Free Record Shop and the p2p-strijd
In the Netherlands only already 450,000 (!) men work in the at entertainment related copyright industry. That goes thus not only about a few supersterren, but about whole many men that parts constitute of a human or for that even as expense winner responsibly for be.
It is actual freely simple: if the normal remains massive other men intellectual property way to give either entertainment to steal, come many of that jobs on the journey to stand. And for the consumer means the finally that it less nicely to experience falls at new entertainmentproduct.
Free Record Shop Holding sells be in almost 400 stores in the Benelux and Scandinavi a large assortment at cd's, music and movie-dvd' s, games, books and Coolstuffs. It is thus for a long time no longer the flat store that it was previously, but a 100 per cent-entertainmentstore. At the same time also the illegal alien will download for a long time no longer music only. Also movies and games are exchanged each moment of the day and every day again massive illegal alien by geschat 10 million men at the same time.
Roll candy
The strange at the discussion about the though then not illegal alien download is that that actual totally no discussion should be. For movies and games is for a long time a legal fit that the illegal alien makes and for music is for a long time known that the offering of that via p2p-networken illegal alien is. Strangely enough the heling of that not legally is punished illegal offered music truce still. Everybody know however deeply from in that, although it quite easily are to be done, that not yet means that you it also but must do. The pinching of a role candy in a supermarket is also simple, but with that not yet normal and social desirable behavior
The Dutch entertainmentbranche has missed in 2004 minimally 350 million Euros at earnings through different forms of piracy. It is natural nonsense to say that each not paid download at the same time a missed sale is. What we wl know, is that the damage through the downloading of illegal content on basis of various studies geschat can become on 15 until 20 per cent of the legal volume of trade. For the Netherlands comes that down on between the 150 and 200 million Euros. In short, that is is rather what The downloading of illegal offer on internet the newest and also largest form of piracy.
Not free of charge
Totally free of charge is not the downloading besides totally. Only is the misery that the only that good money at the illegal traffic earn the service providers its that broad tie connections sell. The owners of the content stay behind with empty hands. Moreover frustrates it also yet once the development of legal platforms as our own Free Download Shop.
With this offer named we a legal alternative for what we internally meanwhile 'Crime Tunes'. The volume of trade level was found of compete with is a difficult fight structurally above our internal targets only naturally we still against free distribution, either theft, of music and that. Yet the volume of trade takes weekly closed and see we temporarily no end at that growth.
The target group of our stores comes well to the same thing with the legal downloaders. At the sales notice we well that whole young youth yet hard continues with the stealing of music, while it by the group of twenty until forty years clear already much more normal is for your downloads to pay.,.
Large growth
We foresee that the markets for digital distribution between now and a year or five approximately 10 per cent of the music market will amount to. The single-market will become replace distribute always more through a fast and simple manner from, download the, and especially always more directions the mobile telephone shift. Further see we yet a large growth in new other models that based are on the digital distribute of entertainment, about which I otherwise from strategic grade crossings now no pronunciation do.
Unfortunately know we also that that legal alternative not just so easy and cheaply is as download via the illegal circuit. All our truces are foresee of drm-protection so that you with this not just always can do what you would want. You can there well precisely that with do that the flat industry us as Free Record Shop allows.
about prices of entertainmentproducten naturally always discussions are led. Only many of the used arguments are usual nonsense. A cd costs totally no longer then ten year ago for instance. We offer the top-10 standard on for 15.99 Euros and of that flies also yet once at the same time 19 per cent to the treasury. We have lie on tables in our stores whole piles full top cd's for 7.99 Euros - two furrow 15. And furthermore are our dvd-praise about the general sharpest in the market. Thus that may be 'Crime Tunes' to remain steal no argument more.
Hans fracture courts is ceo of Free Record Shop Holding E.G.