Why TV Lost (2009)

"[2] Copyright owners tend to focus on the aspect they see of piracy, which is the lost revenue. They therefore think what drives users to do it is the desire to get something for free. But iTunes shows that people will pay for stuff online, if you make it easy. A significant component of piracy is simply that it offers a better user experience." Man, is this ever true. I like to watch tennis a lot - which, being a…

PG - Were/Are you talking about the death of the big screen here -- or just the network/broadcast/cable distribution? Because I think I still see a place for the lean back screen. Effectively you have 3 screens in your life of decreasing importance. First is the personal one. It's 3-4 inches and is in your pocket where-ever you go. Occasionally you might even speak into it and use it as a "Phone". Second is the creative screen. This is the…

Interesting the focus on piracy in this article. TV was losing it when their customers started needing a DVR to watch their favourite shows because of counter programming and to skip the 18 minutes of advertising per hour of TV. Now everyone has an average of two of Netflix/Prime/etc. because it's just eliminating the DVR and all the headaches involved and just getting the shows you want when you want them. TV is still around and will be for a…

This wasn't a particularly interesting or novel prediction in 2009. TiVo had existed for years. That's all people really do differently with their TV/computers today: they watch on-demand. Even in 2009, some people had set up Linux machines as entertainment boxes to create early Roku-like devices that could stream pirated or ripped content.