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Hollywood Still Hasn't Figured Out That You Can't Win At The Takedown Whack-A-Mole Game
from the you-would-think-they'd-understand-this dept
Brian Deagon writes in to point us to an article he's written up for Investor's Business Daily about Hollywood's latest attempts to deal with movies being available for unauthorized download at various online sites. Basically, the gist of the article is that movie studios are now starting to face what the recording industry faced a few years back. What's amazing though, is that they don't seem to have learned a single lesson from what happened back then. Specifically, they haven't realized that every time you smack down one site that's sharing videos, you've pretty much guaranteed that five others will pop up -- and many of them will be harder to track and harder to shut down than the original sites. If anything, that's the lesson that came out of the recording industry's attack on Napster -- but apparently the movie industry is going to have to discover that on its own as well. The article quotes various consultants and industry analysts suggesting that Hollywood needs to learn to embrace these trends, but so far, it seems like all they're doing is focusing so much on anti-piracy efforts that it makes it impossible to actually deliver a good product to customers.
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Arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!
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Avast !
Aaauuurrrgghh !
It's time fer some PAyBAck, ME HEarties !
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Seriously, if you're going to start linking to Investors Biz Daily, what's next? stormfront.org? how about the American Nazi Party?
Please guys, don't get played this way.
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The Pirate Bay
Never mind the fact that Swedish law was likely broken in this case by the government. (In Sweden, the government can only instruct law enforcement on general policy, not specific cases - as they likely did here.)
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horrible article
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To the sick twists at Investor's Business Daily, WE are the consumables. Don't buy into their cover as a slightly more conservative Wall Street Journal. They are the enemy of those that love liberty.
I wish I was exaggerating.
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Next Step...
EtG
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Has the RIAA sued a lawmaker?
Maybe partly conspiracy theroy, or just plain statistics, but I am beginning to wonder if the RIAA is engaging in the practice of selective enforcement...
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@Kosmonaut
Big Champagne, in other words, all organizations with much to gain by pimping big piracy numbers.
Big Champagne Foreva, foo!
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And there was me thinking...
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Deja Vu + Amnesia
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Re: horrible article
That's a right-wing agenda?
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Criticism of Investor's Business Daily
I understand why some people would have a skewed view of Investor's Business Daily.
The editorial page is intense and I don't agree with it.
IBD is first and foremost an investor oriented newspaper. I regret that the editorial page has become a focal point for some, but I understand why that is. I have no control over that, though I have at times expressed my disagreement.
That aside, IBD's tech reporting is not influenced by the "politics" of the editorial board.
I have been a tech journalist for about 23 years and love it. My political views are liberal.
The point of my article is that rampant piracy on the Web is now smacking Hollywood entertainment firms in a big way. Just truth. No politics.
Also, IBD did not send Techdirt a press release. I sent them the story, on my own, because I felt the topic fits in with the types of stories one reads on Techdirt - a site I read every day and consider to be one of the best in its class.
Regards,
Brian
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