tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042147755594594926.post6380850283146214562..comments2022-11-29T19:31:56.096-08:00Comments on roggr: Encouraging Piracy, Part XLIIrogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011883838268327035noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042147755594594926.post-39592713314884107382010-11-19T10:12:45.474-08:002010-11-19T10:12:45.474-08:00"To the broadcast television industry, you ar..."To the broadcast television industry, you aren't the customer. You're the product that they sell to their customers." <br /><br />That's true enough; but isn't their fiduciary duty to bring more of us (viewers) to their main customers (the advertisers)? Restricting viewership goes directly against that.rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011883838268327035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042147755594594926.post-69850847955019134122010-11-19T02:09:35.335-08:002010-11-19T02:09:35.335-08:00Well, some of them realize it, and some of them do...Well, some of them realize it, and some of them don't. Most just won't. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."<br /><br />But the question is to what extent any individual can in the short term do better by advocating a major change. It's the same sort of problem you see in Innovator's Dilemma situations, or in societal collapses.<br /><br />It's particularly bad for the entertainment industries because for a long time they've behaved like an extractive industry, not one focused on serving customers. Doubly so for ad-funded ones like Hulu. To the broadcast television industry, you aren't the customer. You're the product that they sell to their customers. Cattlemen pay some attention to what cattle want, but not nearly as much as the cattle would want.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08301434653929004584noreply@blogger.com