Mordeux
05-06-2005, 02:12 PM
It's the end of the semester for me. The teacher gave a ten page essay. Pick a median of pop-culture and discuss its impact on society.
My thesis: File-sharing has changed our society in many ways from putting computers in the hands of society to restricting what the computers were bought for in the first place.
Anyhow. I talked with a friend of mine and we came up with thought of some ways file-sharing may have made some kind of impact throughout the world:
A. Computers weren’t as popular before file-sharing. Free movies, music and games have sparked an interest in investing in a computer. You can get free software, too, but you wouldn't exactly need software unless you had a computer in the first place.
B. Live media costs more (movie theater and concert tickets). In large part, movies are grossing more money, now, than they did in the past. Concert ticket prices can get ridiculous.
C. The rights of the consumer in regards to the media they’ve purchased have been diminished. This was done because the media industry feared that it was beginning to loose money. The movie industry has tried, time and time, to make it harder to produce copies of their DVDs. And what's with the fixed price on DVDs?
D. The privacy of the public is being threatened. The media industry is so paranoid that people will share information and that it will cause a loss of revenue. so they have lobbied to make laws to “watch” the public.
(The RIAA even tried to propose a bill that would give them the LEGAL right to hack our computers. Also, think back to Intel's serial technology... I.E. Pentium III)
E. Knowledge and ideas are becoming property in a way they never were before. Essentially, keep a cure for AIDS off the market, so we can continue selling expensive treatments (hypothetically).
Anyhow... I'd like to see what you all have to say about the matter. It would be of great use in finishing my paper.
My thesis: File-sharing has changed our society in many ways from putting computers in the hands of society to restricting what the computers were bought for in the first place.
Anyhow. I talked with a friend of mine and we came up with thought of some ways file-sharing may have made some kind of impact throughout the world:
A. Computers weren’t as popular before file-sharing. Free movies, music and games have sparked an interest in investing in a computer. You can get free software, too, but you wouldn't exactly need software unless you had a computer in the first place.
B. Live media costs more (movie theater and concert tickets). In large part, movies are grossing more money, now, than they did in the past. Concert ticket prices can get ridiculous.
C. The rights of the consumer in regards to the media they’ve purchased have been diminished. This was done because the media industry feared that it was beginning to loose money. The movie industry has tried, time and time, to make it harder to produce copies of their DVDs. And what's with the fixed price on DVDs?
D. The privacy of the public is being threatened. The media industry is so paranoid that people will share information and that it will cause a loss of revenue. so they have lobbied to make laws to “watch” the public.
(The RIAA even tried to propose a bill that would give them the LEGAL right to hack our computers. Also, think back to Intel's serial technology... I.E. Pentium III)
E. Knowledge and ideas are becoming property in a way they never were before. Essentially, keep a cure for AIDS off the market, so we can continue selling expensive treatments (hypothetically).
Anyhow... I'd like to see what you all have to say about the matter. It would be of great use in finishing my paper.