Why SOPA is useless
Let's say that greed prevailed over common sense, and on the Internet it became impossible (very difficult) to download content for free.
How much will copywriters earn on this? Not at all. The model of consuming content for money is radically different from consuming content for free.
If the content is free, it is consumed as much as they want. He wanted to see a movie - he watched. He wanted to listen to music - he listened.
If the content is paid, then it is consumed _in the budget allocated for entertainment_. How much am I willing to spend per month - I will spend so much. From the fact that free content will end, my budget will not grow. Salary will not increase me. Most likely, I will look in the direction of alternative, cheaper content.
How much will providers lose? Let's estimate. In Russia, 20 million households are connected to the Internet with an average connection cost of 500 rubles / month, which gives about $ 4 billion a year. For this money, users get ~ 2.5 megabits (on average in Russia). Why do you need 2.5 megabits if you can’t download anything? Watch videos on YouTube? Yes, there is more than 500 kb only advertising (see adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2010/05/24/approximate-youtube-bitrates ). Skype also does not need more megabits. I haven’t seen a VPN with a speed greater than megabit, and I won’t even mention i2p.
Most regional providers have long had "bezorrentnye" tariffs, for example, www.is74.ru/home/internet/tariffs/surfer- only for surfing. It can be expected that most of the new connections will be carried out precisely at these tariffs + a significant part of existing users will switch to them. Prices, please note, 3-5 times lower than the average price level.
In total, if, say, 20% of consumers instead of the tariff for 500 rubles take a tariff for 150 rubles, the loss of providers will be more than $ 500 million. For comparison, the sales volume of legal content on media in the Russian Federation is approximately $ 1 billion.
Yes, it should be noted that the disappearance of a freebie from the Internet will hit, first of all, the development of the Internet in remote regions, where leased lines are very expensive. There it makes sense to take not the cheapest tariff completely disappear.
T.O. SOPA - the classic "lose-lose". Everyone is the loser: consumers, hosters, providers and copywriters themselves. It is a pity that the latter lack the brain to realize this.
How much will copywriters earn on this? Not at all. The model of consuming content for money is radically different from consuming content for free.
If the content is free, it is consumed as much as they want. He wanted to see a movie - he watched. He wanted to listen to music - he listened.
If the content is paid, then it is consumed _in the budget allocated for entertainment_. How much am I willing to spend per month - I will spend so much. From the fact that free content will end, my budget will not grow. Salary will not increase me. Most likely, I will look in the direction of alternative, cheaper content.
How much will providers lose? Let's estimate. In Russia, 20 million households are connected to the Internet with an average connection cost of 500 rubles / month, which gives about $ 4 billion a year. For this money, users get ~ 2.5 megabits (on average in Russia). Why do you need 2.5 megabits if you can’t download anything? Watch videos on YouTube? Yes, there is more than 500 kb only advertising (see adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2010/05/24/approximate-youtube-bitrates ). Skype also does not need more megabits. I haven’t seen a VPN with a speed greater than megabit, and I won’t even mention i2p.
Most regional providers have long had "bezorrentnye" tariffs, for example, www.is74.ru/home/internet/tariffs/surfer- only for surfing. It can be expected that most of the new connections will be carried out precisely at these tariffs + a significant part of existing users will switch to them. Prices, please note, 3-5 times lower than the average price level.
In total, if, say, 20% of consumers instead of the tariff for 500 rubles take a tariff for 150 rubles, the loss of providers will be more than $ 500 million. For comparison, the sales volume of legal content on media in the Russian Federation is approximately $ 1 billion.
Yes, it should be noted that the disappearance of a freebie from the Internet will hit, first of all, the development of the Internet in remote regions, where leased lines are very expensive. There it makes sense to take not the cheapest tariff completely disappear.
T.O. SOPA - the classic "lose-lose". Everyone is the loser: consumers, hosters, providers and copywriters themselves. It is a pity that the latter lack the brain to realize this.