Software patents are an "elephant in the room"? Are you serious? The "tech community" is constantly criticizing, forming campaigns[1] and creating petitions[2] against them! Constantly.
You are essentially making the erroneous generalization of equating a few big companies and patent trolls with the whole tech community.
Hollywood, on the other hand, is pretty much dominated by the MPAA members, who bought most of the small studios of the area. There's a reason why the Sundance, ACE or South By Southwest aren't in Hollywood.
So let’s stop writing posts about how Hollywood and the Music industry is outdated, archaic and evil.
I agree that the tech community is painfully aware of the patent trolls, but for the casual user it may not be as obvious (albeit this blog is aimed at the tech community).
Just look at the coverage that SOPA and PIPA received. I spent about an hour convincing my mom that the poor record companies aren't losing money because of people "stealing" their music, but rather they're not willing to adapt the changing environment.
Just look at the coverage that SOPA and PIPA received. I spent about an hour convincing my mom that the poor record companies aren't losing money because of people "stealing" their music, but rather they're not willing to adapt the changing environment.