“Can you point to where I’ve ever argued otherwise?” I am saying it should be their choice (and their choice alone), and if the tools are good enough, if the market is real, and if the results are as desired, they will do it. You are giving them Hobson’s choice on it. Your point has been that they should do it because if they don’t, someone will do it for them. No, that isn’t the point you have been making. It starts with you, so don’t be surprised if I point out that you are a jackass about it. ![]() The tone of your original answer was pretty much “fuck off”. You’d find that I’m rather easy to converse with, but if you’re a jackass, don’t be surprised if I point that out.” “You might start out by not kicking off a conversation with ad hominem insults. Let’s start with this lesson: I am not the person you keep insisting I am. I would argue that applies significantly more to you than to me. Probably not, but hey, I can always hope that you can. You seem to have built up a strawman of who you think I am, that is clouding your vision. You don’t have to drag them in by pirating their stuff.Ĭan you point to where I’ve ever argued otherwise? No Mike, the lesson here is that, if you give the movie makers (music makers, etc) a method to do promotion, one that they can choose to be a part of or not, some of them WILL choose to be part of it. You’d find that I’m rather easy to converse with, but if you’re a jackass, don’t be surprised if I point that out. You might start out by not kicking off a conversation with ad hominem insults. No, god you are so fucking monotone it’s hard to imagine having a full discussion with you. So what exactly do you think they can use YouTube to market? T-shirts? Collapse replies (1) Reply View in chronology Youtube can be a useful tool for marketing, but the question is: marketing what, exactly? Just like the music industry today, the movie industry is likely to see it’s box off start dropping off faster and faster, as it loses some of the ability to charge up for 3D movies, and as attendance continues to drop. Combine that with people getting nicer and nicer home theater setups, and you have a perfect storm: Technology and a loss of public morals have come together to hurt the industy, and will very likely decimate it in the next few years. The current copies are perfect, often “better” in some people’s eyes because parts of the DVD are stripped, such as warnings and copyright notices. The current situation is so different, you have to be a little off not to see it. Basically, VHS movies sold in stores were better than what was available, and the movie theater quality was still far ahead of it. Original purchased VHS movies are of decent enough quality (but not that good), and the copies were effectively useless. VHS / Beta in the end are perfect formats for the movie industry because copies of copies suck. What is the enemy is the loss of control over their products, having third parties decide how their products will be distributed and used – often with absolutely no regard for the commercial motives of the companies involved.Īctually, this is a good example of the difference between then and now. It’s a theoretical agnostic platform for video. I don’t think anyone thinks that YouTube in and of itself is an enemy. “Why can’t the MPAA members realize that YouTube and internet streaming isn’t the enemy? They fight against it with all they have, when they could end up making a fortune.” ![]() Kaufman has shown himself to be a filmmaker who truly understands how the internet can help him, rather than be something worth fearing, so it’s great to see him fully embrace a platform like YouTube to distribute his flicks, and to not freak out about the fact that people can watch stuff for free (actually, to encourage people to watch stuff for free).įiled Under: b-mobies, free, free movies, internet, lloyd kaufman, movies Or you can go for more modern fare like Zombie Werewolves Attack! and Blood, Boobs & Beast… starring JJ Abrams (in case you’re wondering, that’s actually a documentary about Don Dohler, another B-movie creator).Īnd because I can, I’ll embed that last one here: So, if you want to watch the 1952 classic, Abbot and Costello: Jack and the Beanstalk, or Bela Lugosi in The Corpse Vanishes or The Invisible Ghost you can. ![]() Company founder and film director Lloyd Kaufman (who has written a guest post for us in the past), recently alerted us to the fact that Troma has recently released 150 of its movies for free on YouTube, including some older films which they just distribute. Troma Entertainment is a giant in the B-movie world, creating and releasing tons of movies, including its most famous film, The Toxic Avenger. Thu, Aug 30th 2012 03:46pm - Mike Masnick
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