For Canada it didn't matter as we sold out to US special interests anyway.
When the Harper government gained majority powers they just used the "301" report as yet another excuse to pass C-11. According to leaked cables, allegedly our government asked the USTR to be included on the priority watch list, which indeed happened.
Even though the Cloud as we know it sucks, the MPA still has a problem with it, like any new or emerging technology, all because everything these days can be used to infringe...
Theres also the other obvious elephant in the room... Cable providers want to sell TV services and milk those all they can, and as of late, many people are cutting the cord for over the internet TV services... see the problem? Caps hamper peoples ability to do this.
Valve can't bring out their PC based Steam console soon enough, I am tired of the traditional game console penny pinching business model, hence why I stuck to Steam on the PC. Sure its not perfect, but its a hell of a lot less restrictive and you can buy entire series of games for one low price. Nevermind the huge sales they regularly have.
DRM is simply a massive waste of man-hours and drives up prices of product due to the DRM scheme always having massive licensing fees and development costs.
It costs a fortune and it isn't effective, so what is the point. You have to laugh at the blu-ray guys continuing to create new DRM schemes at our expense, annoying us with required firmware upgrades for every brand new disk, all while charging extortionist prices for physical disks.
If most of these morons in power actually lived in "Our World" over the current fantasy-land they currently live in, then "Our World" would be far better off.
Slam dunk? Not likely, nor was it ever.
Of course its easy to assume that when one only has the DoJ's side of the story since the DoJ has been resisting the defense from even building a defense every step of the way, illegally.
He abided by the DMCA fully. Just because his system de-duplicated files (hint, ALL the other cloud storage providers including the big names do this too), doesn't mean he ran foul of the DMCA.
I must further add with the second category, these people, if they cannot pirate, will not increase their media consumption, they will do without and purchase as usual with what they can afford and enjoy it.
However if they start getting threats in the mail for casually torrenting that new album, they might not want to support such an industry any further thats giving the threats, since these people already buy their product, yet are getting attacked. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Higher sales because of three strikes? LOL, I love it.
Seriously, there is a category of pirates that don't buy anything period. If they cannot pirate it, they certainly wont go out and buy it either. These guys know how to do without if something isn't available for free, but chances are, it probably is available somewheres no matter what the laws are and they will find it. Nothing changes for these types.
People that buy and pirate both (unsurprisingly this category makes up a high percentage simply because they cannot afford everything they wish to consume), may continue to buy stuff they really enjoy provided they aren't alienated by the industry. People do have fixed incomes, their rate of movie/music purchases most likely will remain static, and if they want to pirate something, as the above category, will find it no matter what the laws are.
Three strikes regimes are just pissing taxpayer money away and possibly alienating people that already buy product from the movie/music industry. Do you think annoying your customers is good business sense?
Nothing wrong with violent movies, but at least rate them appropriately. All the modern Batman's as they exist should had been R or toned down a LOT to PG-13. They're WAY too dark for PG-13.
The ratings system is broken and biased, but being run by the MPAA it is of no surprise. PG-13 movies are very profitable.
Nothing wrong with violent movies, but at least rate them appropriately. All the modern Batman's as they exist should had been R or toned down a LOT to PG-13. They're WAY too dark for PG-13.
The ratings system is broken and biased, but being run by the MPAA it is of no surprise. PG-13 movies are very profitable.
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For Canada it didn't matter as we sold out to US special interests anyway.
When the Harper government gained majority powers they just used the "301" report as yet another excuse to pass C-11. According to leaked cables, allegedly our government asked the USTR to be included on the priority watch list, which indeed happened.
Talk about a complete sellout.
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Even though the Cloud as we know it sucks, the MPA still has a problem with it, like any new or emerging technology, all because everything these days can be used to infringe...
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And I'm still disgusted to shame that Canada still had to carve this very same piece of garbage into law despite all the public outcry.
