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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I find this interesting, but impotent. It only addresses motion pictures and TV, not music and not ebooks, not games and applications.
I still don't think that I would be behind such a thing so I don't think I would sign it. As long as there is shovelware out there and overpriced digital assets, I probably will look for viable alternatives.
What about you?
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I agree that it needs broadening, especially considering that e-books are stupendously, outrageously, gougingly overpriced. And I also have to say that I think the proposed price proportions for movies and TV they offer here are still far too high.
I don't mind stipulating that purchase price should not exceed the price of a ticket at the cinema. But rentals not to exceed 1/3 of cinema ticket price?! That's larceny. Around these parts, a movie ticket to a dump theater costs around $9; tickets to a really excellent theater can go as high as $15. There is no way I am saying it's okay for rentals to max out between $3-5.
Plus, I'm sorry, but TV costs way, way less to make than movies, and if it's a show one likes, one is paying for it weekly or daily instead of once. Why should TV shows max out at the same level as movie rentals? I think it ought to be a buck a show flat out, or seventy-five cents a show if purchasing the full season.