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As for Alexander, Your so wrong on the NBC point. Read it one more time. Casey isn’t saying that NBC should not get a cut of iTunes NBC content sales, which they do get, and are every right entitled too because it’s their content (NBC’s cut was roughtly 70%). Casey is saying they shouldn’t be asking for a cut from iPod (the player) sales, which is Apples design & product. This issue came about because universal music made a deal with Microsoft to receive $1 USD for every Microsoft zune player sold, and now everybody is looking for the same deal with apple, which apple is not going to do and shouldn’t have too.

-Jeff O’Hara
http://blog.zemote.com

Assuming they increase their price, people will leave it by the way-side just like uninteresting content. It will float to the bottom and sink to the internet sewers.

“And regarding artists getting a cut of the money internet providers make: that’s almost as bad as NBC claiming they have a right to a cut of iPod sales just because they had their content in the iTunes Store. Man, I wish I had thought of that one first. Give me a break.”
I believe you are referring to NBC wanting the price of their content increased. No offense Casey, but NBC has every right to ask for a cut, and increase the price if they so desire. This is probably the only point I disagree with in the entire article.

On the other hand, being spoken for through an organization, is one of the worst feelings. It’s happening all over the place as well. The multiple companies are involved in the RIAA, since they are such a large, (dis-)respected company, are believed to be speaking for all recording artists in the industry, and they are not at all close to it.

The internet has come under scrutiny from all sorts of governments. The ISPs are dictated to that they much be in control of their traffic, and must find a way to fix the rampant piracy.

“Also, artists should get a cut of the money Internet providers make every time Canadian content is transmitted to homes, said Richard Hardacre, president of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists.” That statement is exactly the kind of ignorance that politicians carry with them when they talk about the internet. They have no idea how it works, and that no one really controls traffic. It’s up to the content providers themselves to create a model that people won’t cheat, and will embrace.

The internet is honestly, the key distribution service that people wish to interact with, and if TV, radio, and movies can’t keep up, they will be left behind. People do not like back tracking to old content.

Another well made point, is that Canada shouldn’t be forcing their content, but finding a way to make it better. If it is one thing I have learned growing up, good content will always last. People will not grab a hold of something that isn’t something they really and honestly enjoy.