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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I've still got a good-sized list of DVD sets I want. Guess what? Very little is of content less than 5 years old. The industry needs to give up on this pointless effort, and concentrate on creating content that's actually compelling enough to watch, much less buy.
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The problem is that the entertainment industry's desire to lock up and own content forever is keeping them from creating new content.
It used to be that the industry could tap into the public domain, re-mix, use a little imagination and create something new and exciting. But almost nothing has gone into the public domain for decades now because of their plan to bribe congress to lengthen copyright. All the works they want to remix have owners - owners that may not be known. It takes time and money to track down the owners and negotiate. That means less profits which means they won't do it.