Quote Originally Posted by Feanor

But I have felt for quite a while that media orignators have a distorted view of what people should, and are actually willing, to pay for their crap. E.g. we've had long debates with Sir Terrence on the subject of whether $0.99/song download justfied can be justfied vs. a $10 phyisical CD. An industry insider, Sir T. lives in a la-la land where this makes sense but most of us have a more rational perspective.
Feanor, I think a lot of people have a distorted view of how much it costs to produce things, and they should not be deciding on how much it cost to sell it for that reason.

The music companies do not set the price that Apple charges on Itunes, Apple decides that. So when making comments about prices the "industry" sets up, it might be better to define which part of the "industry" you are talking about.

The La La land that I live in does not decide the sell price of anything, we actually make the content, and that is all we do. The bean counters and marketing folks decide the prices. This is another area you need to be very specific about.

The film industry is not just one homogeneous entity. While some are looking to explore this stupid idea of a $30 charge for seeing the movie 60 days after released, not all studios are behind this stupid idea. From what I have heard on the street, only Warner, Sony, Fox and Universal are pitching this stupid idea, Disney and Paramount wants no part of it each for their own reason.