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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
The producers want exactly the same thing, control over all the copies of all the content, everywhere in existence.
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Exactly. It isn't about making the cloud model one option out of many-- it is the fact that the publishers would like to have one in which they have total control as the
only option. Offer both "cloud" and download now, but a couple of years down the road, a press release "now, to better serve you and provide a superior service, we are switching to a cloud only model..."
You mention DVD-- I was an early adopter of DVD and vividly remember the fight against the scumbags from Circuit City and their DIVX scheme.
http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/19...29feature.html
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/06/20259
http://www.google.com/search?num=100...aqi=&aql=f&oq=
Circuit City didn't want to simply supplement DVDs, they wanted to replace DVD ownership with their rental model-- and pi**ed off the very early adopter audience that were actually buying electronics. Heavy electronic buyers stopped buying from Circuit City. I only hope that any publishers that push for a "cloud only" distribution model share the same fate as Circuit City.
Traditional publishing? Burn, baby burn.