Archive for October, 2008

Major record labels - could they disappear?

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Much criticism is often associated with the music industry and largely this is aimed at the major record labels. Before the internet became widespread and used daily by consumers, there was little the major record labels had to do in order to make money. They signed artists they wanted, pushed their product into the shops via their chosen [...]

The right to copy DVDs - who should decide?

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

The music industry for years basically sat back and let the money roll in without considering how technologies and consumer requirements were moving forward. Along came MP3 and the ability to easily copy and distribute music without the need for an actual hard copy (CD). In other words, for consumer convenience the music of their [...]

RealNetworks Inc. - Get Real!

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The DVD replication industry and indeed the movie and entertainment industry has lossed millions in revenue due to P2P sites, pirating of CDs and DVDs and of course illegitimate software that helps make “back-ups” of encrypted CDs and/or DVDs. The battle against such activity has been strongly fought and the industries collectively come up with [...]

DVD Replication & the poor economy - is it all bad news?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

What is the one thing everybody shares an interest in regardless of who or where you are? ENTERTAINMENT! Yes this is quite a broad category as it could include vacations, concerts, movies, theater and the list goes on….. But what happens when the economy turns sour and many people have to unfortunately make cut backs?
As [...]