“Even if there were no illegal copying, the advent of digital distribution will put a lot of stress on the movie and music industry. When the distribution costs comes down, that puts more price pressure on the rest of the cost.” IfsIndustryCostStressPressureDigitalIllegalDistributionMusic IndustryAdventCopyingMovies And Music Author:Edward Felten
“China is now suffering from poverty, not from unequal distribution of wealth. Where there are inequalities of wealth, the methods of Marx can, of course, be used; a class war can be advocated to destroy the inequalities. But in China, where industry is not yet developed, Marx's class war and dictatorship of the proletariat are impracticable.” WarUsedSufferingCoursesWealthClassPovertyIndustryMethodChinaInequalityDictatorshipDistributionProletariatDistribution Of Wealth Author:Sun Yat-sen
“I'm very lucky to have worked in the '70s. It's a different industry and distribution is in a state of flux. It's all different platforms, they're doing this video-on-demand thing and also playing the film theatrically. It's funny to me: In the States it's an arthouse movie.” DifferentStatesFilmIndustryLuckyDemandVideoPlatformsDistributionFlux Author:John Landis
“I have a feeling-as compelling as a religious conviction-that if industry will constantly pass on to the worker and the customer all the savings of labor-saving machinery and invention, rather than siphon them off into the pools of watered securities, it will by that process keep distribution and production in balance and go as far toward Utopia as our poor human natures will go or be driven.” IfsHumansFeelingsProcessReligiousPoorSecurityHuman NatureIndustryBalanceLaborWorkersProductionsConvictionCustomersDrivenInventionSavingPoolCompellingDistributionMachinerySavingsUtopia Author:Samuel B. Pettengill
“The biggest problem in countries that don't have a tradition in animation or a film industry, is that precisely, that it's not an industrial activity as it is in Hollywood where there are clear production procedures. Because of this we all become snipers making our films any way we can and crossing our fingers to get distribution so people can see them.” PeopleWayCountryProblemFilmClearIndustryActivityTraditionHollywoodFingersProductionsDistributionAnimationProceduresCrossingsFilm IndustrySnipers Author:Raul Garcia
“There's a pretty equitable distribution in the restaurant industry of how money gets paid, except for in the kitchen. The kitchen is the lowest-paid group of people.” PeopleGroupsIndustryPaidKitchenRestaurantsLowestDistributionEquitable Author:Mario Batali
“I am excited for the future of the industry, because we're at that point now where digital is becoming pertinent to release and distribution strategy versus releasing on cable or anywhere else.” IndustryBecomingStrategyExcitedReleaseDigitalVersusDistributionCablesPertinent Author:Felicia Day
“There's definitely something broken in the music industry clearly. Partly from downloading and partly the obstacles for discovery and listener choice and artist distribution are gone.” ArtistChoicesGoneBrokenIndustryDiscoveryObstaclesListenersDistributionMusic Industry Author:Doug Walters