Re: Trade protectism explain in relation to cartoons.
- From: David Starner <prosfilaes@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Trade protectism explain in relation to cartoons.
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:55:35 CST
On 1/30/06, Haradda@[redacted] <Haradda@[redacted]> wrote:
> It's Orwellian because it is a matter of control. The use of the government
> to control behavior and to create a monopoly.
That's quite an abuse of the word Orwellian.
> Now we are talking economics and digital economics at that. I don't know
> how to break it to you but prices are set by demand and what economists
> refer to as market elasticity, i.e. the number of people who want that
> peoduct as the set price. But really most of that goes completly out the
> window with digital materials. If you follow the TI curve the very first
> DVD costs $100,000+ but the very next one costs $1.00 or less.
And if they can get someone to pay $100,000 plus the cost of dubbing,
then they're fine. But since they can't, they have to spread that cost
of all the produced DVDs.
> > Do you see the Phillapeans having a huge effect on Hollywood movies?
> > The Phillapean movie industry isn't merging with Hollywood, it's being
> > destroyed by Hollywood.
>
>
> I really don't know how you can say that.
I can say that because I've read an article saying that Phillapean
movies debue at Sundance and other film festivals, and never ever end
up at movie theaters in the Philapeans, which are dominated by movies
from Hollywood.