Comment the ironic relationship: teen markets and pirating (Score 1) 309
IMHO, one of the biggest reasons for the apparent decline in the quality of popular media (mainly music and movies) is that most of the management folks in these businesses have been targeting the billions of dollars in potential sales of the "lucrative teen markets". I'm no market analyst, but my guess is that teens make up a large portion of all movie ticket and music sales - possibly because most of their income is truly disposable, or because their buying habits are more impulsive and/or less discriminating (and therefore more succeptible to advertising and marketing schemes). Whatever the case, I don't feel that I'm going too far out on a limb in saying that many industries, but especially the movie and music industries, have made billions off sales to teens and their largely adolescent tastes.
The reason I bring it up is that I seems ironic to me that the biggest audience for movies and music is the same audience that would probably make up the largest segment of "pirates" (due possibly to ignorance, ambivilance or other more malicious intentions).
The reason I bring it up is that I seems ironic to me that the biggest audience for movies and music is the same audience that would probably make up the largest segment of "pirates" (due possibly to ignorance, ambivilance or other more malicious intentions).
