Charles Angelich wrote in a message to Tom Walker:

CA> If those who produce music and movies get too greedy people
CA> will just stop using their products. No one will die from not
CA> seeing the next "James Bond" movie. 

That in effect is what's happening now when people are saying that they'd
rather download poor videos of films shot in the theater with a camcorder
than pay the going rate.  Or download music where they pick the tunes they
want rather than buy into some record company's idea of a
"package" and pay $20 for it...

CA> We may turn to animation for our movie viewing and that is getting 
CA> to be so very good it may just push 'live' movies out of the 
CA> theaters.

Long-term,  I'm sure this is going to have some effect on the
"actors" in the business,  and the others around them.  I've seen
SF written on the subject,  where the appearance,  the personality,  and
the mannerisms can come from different people,  to be combined in the
computer.  I guess those folks aren't as important as they think they are
after all.

CA> Commercial music on the scale of full orchestras and huge choirs 
CA> are not easy to produce at a hobbyist level but there are people 
CA> slightly above 'hobbyist' that can come close.

They don't seem to be that economical these days either.

CA> We will always have music to listen to and entertainment in the
CA> form of motion-pictures and those who think they are in control of
CA> this will wither and go away. 

Yes they will.  I just wish they'd go ahead and do so before they pass any
more legal abominations like the DMCA.

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