of music. Or, you'll pay for each unit, but it will be downloaded into your car/home/phone key and it will work on all of your systems but no other systems. I don't think it will be long before you home/cellphone/Car system are all tied to the same hard drive/key in similiar fashion to Ilok where you take all of your downloads with you on a key, but in order for you to get them, they have to come from a central site.
I think this or some variant of it will happen. The most interesting thing to watch will be internet promotions. I would like to see what form internet promo takes, I think it will replace print media/street promo eventually. |
hopefully all music and film will be on a subscription basis soon and traditional storage hardware will be a thing of thing past..all music and film alll the time online..i am 50 and can't wait