| Subject: Re: You guys win >_< |
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Pasha
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Date Posted: 16:34:18 06/16/03 Mon
In reply to:
Jake
's message, "Re: You guys win >_<" on 10:43:04 06/14/03 Sat
>be stealing; you'd be stealing his design. Without
>protection of IP, there is no incentive to innovate or
>create art because anyone can take it and start
>selling it or giving it away.
In some respects I disagree. No matter, there will always be people who create art simply for the sake of creating it.
>And your merchandise-driven model of anime production
>doesn't solve this problem because it's not profitable
>enough in most cases, it emphasizes the wrong aspects
>of anime, and it rewards the wrong people. You give
Define the "wrong aspects" and the "wrong people" in regards to anime ^^. I think that a majority (if not all) anime companies would be agast if you suggested that making boatloads of money off of merchandising is a "wrong aspect" ^^.
>the example of Megatokyo, but I think this is an
>exceptional case. Most people aren't lucky enough to
>have such a large and devoted fanbase for something
>that costs so little to produce.
Yes, Megatokyo is an extreme example, the same with most all of the popular online comics (who in most circumstances offer their comics for free and make money off of merchandise). But at the same time, they did not start off being popular either ...
You can point to those as successes, I suppose. The same with almost all of the actually sydicated comic strips (Dilbert, ect) which offer their strips online. Of course, comic strips are a lot cheaper to make then anime (or at least so far...).
>So with every anime title competing in the merchandise
>market, there would be room for only a few to make a
>profit, and companies would only be willing to fund
>the production of those that were most merchandisable.
Well, first off, I think that most companies want to fund titles that are merchandisable (is that even a real word??). Either through toys, video games, books, ect.
> To series like Hana Yori Dango, companies would say
>"No cute stuffed animals? No action figures? No
>thanks." And we'd be stuck with nothing but anime
>like Pokemon and Tekken.
Up to a certain point. There cannot be too many Pokemons, YuGiOhs, ect, just because people don't have enough money to buy everything ^^.
>But even if every anime title could make a good profit
>on just merchandise, it wouldn't matter without IP
>protection. Fred Gallager may be doing well now, but
>only because his IP rights are protected. If I were a
>big company who could afford to produce and sell my
>own Megatokyo merchandise that was superior to Fred's,
>he'd be screwed without IP protection. Maybe in his
>case, he could appeal to his fans' loyalty and get
>them to only buy his merchandise, but that
>wouldn't work for most people. So again, you're left
>with no incentive to innovate or create art.
A question is whether in the "merchandise" model, other companies are actually allowed to make the merchandise. If we are merely discussing digital copying, then merchandise might be right out of the window. Otherwise, I want my digital tee shirt ^^ ...
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