Has Hollywood seen the light?
p2pnet.net News:- Have the Big Seven movie studios jumped a giant step ahead of their brethren in the music industry?
Have they decided that, attacks on BitTorrent sites notwithstanding, it`s time to clearly differentiate between mom-and-pop file sharers and hard-core criminals who counterfeit Hollywood product, using DVDs churned out by the industry as templates, and sell it on the blackmarkets of the world?
Peer-to-peer technology is here to stay,” MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) boss Dan Glickman is quoted as admitting in a Wichita Eagle report.
What`s more, the film industry will have to come up with a `reasonable-cost, hassle-free way` for people to download movies legally for it to continue to prosper but, that business model will have to be combined with aggressive pursuit of pirates, he said.
But No. This notwithstanding, the studio cartel isn’t to become fair-minded any time soon.
Along with prosecution of both DVD copiers and illegal downloaders, the movie association is awaiting the verdict of MGM v. Grokster, an industry attempt to gain the right to sue companies that distribute technology used in illegal downloads, says the Wichita Eagle.
Hollywood has already tried to achieve the same end twice before. It failed ignominiously both times.
Glickman, who runs an organization owned by some of the most venal and corrupt individuals and entities on the face of the earth, said businesses set up to primarily profit from illegal activity, “fly in the face of ethical and legal boundaries” and shouldn’t have legal protection.
The MGM v Grokster ruling is expected next month.
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Wichita Eagle – Plowing into Hollywood, May 16, 2005
May 17th, 2005 at 6:49 pm
“…an industry attempt to gain the right to sue companies that distribute technology used in illegal downloads…”
Cisco? Microsoft? Sun Microsystems? Intel? Apache?
If they want to get ‘em all they better just set off the doomsday bomb.