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How does one convince the big businesses that there are other aproaches available. This is something that FOSS has been struggling against for years in the software market.

- The consumers are hear and asking for better hardware support

- The developers are literally begging for the minimum information needed to add hardware support

- The hardware manufacturers continue to ignore all but Windows market share

If you can suggest how one convinces big business that there is profit to be made without keeping drivers closed or blowing all the budget on a single platform, there are many hear that would like to listen.

Heck, the hardware manufacturer's gain budget and consumer markets by allowing other's to support there hardware through any platform developers write drivers for.

Regarding the media industries. We can look at both the consumer and the artists who are getting screwed. But factory produced pop music sells and the artists have little choice but to sign over ownership to the big business. More artists are going it alone and self publishing now that technology is catching up but it's a slow process. The conservatives in the boardroom have little interest in changing the status quo either. How do we go about convincing them that there are better ways to do business and maintain profits without screwing the artists and the consumers?

With movies, no one rational can suggest that there was a board meeting where they decided to leak the movie out the back door and it does cost more to produce film. Sadly, Hollywood is only interested in rewriting past successes. Great movies are few and far between these days. If you happen to be the theater showing the film, all ticket sales go to the production company. That's why confection prices are so high; it's the only income the theater gets. Regardless, one can't argue that leaked films are acceptably infringement. One can only hope that those who aquire a leaked movie copy buy the DVD when it becomes available to gain a license and replace the crapy theater cam version.

I understand that business is risk adverse and isn't going to change the strategy unless a business case shows more profit the other way; in a perfect world anyhow. We also have conservative management and other politics that conflict with change though; even when change is desperately needed by the company and staff. One can't say that the media companies are victims with no part in why the product is stolen.