Post I made on Kotaku against a VGC detractor

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(more off topic)
I agree with most of your points. But I will say that while I might be sad about the amount of blog based drivel that people push as fact ,most local newspapers would be better staffed with your average blogger. There will always be a demand for the highest quality in journalism, tastes may become more banal but that line has been used about USA Today, TV, Internet, Video Games and everything else. It is the law of supply and demand. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal will survive, but only if they are willing to show up on my computer screen take marketshare from my local paper and from blogs. I think any falling in tastes is compensated by the larger diversity of voices we hear in news, and any prejudice needs to be balanced against the fact that at least people are up front about it now. Anyone can now be a reporter, and I don't need the title of editor in order to tell my opinion.

I am a firm believer that musicians deserve fair compensation but we need to remember copyrights and patents were invented to foster innovation for culture and public good not set up a welfare system. If they were smart they would have had a music download service availble with DRM free music years ago. Where the big losers are in the music industry is the distributors. They want the same money for the same service. Consumers don't have a problem paying money for music, they just don't like the distribution service. It is shameful I can't go to my local big box store click on a kiosk and have it spit out whatever combination of movies an music I want on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray for a fair price. The digital age has made access to things easier so why would a company try to limit how you can give them money?