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Old 11-02-2010, 04:58 AM   #1
Hadel
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The fair price of entertainment

I have determined for me it in the following way.
I currently pay about 15.00 for a month of subscription for TV (with some HDTV content). And I watch about 30 hours per month TV.
This comes down to 0.50 per hour for this kind of entertainment.

So I decided to "price" all the entertainment by this measure.
My reading speed is ~60 pocketbook pages per hour. So for me a e-book of 300 pages (pocketbook equivalent) should be 2.50. Additionally, I should be able to read it on any device I choose and be able to lend it to other people. (E.g. I have my personal i'net library where I store my books and if I "take" one to a device, nobody can take it until I check it back)
I'd agree to some volume adjustments. E.g. if the book is between 100-250 pages to cost 2.00 (compensate for the effort) and if it is 350+ pages to cost 3.00 (I get a discount for the volume)

I know this will look quite shoking for a publisher, but I don't care. If they take the effort to adjust to the new digital reality, they should be OK.

Same goes for the pricing of other forms of entertainment: 0.50 for a TV show of 45min, 0.75 to 1.00 for a movie. Plus those have to be in HD format, easily and quickly downloadable. Of course, no commercials at all!
If they have any commercials, they should be not more than 10% of the duration and the show/movie should be completely free.

{Edit}
For music: A single song 0.05, for a whole album 0.50.
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If the entertainment indistry takes a leap of faith and follows this pricing, I am sure they will get e lot more money and 99% of the piracy will disappear over night.
Of course they will not and of course I will use mostly the other methods of getting my entertainment... e.g. library books, talking with friends, writing stuff myself, reading free books/articles on the i'net, etc...

What is your fair entertainment pricing model?

Last edited by Hadel; 11-02-2010 at 05:11 AM.
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