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Didn't the NFL try to trademark "The Big Game" as well when that alternative became popular with advertisers? That makes it even more laughable!
cord cutters
Theres also the other obvious elephant in the room... Cable providers want to sell TV services and milk those all they can, and as of late, many people are cutting the cord for over the internet TV services... see the problem? Caps hamper peoples ability to do this.
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Valve can't bring out their PC based Steam console soon enough, I am tired of the traditional game console penny pinching business model, hence why I stuck to Steam on the PC. Sure its not perfect, but its a hell of a lot less restrictive and you can buy entire series of games for one low price. Nevermind the huge sales they regularly have.
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The simple fact that CD's didn't have any DRM saved them many millions in development costs....
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DRM is simply a massive waste of man-hours and drives up prices of product due to the DRM scheme always having massive licensing fees and development costs.
It costs a fortune and it isn't effective, so what is the point. You have to laugh at the blu-ray guys continuing to create new DRM schemes at our expense, annoying us with required firmware upgrades for every brand new disk, all while charging extortionist prices for physical disks.
Whats to love here?
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They cant even step into "Our World" before attacking someone else for playing WoW.
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If most of these morons in power actually lived in "Our World" over the current fantasy-land they currently live in, then "Our World" would be far better off.
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Thats ignoring the whole issue of how they turned something that should had been civil into criminal, just so Hollywood never had to pay for it.
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Slam dunk? Not likely, nor was it ever.
Of course its easy to assume that when one only has the DoJ's side of the story since the DoJ has been resisting the defense from even building a defense every step of the way, illegally.
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So does this mean that Beshara and the other staff of NinjaVideo that were convicted will have their sentences overturned and get out of jail?
Somehow I doubt it. How was that case any different than Rojadirecta? Oh yeah, it was on US soil where they couldn't even mount a proper defense.
What about Richard O.Dwyer (TVShack)?
This is nothing but a clusterfuck. The DoJ should be forbidden from doing this crap in the future.
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He abided by the DMCA fully. Just because his system de-duplicated files (hint, ALL the other cloud storage providers including the big names do this too), doesn't mean he ran foul of the DMCA.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/04/study-pirates-buy-tons-more-music-than-average-folks/
The industry still refuses to believe it. See the CRIA (Music Canada) note in the bottom paragraph.
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I must further add with the second category, these people, if they cannot pirate, will not increase their media consumption, they will do without and purchase as usual with what they can afford and enjoy it.
However if they start getting threats in the mail for casually torrenting that new album, they might not want to support such an industry any further thats giving the threats, since these people already buy their product, yet are getting attacked. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Duh. :-)
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Higher sales because of three strikes? LOL, I love it.
Seriously, there is a category of pirates that don't buy anything period. If they cannot pirate it, they certainly wont go out and buy it either. These guys know how to do without if something isn't available for free, but chances are, it probably is available somewheres no matter what the laws are and they will find it. Nothing changes for these types.
People that buy and pirate both (unsurprisingly this category makes up a high percentage simply because they cannot afford everything they wish to consume), may continue to buy stuff they really enjoy provided they aren't alienated by the industry. People do have fixed incomes, their rate of movie/music purchases most likely will remain static, and if they want to pirate something, as the above category, will find it no matter what the laws are.
Three strikes regimes are just pissing taxpayer money away and possibly alienating people that already buy product from the movie/music industry. Do you think annoying your customers is good business sense?
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Nothing wrong with violent movies, but at least rate them appropriately. All the modern Batman's as they exist should had been R or toned down a LOT to PG-13. They're WAY too dark for PG-13.
The ratings system is broken and biased, but being run by the MPAA it is of no surprise. PG-13 movies are very profitable.
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Nothing wrong with violent movies, but at least rate them appropriately. All the modern Batman's as they exist should had been R or toned down a LOT to PG-13. They're WAY too dark for PG-13.
The ratings system is broken and biased, but being run by the MPAA it is of no surprise. PG-13 movies are very profitable.
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How come violent Hollywood films never get blamed?
Oh right, they spend the most lobbying dollars, and of course CNN owned by a media conglomerate has nothing to do with it either. :-)
Violent PG-13 films FTW!