I still say its the consumer.
My logic is consumers fuel innovation and production of products. If a product is not well received it will naturally be rejected by the consumer - failed. Production stops.
This works for the tubes, like it or not the consumers spoke, and said we want 20 minute clips for free, we want it in an searchable, organized fashion, and we want a shit load of it. Tubes worked to fill this gap, consumers agreed in record numbers - passed. Production continued.
To anyone who might get upset that i said this:
I don't even own a tube site, but - I am not sure i wont forever, its adaption. We must adapt - if that means producers want to continue to make content, the shouldn't be closed minded to the e-commerce channel of tubes. I would never steal content (to make a tube) and with all the webmaster programs (what a million give or take) - why should you have to. I don't like this anymore than you do, but then again honestly I am not in this to make friends, I'm in this to make money. When i say money not 50$, rather a viable and persistent revenue stream. Standard principles of capitalism. From the TGP/MGP network side of it, its scary ... times are changing. But you cant just say its over, you have to try to better accommodate the consumer.
So what changed in 2008 - the consumer. What has to occur in 2009 innovation.
This was a really good question - I'd still like to hear what others thought from a business perspective.
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