We'll see worse yet. The music and print industries will do absolutely anything to hold onto the past, and they've got the money. What is guaranteed is that you can't enforce copyright online - people will always pirate quicker than the industries can keep up, because we want free speech and free access. But it'll get bloody before the money starts running out and they accept the inevitable.
As for the excesses of media conglomerates, that would be capitalism. "How the hell are they needing that much money anyway?" They don't, it's capitalism. They'll take as much as they can because they'll be rewarded for it with praise and political power.
As for Murdoch complaining about online copyright, that's a bit rich.
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Date: 2009-11-19 10:06 pm (UTC)As for the excesses of media conglomerates, that would be capitalism. "How the hell are they needing that much money anyway?" They don't, it's capitalism. They'll take as much as they can because they'll be rewarded for it with praise and political power.
As for Murdoch complaining about online copyright, that's a bit rich.