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by pwg
5262 days ago
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Except that the fight is not really about piracy. Piracy is just the strawman the RIAA/MPAA uses to grab the ear of politicians and unsuspecting members of the public. The fight is really about control. The internet allows, for the first time, independent amateurs to command the same ability to create and distribute as the major media companies. And that scares them, it scares them immensely because it means that you just might not need them as gatekeeper and distributor. Which means that that will not remain attached to your wallet, receiving payment for all the content you consume from them. Watch this TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/defend_our_freedom_to_share... It is only 14 minutes long, but it will put a lot of what the real reason for all this attack on the internet is about into perspective. |
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Oh please.
I suspect Hollywood has problems with internet-distributed small time indie productions when their distribution costs are being subsidized by their file host, via ad revenue generated by providing downloads of pirated Hollywood movies.
If small-time indie productions can't afford to pay for their own bandwidth, maybe they need to fix their own business model.