No, he means TV is ACTUALLY dead. In 10 years time the internet will have killed it. How can this old broadcast medium compete with the vast, on demand and free (beer and freedom) network that is the internet. Lots of people are just hooking up large LCD screens to their home server full of torrented media. This is just the beginning. Studies have shown (citation needed) that young people are already watching less television than previous generations, reversing a long established trend to the contrary. Internet killed the Television star.

True, there won't be any tv shows to pirate. With no financial incentive to produce copyright works they will cease to be. No copyright = no piracy. Furthermore, there won't be a TV to show them on. There will be, however, a rich internet culture of alternative media to replace the profit-inspired corporate crap we have now.

reverse troll

I don't think the OP even believes that.

Actually, GPL exists only as a counter to copyright. If there was no copyright, then GPL would not be necessary. This is circular reasoning.

Furthermore, copyright infringement is only "theft" if you believe in ownership/monopoly of ideas. So what we have here is really an ideological debate. It seems you have the establishments dick in you're mouth or you're just on a moral high horse because you pay for music like a good corporate slave or perhaps you're a poor struggling artist who just can't make a break peddling his imaginary wares. So perhaps slashdot is not the place for you.

"Binary" news feed? you can get binary over the internet now?

I agree. This vague and abstract mess that is copyright, is all born out of the misguided concept that you can own ideas. Corporations want us to think they can, people know in their hearts that they can't. ... and here we are.

missed point x2

Movies don't have to cost millions to make. They only do because producers make millions from them and the they will rather spend $50 million on CG than $50 thousand on a plot.

if you want to kill rabbits, why not eat them too?

More to the point. These descendants will be feeding off society without providing anything back. Effectively becoming parasites.

Unless the illuminati is full of neocon jews.

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• democracy + people think "stealing" is ok and normal = "stealing" is ok and normal.

Sigh...

My sentiments exactly. TV poisons the mind with advertising coercion, news channel brainwashing and programs that stupify. Internet is the antidote.