Andrew Robinson – Quotes on the ‘Building a Digital Economy’ report
March 19th, 2010TechRadar has posted some great quotes from Andrew Robinson on the ‘Building a Digital Economy’ paper. I want to share them with you.
“This is just the latest round in an industry-sponsored campaign of scaremongering that began with the infamous ‘home taping is killing music’ hyperbole in the 1970s and 80s… We are expected to believe that piracy damages paper pulp producers, accounting machine manufacturers and railway operators. Yet again, we are asked to swallow the lie that every download is a lost sale.
Most of the evidence available seems to indicate that more money is going into the creative industries than ever – those sectors and businesses that have embraced the internet and the distribution and marketing potential that it offers are flourishing and it is the other areas, if any, that are suffering.
Perhaps organisations such as the BPI should focus more on investing their resources in new, progressive, and genuinely innovative business models and content rather than on advertising campaigns complaining how their outdated methods are failing.”
