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Originally Posted by Halx
As individuals, is there a way to fight against the conglomerates? With 80% of all media (TV, Movies, Books, Magazines, Radio) being owned by 6 major corporations, it's impossible to open your eyes without looking at a product that was graciously provided to you by these powers. These powers who all work together, mind you, in the spirit of cooperation, not competition.
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Yes, there's actually a pretty simple way: Don't give them your money. Believe it or not there is an incredible amount of good living out there that isn't attached to a multinational corporation. I can think of a million things I'd rather do than play the schlock put out by Activision and Blizzard. Like, say, playing a real fucking guitar. It's beyond me why any Blizzard products are so popular. They're simple button-mashing-fests to me. I can click faster than you! Playing a Blizzard game is the kind of work machines should be doing.
Most of the corporate music and movies make me feel ill without even knowing where they came from. I listen to music almost exclusively from independent labels, not because it's from independent labels but because it's GOOD, and, well, I don't really watch movies, but when I do I'll buy classic used laserdiscs or go see an indie film. The major labels are already dying out. They're going to start merging because they HAVE to. The only way they will make money is back-catalogue licensing. That's why they're so desperate to avoid copyright reform, and they're panicking at the prospect of modern artists' termination rights becoming available in a few years. If copyright reform happens, they're out of business. This is the new age of entertainment, nobody controls distribution anymore, let the best art win.