The Future Of Torrents - Reprise

I thought I was ready to start writing again
but I'm just not up to it yet.
I'm still recovering you see.
For your entertainment pleasure though,
I'm reprising a
Post
I wrote on
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
which I believe still holds true today.
Enjoy.

 Actually,
it's your future without
Torrents.

What everyone should be thinking about,
on this very subject,
is the underlining reasons behind the dismantling of the
"Peer to Peer"
web sites called
Torrents.
Even if you have never used one,
the end result of this crackdown going on around the
World,
will eventually affect each of you.

The
"Taking Down"
of these sites is happening pretty much on a regular basis as soon as they can find the owner of each site.
They call these owners
Pirates.

You barely hear about it in today's media since they too are invested in keeping ownership of
Copyrighted Material
as long as they can,
a
Commodity.
Coverage is mostly limited to,
online magazines sites,
such as
"Torrent Freak,"
and chat rooms.

One chat room was recently exposed as being set up by the
U.S. Government
to sucker people into exposing themselves.

I'm going to concentrate on the
Entertainment
side of this issue,
since that is what I consider this
Blog
to be all about.
Entertainment!
But all
Copyrighted Material,
showing up on
Peer to Peer
web sites can be argued for
and against by the
Anti-Torrent Supporters
and by
Torrent Defenders.

Politicians,
Police Forces,
Publishers,
Producers,
Programmers,
and anyone in the
Entertainment Business,
(The MPAA in particular),
would have you believe that if one person is getting
Copyrighted Material
through a
Torrent Website
for free,
that the person who had the idea,
or his
"Intellectual Property"
will be given away to the masses,
that he will starve to death!

I have read where the
MPAA
claims that because of
Piracy,
the
Entertainment Industry
is losing jobs,
that could be saved,
if they could only make more money.

I find that extremely hard to believe.

In a
World
where so many affluent people are trying to build that
"One World Economy,"
(Hollywood types included,)
and the
Republicans
are working for a two class system in
America,
(Consisting of only of the Rich & the Poor),
in all types of
Businesses,
Employers
find it is much easier to double the workload on their existing
Workforce
instead of hiring a new
Employee
when someone retires
or quits.

Getting more work done for the same expense is bringing in higher profits,
but shabby work.
The long term effect of stress on an individual's health
and the related mental
and physical mistakes being made on the quality of work being performed by employees from companies using this tactic,
has yet to be felt in our society.

From what I have read or witnessed personally here in the
U.S.,
companies making more money are looking for further ways to increase their profits by decreasing the hours of full time workers whenever possible.
Eventually,
hoping to employ only part time workers.

When this happens,
these companies won't have to invest in
Employee Health Benefits,
Paid Vacations,
and pouring money into the
Federal & State
mandated
Unemployment Fund.

Higher profits,
higher greed potential,
more money for the rich.
It's working in the
Entertainment Business
just as well.

We are also led to believe by the
MPAA
that the poor coffers of the
Rich and Famous
in
Hollywood
could be a lot fuller if these criminals were incarcerated.
The old adage.

"This would effectively have rich people spending that extra money, stimulating the economy, and helping individuals with lower income when the money trickles down to them. Making everyone's life better."

Thank you
Hollywood!
Always thinking of the little guy.
How sweet.

The heart of the matter is,
the
Entertainment Industry
is losing money.
Not to the
Torrent Websites
like they claim.

The
Entertainment Business,
like all businesses,
need to constantly change with the times.

The
Gaming Industry,
and I am not talking about online
Casinos,
here,
but the new powerhouses like
PlayStation,
Xbox,
Wii,
and all the companies making the games,
all had sales that surpassed the
Music & Movie Industries
combined!
Yes,
combined!
Those two dinosaurs might not be going away anytime soon,
but they are no longer what the future holds as the number one Entertainment Business
in the
World.

I'm not a
Futurist,
but I can pretty much bet with confidence that something will come along replacing
Gaming
as the number one
Entertainment Business
too,
eventually.

It's the same as what is happening to computer sales because of Smart Phones.
We will always need computers,
but not everyone in the
World
needs one.
Since their phone does everything an average person wants. 

Back in the
1970's,
the
Music Industry
cried foul when cassette tapes were introduced because they couldn't stop people from recording a tune to give away to their friends.
In the end,
the
Music Industry
made more money by selling cassette tapes of an artist's music along side selling the vinyl version.

People love,
have always loved,
and will always love,
to own a piece of something in their hands.
Not copies.
It takes away the feeling of ownership of something valuable.

The
MPAA
uses a study that they themselves paid for as evidence that piracy hurts everyone,
when others studies have shown the opposite.
It's like the cassette tape incident.
They would have you focusing on the negative aspect of this topic, instead of brainstorming how the change in the industry could benefit the
Hollywood Types
they say they are protecting.
Torrents
didn't ruin the
Music Industry,
it forced
Artists
to write music they could perform live.
It brought back the
Live Concert.

I'm an optimist as far as what the future will bring.
But I'm also a realist at what I see as having more constraints coming coming our way on using the
Internet.

If
Big Brother 
gets full control of what can see
and do on the web,
then soon we will all be
Pirates
surfing the
Dark Web.
Otherwise,
you'll have to pay,
Cable,
Satellite,
or
Phone Companies,
to get on the
Government Controlled Internet,
which will force you to pay for a
State License
and
Federal & State Taxes
to use it.

A
License Fee
will have different levels you can pay for,
like companies do now,
and the cost will dramatically increase as your usage goes up.

History has shown us that a few power hungry rich elitists have always felt it necessary
and sometimes their right,
to control the masses by restricting what they can
and cannot do.
Then comes along the reboot in all societies,
where people are fed up with the
1%
and freedom is given back to the people.

But the process slowly repeats itself.
The
1%
always trying to take control.
This is what's happening today.

If someone with the
Authority,
be it
Judicial,
Legislative,
Wealthy Capitalist,
and so on,
notices your website
and doesn't like what you represents
or what your views are,
they will use their influence to outflank you with high price Lawyers,
Judges,
and the
Police,
who see yet another way to show the
City Controllers
how valuable they are,
with all levels of
Politicians
who need the bank roll of the
Capitalist's Support,
to get elected term after term.  

So think about it clearly.

Once they outlaw
Free Internet,
because
Torrents
are ruining the economy,
only
Outlaws & Pirates
will get it for free.

You'll be the one paying a lot more money for it,
the one they regulate your usage on,
monitor what you can
and cannot do,
and feed the type of information that someone else has decides is appropriate for your level of
Licenses.

This is,
I Do Charge 99 Cents For My eBook
"No Return Address"
But All The Money I Make Goes Towards My Eventual Release Of A Real Paperback Novel When I Can Afford It
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
- George Orwell, -

"Just my opinion, but I'm sticking to it!"

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