Why not?-On free Media

My thoughts toward media dispersion:
 If itunes, amazon and other such are so fantastic why do they charge as much for movies and music as much as if I just walked into Best Buy.  If you do not need to go through the process of putting it on a dvd or such why does it still cost the same?
Because the studios still want their money.  The actual people doing the “art” don’t get enough of the money for their efforts.
Why can’t it all just be free, like pirating them online,  if I watch or listen to something I enjoy I’ll go out and buy, or even buy merchandise and advertise it myself.  But why would I want to spend money on something that may or may not be good.  The reason there are so many bad movies, music. etc. is because there is not enough weight in actually making it good, because people have to pay for it before they get to actually decide if they like it they’ll make anything these days.

Now, either people just have bad taste or maybe I’m right.  The way I see it is, we don’t pay money to try on clothes before we decide if they fit or if we even like the way they look, so why should we on anything else?  Libraries exist, I don’t purchase the books before I read them, but if I want to add it to my collection I will go out and buy it.  Why don’t we do the same thing for movies and music?
Because the Government owns the Studios, they aren’t private studios.  They will get money regardless if its any good or not because they charge to go to the movie theater or when you buy a cd, etc.  If all information was free, which it should be; then people who deserve all or most of the credit for their efforts will be justly rewarded, while those that suck will just suck and disappear.

For instance,  I love Joss Whedon’s work, but his really good stuff gets the shaft, like Firefly didn’t even have one season because the Tv network decided it wasn’t popular enough, but it was popular enough to encourage a full length movie and have a ton of fans.  But in order for Joss to know I appreciate him, what do I do?  Besides buy his movies, shows, etc.  Is there any other way to let him know that its his work I love?  Not really, money is what speaks.  That is why I love how youtube has rewarded people on its own merit.  Those who can make it big on the internet don’t have any use for the Studios anymore.  They can publish their own music, movies, videos on their own and get their own funding and be rewarded richly and fully.
Also, TV has no use anymore.  Most TV channels put their shows on the internet, or there is Hulu, Netflix-you’d just have to wait for the season to come out on dvd.


That pretty much sums up my thoughts for free media for now.