CS404 Ethics and Computers in Society: Smallish post 6

The crybaby strike is finally over. Record company and movie studio executives finally decided to drop their strike. When copyright laws came about, these same executives took advantage of the laws to gain profit, while hurting the writers. Now it is time for the executives to be taken advantage of. Technology has changed the way media is shared and transferred. It seems this new phenomenon is going to hurt media executives. However, through history, several new technologies have threatened to destroy their world, and they have managed to stay on top. In the business world, it is all about staying competitive and on top of the trends. Media executives need to get off their whiny butts, and professionally handle the new trend of internet media sharing. So far, they have handled the situation like little children, whining to momma government that the general public is being too mean. There is always money to be made, and there are always creative ideas springing forth. Let the desire of the populous, the customers, drive our innovations – not the greedy pocket books of executives.