The Arc ... in a vicious cycle

The Arc ... I named this shot. The cropping was modified after comments by my shooting partner, ken. What do u think? ....

Oh, ya, yesterday I finally bought Jay Chou latest ablum, November's Chopin; my friend strongly recommended this .. he tell me all 12 out of the 12 songs are good!! haha! I'm going to judge it for myself, never trust the review from a Fan ... haha! Anyway, the cd I bought is those China version one, cost me $7.90 only as oppose to $19.90 S'pore version! Call me cheapo? At least I dun download right? As to all these piracy and parallel importing, I've only one thing to say, it's a vicious cycle. The distributor/singer/actor always blame consumer who buy pirated goods thus affecting their sales and revenue. But Consumer will always say that all those movies/music/software all priced too expensive, forcing them to seek cheaper alternatives ... What's my point of view ??

Well, both are right, both are wrong ... First, as a consumer, I fully agree that many movies and software are really too expensive! Take movies, tell me, a movie ticket now cost $9.50! Will u pay that amt to watch a substandard show? Especially those lousier production fr HK? At least show like Lord of the Ring or Harry Potter worth the ticket prize, but I can't remember when was the last time I paid to watch HK movie in cinema ... with exception for kungfu hustle and The myth. I think the companies ought to be realistic abt their pricing ... movies, music, software, why not price them cheaper, imagine if MsOffice cost less abt $50 for home edition (Coporate ought to pay more!), who would want to buy pirated? Imagine every household has a copy of original MSoffice; I dun think it will cost MS anything but more profit!!

Yes, u can use the law on pple, what happen? You cause the economic or growth of IT world to slow down ... You force pple to use cheaper/free open-source software. But these sometime cause imcompatibility issues, hindering the gobal trade/business progress! And with more open-source software, software company keep increasing their own price .. killing themselves, killing more consumers! Maybe software leaders/gaming company like microsoft and blizzard should take the lead and sell their products and really affordable price! This will demostrate to the whole world the direction to take!