[citation][nom]dimar[/nom]Maybe if all the new music CDs, DVDs and blu-ray, and game releases were at $10, nobody would bother to download the stuff. People download because the stuff is overpriced. Hollywood has to consider the average salary when pricing their entertainment products.[/citation]
A music CD, Hollywood movie, and video game all cost different amounts to produce. I hope you don't expect them to charge the same rate for things that have completely different production costs. Again, people on the creation end do have to make some money themselves. Think of their average salaries.
You want to lower costs, cut out the middlemen. RIAA, MPAA, and other industries aren't as needed as they used to be. By removing all the overhead they take, you can cut costs. We don't need piracy, we need changes to the industry that put more profit in the artist's hands.
"thics regulations currently prohibit him from making deals with politicians up on Capitol Hill until two years after his departure." This needs to be changed from 2 years to 20. 2 years isn't even long enough for his friends on the hill to be out of office, what a pointless rule to have. Former Senators have no place lobbying.
Also, what he's really saying here is "We made our agenda way too obvious the first time. This time we have to lie to the consumer better to make them think this is for them."
Sad part is, what really stopped it was this is an election year. Next year this thing will be railroaded right through. No longer a threat of being voted out of office.
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