Twelve years ago I had an Atari STE 520. I played Paperboy on it, and wrote strategy games in BASIC. Later on I upgraded it to a whole 1 meg of RAM so it could run Street Fighter 2.
Given the rate of technology advancement I suspect computers will revolutionise television broadcasting long before television broadcasting has a chance to revolutionise computers.
I can see it being similar to the mp3 file sharing situation. People don't want to lose money by having users obtain media for free over the internet. At least the countermeasures proposed here actually take into account the net as a valid medium as opposed to just ignoring it or penalising people for using it.
I am worried about the BBC, though. At present people pay for it because they want to watch television, not because they want a non-commercial, public-funded broadcasting organisation. It's important that we keep that, but given the choice between paying for it and having it or not paying for it and not having it, I suspect too many people will opt for the latter to keep it viable.
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Date: 2005-03-03 09:30 am (UTC)Given the rate of technology advancement I suspect computers will revolutionise television broadcasting long before television broadcasting has a chance to revolutionise computers.
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Date: 2005-03-03 09:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-03 09:39 am (UTC)I am worried about the BBC, though. At present people pay for it because they want to watch television, not because they want a non-commercial, public-funded broadcasting organisation. It's important that we keep that, but given the choice between paying for it and having it or not paying for it and not having it, I suspect too many people will opt for the latter to keep it viable.