This is just another example of the MPAA trying to show that they can control the internet, when in reality they cant. When one site goes down, 5 pop up. This will always have them behind and never in front. People need a place to share ideas. When they lose a place to do that the usually crate there own. so in essence you had one site to deal with then you stranded all of there users and now you have the potential of more than thousands of new sites being created. MPAA you will never win. Adapt or Waste your money.

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The problem, as evidenced, is the poor business decisions being made on old 1970s business models that were created when only a few companies could execute on the full operations of a studio and production house.

Today, the internet, and proliferation of readily-available tools such as iMovie and Avid are well within grasp for any aspiring hobbyist, and have the ability to open up avenues previously unavailable for an “Indie” film maker. Today, an Indie filmmaker doesn’t need a “break” or learn how to pitch a movie. They can put up a finished product on the internet or show it at a film festival.

The problem, as I see it, is lack of organic content, hence sites such as Phantom Edit. But this too, will be fixed soon: as TV stations sell their professional grade Beta Cam SPs, Digibetas and legacy VTRs on the surplus market, systems that were once hundreds of thousands of dollars will be sold to aspiring editors, producers and directors to try their hand at making something, from end-to-end.

This is substantiated with the stories of the real innovators on the fringe of Hollywood are doing. Robert Rodriguez, for example, edited Sin City completely at his home studio, and George Lucas, (The man who created THX because the existing standard at the time for a sound system, was poor.) is also pushing the technology envelope with Phantom Edit.

As the Pixar guys would say, “Technology pushes art, and art pushes technology.” And when you use the technology, it opens up so much more creative avenues.

Things are certainly changing. Within 5-15 years, It’s doubtful anyone will need “A Break” into the inflated-cost, unionized industry. I forsee internal union fighting, passing blame around; much like the Auto Industry’s debacle today. They may go to Washington DC with tin cups asking for a bailout because no one will buy their product. Indies will be to Hollywood what Toyota is to Detroit. It will be interesting if the industry can retool to meet market demand.

So in closing, here’s two thoughts:
“Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it” ~British philosopher George Santayana, the book Reason in Common Sense

“I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” ~George Bernard Shaw

This is definetely something that could be done with liveBD without violating any rights, we should be able to share edits of our movies with other owners of the same disc.