Hollywood crows over The Pirate Bay ‘win’
p2pnet news view | MPAA News:- Hollywood’s multi-billion-dollar film studios have already started trumpeting about their perceived victory over four guys in Sweden who run a .torrent search site.
“We welcome the court’s decision today because The Pirate Bay is a source of immense damage to the creative industries in Sweden and internationally,” say immensely profitable Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal and Disney through maladroit MPAA boss Dan ‘The Joker’ Glickman (right).
“This is an important decision for rights-holders, underlining their right to have their creative works protected against illegal exploitation and to be fairly rewarded for their endeavors,” says a Hollywood statement, adding:
“This decision will help to support the continued investment in talent and in new online services, and the creation of new films and television shows for enjoyment by audiences around the world.”
Riiiight.
Back in the real world, what’s going to change? – wonders Ryan rhetorically.
Zip.
Click here for TPB’s version.
perceived victory – Sweden loses The Pirate Bay case, April 17, 2009
maladroit MPAA boss – MPAA boss Dan Glickman: on his way out, April 3, 2009
rhetorically – The Pirate Bay decision means … nothing, April 17, 2009
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April 17th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Not so fast
TF:Pirate Party numbers sore 3k after verdict protests planned :-O
April 17th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
and lol @ photo
April 17th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
‘The Joker’ knows all about illegal exploitation….
April 17th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
‘We’re from the Internets, its going to be alright
’
Is the message on the tpb homepage lol
April 17th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
*sigh*
Sad to say, but I predicted this:
1. NOT particularly sad about the TPB “decision”, because guess what? There HASN’T actually been any “decision” in the legal sense of the term.
We don’t usually think about it, but there’s this thing called the “appeals” process which boils down to: the only way this “decision” actually does come into force is if the TPB guys lose their appeals. Here’s the critical paragraph from the torrentfreak article that I’m pretty sure everybody missed:
“Sunde has already explained that this decision does not mean the end of the line in this case. There will be an appeal which means we are still far away from the ultimate decision – possibly years away. Any appeal from either side must be submitted to Sweden’s higher Court by 9th May 2009.”
Now, it may just be my own cynicism, but it’s looking more and more and more like there’s at least a significant minority of p2p “advocates” who REALLY don’t want to win. That’s right: there’s a real draw to the notion of a Quixotic struggle against insurmountable Corporate power”, and all that.
1. We shouldn’t expect any better from the MAFIAA, but that they’d put out a glowingly-cheerful press release over this non-story (even though they know full well that the really important stuff happens during the appeals process, where stuff can — and often is — reversed.)
So realistically — from a legal standpoint — NOTHING has been “decided” today. The REAL “decision” either happens in May (if the TPB guys are stupid enough not to appeal), or if/when they lose the final round of appeals, which — as Sunde stated, could be “years away”.
That’s how “legal systems” work, folks: their tortuously slow and complicated (which is why lawyers make so damn much money).
2. The MAFIAA are also counting on the fact that by the time something really DOES happen with this case, we’ll have “moved on” to something else, so we won’t be watching when/if it gets reversed. That’s how they got away with claiming to “win” the Jammie Thomas thing.
Now, I can understand how the MegaCorps would fail to think long-term (that’s what corporate capitalism IS — maximum short-term profitability, without having to bother with such ‘externalities’ as pollution or destruction of the public domain or etc.), but what I can’t understand, and will NEVER understand, is OUR side falling into the same trap:
Mark my words: we’re gonna see a short-lived flurry of indignation over this now, but almost nothing about it later, when it really counts (during and after the appeals process). I think that’s shameful.
We won’t see anything about this by then.
Short-range thinking triumphs, yet again.
April 17th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
@ Henry
As I said here http://www.p2pnet.net/story/20499#comment-972243:
I understand your point of view. But we’re only at the start of a completely new communications model. This kind of thing marks a beginnning, not an end.
The studios and labels are like Mr Jones in the old Bob Dylan song, Ballad Of A Thin Man:
… something is happening here
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
The vested-interested corporations are flying in ever-decreasing circles. The end result is inevitable.
Cheers!
April 17th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
@H E,
Very true, its the same game, if TPB won MAFIAA would play it down because it would go into the appeals process, MAFIAA won…. so they are playing it up and “neglecting” to mention the appeals part.
Read my take on it in tomorrow article.
Same news site, same news channel
April 17th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
More breaking news
TF:The court is now set to investigate their own people; due to the early verdict leak to the people and Brokep
The court is corrupt; Nothing new Didnt the MAFIAA illegally trespass when they “raided” tpb hq
April 18th, 2009 at 11:29 am
and by long term think about all them youth members of the pirate party and how that means the future isn’t going to be as easy for hollywood
April 19th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
“There will be an appeal which means we are still far away from the ultimate decision – possibly years away”
By that time Vivendi-Universal, Sony/BMG, EMI and time warner will probably be out of business.
Ruper Murdock’s fox noise empire will have crumble and hollywood will be on his last straw leaving room for better companies operated by ethical people on the side of the society instead of against it.