They do take a run at libraries periodically. Look at the current e-book lending fiasco. And I'm old enough to remember the attempt to ban videotapes...and cd's.... These are dinosaur industries clinging to out-dated models. The publishers are next.
I remember taking a flyer on music with no idea what it sounded like beyond what the bin in the record store was labelled. I read a lot of reviews in newspapers and trade magazines in those days. But mostly it was radio or word of mouth or the cheaper 45's that got you to give some new act a shot. Summers were fun because they showed a lot of potential tv shows, failed pilots which might get a second chance as mid-season replacements and previews for the fall alongside the inevitable re-runs. Miss an episode and you waited until the summer. Ick. Of course there were no dvd's. And vcr's were wicked expensive. The only ones I knew of that were privately owned were used for porn. :) The leading edge of every technological advance, porn is.
The guys in Monty Python decided to forego DMCA'ing their stuff on YouTube, instead insisting that a link to a place to buy their cd's, books, and dvd's be shown next to each clip. Sales went up. Huh.
And I know my own renewal of interest in music has come from fanvids and fanmixes. I view them as sampling, really, like the tiny snippets on Amazon or the free downloads on radio websites or the one free song on the band's website. I buy downloads and cd's. My casual dvd buying is almost non-existent at this point due to space issues, but if I love something I want a hard copy. Or two.
Gaiman is wrong in one way. Copying is not lending. It just isn't. It's new, this ability to perfectly record and broadly distribute content. But you are right that it is also not a lost sale. And as long as the artist gets rewarded enough to keep making art/music/stories, the brave new world is going to win out.
I just hope the dinosaurs don't break the internet with their flailing about trying to fight it.
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Date: 2012-01-25 11:24 am (UTC)I remember taking a flyer on music with no idea what it sounded like beyond what the bin in the record store was labelled. I read a lot of reviews in newspapers and trade magazines in those days. But mostly it was radio or word of mouth or the cheaper 45's that got you to give some new act a shot. Summers were fun because they showed a lot of potential tv shows, failed pilots which might get a second chance as mid-season replacements and previews for the fall alongside the inevitable re-runs.
Miss an episode and you waited until the summer. Ick.
Of course there were no dvd's. And vcr's were wicked expensive. The only ones I knew of that were privately owned were used for porn. :) The leading edge of every technological advance, porn is.
The guys in Monty Python decided to forego DMCA'ing their stuff on YouTube, instead insisting that a link to a place to buy their cd's, books, and dvd's be shown next to each clip. Sales went up. Huh.
And I know my own renewal of interest in music has come from fanvids and fanmixes. I view them as sampling, really, like the tiny snippets on Amazon or the free downloads on radio websites or the one free song on the band's website. I buy downloads and cd's. My casual dvd buying is almost non-existent at this point due to space issues, but if I love something I want a hard copy. Or two.
Gaiman is wrong in one way. Copying is not lending. It just isn't. It's new, this ability to perfectly record and broadly distribute content. But you are right that it is also not a lost sale. And as long as the artist gets rewarded enough to keep making art/music/stories, the brave new world is going to win out.
I just hope the dinosaurs don't break the internet with their flailing about trying to fight it.