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junkyardwillie · 07-06-2009, 06:06 PM

The issue that I think we are really dealing with right now is that there is an information overload in the system. There are hundreds of satellite/cable channels now, tons of information on the web, 100s of movies and books that come out every year and who has time to watch them all.

The problem I think is that the cart has gotten in front of the horse. If there were only lets say 50 television channels then the thought that studios help "filter" good shows would make sense, but there are hundreds of channels that need programming so instead we get John and Kate plus 8 rather than a show that actually has this thing that they used to use in televisions shows called a script. Book companies, movie studios, television companies have all grown to a level where they can no longer provide the service they were meant to do which is filter good content. I'm just as likely to find a funny video clip searching Youtube as I am flipping channels for 2 hours trying to find a good television show.

The outcome that I think will come from this movement towards "free" is a huge purge. The whole law of supply and demand is that you can't sell stuff for more than people are willing to pay. There will be a few people that will create content that people will pay for, but the vast majority will not get paid for the crap they produce. Since it has become cheaper and easier to distribute content more people are trying to get their hands in the pot but they will not be able to get to it. The good part of this will be, since people will be overwhelmed by crap if you are able to produce a quality project droves of people will run to it and the "winners" will reap all of the rewards while the "losers" struggle. I don't mind what is going on, if you see things like Family Guy where Seth McFarlance was able to make a billion dollars off a cartoon it makes total sense when you look at the other crap content that is available. People are starving for good content, they don't want crap. The problem has become there is too much information out so how do you know what is crap and what is worth paying for so everyone tries to get everything for free. Once something is deemed a hit (good content) the monetary compensation will come.

07-06-2009, 06:06 PM	#62
junkyardwillie Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 570 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Onyx Note Pro, Kobo H20 and iPad	The issue that I think we are really dealing with right now is that there is an information overload in the system. There are hundreds of satellite/cable channels now, tons of information on the web, 100s of movies and books that come out every year and who has time to watch them all. The problem I think is that the cart has gotten in front of the horse. If there were only lets say 50 television channels then the thought that studios help "filter" good shows would make sense, but there are hundreds of channels that need programming so instead we get John and Kate plus 8 rather than a show that actually has this thing that they used to use in televisions shows called a script. Book companies, movie studios, television companies have all grown to a level where they can no longer provide the service they were meant to do which is filter good content. I'm just as likely to find a funny video clip searching Youtube as I am flipping channels for 2 hours trying to find a good television show. The outcome that I think will come from this movement towards "free" is a huge purge. The whole law of supply and demand is that you can't sell stuff for more than people are willing to pay. There will be a few people that will create content that people will pay for, but the vast majority will not get paid for the crap they produce. Since it has become cheaper and easier to distribute content more people are trying to get their hands in the pot but they will not be able to get to it. The good part of this will be, since people will be overwhelmed by crap if you are able to produce a quality project droves of people will run to it and the "winners" will reap all of the rewards while the "losers" struggle. I don't mind what is going on, if you see things like Family Guy where Seth McFarlance was able to make a billion dollars off a cartoon it makes total sense when you look at the other crap content that is available. People are starving for good content, they don't want crap. The problem has become there is too much information out so how do you know what is crap and what is worth paying for so everyone tries to get everything for free. Once something is deemed a hit (good content) the monetary compensation will come.