I may be totally wrong here.. but would this situation not fall under the FTC and not the FCC? This seems like a case of predatory business practices (monopoly type issues) if anything. I am not saying that they necessarily need to.. but the FCC should not be involved in this.
But.. fox is correct.. the law is the law. And it makes perfect sense for fox to get paid here.
They own the rights.. plain and simple.. if you don't like it change the laws..
I think there should be some limit on how long intellectual property deals can last.. but there is no such limit! So Fox has every right to sit on this movie and never let anyone else make it ether!
Government intervention under the guise of "social advancement" gets in the way.
Government interference in the free market accomplishes a few things.
First, keeps business from making more money, and that in turn keeps its employees from making more money.
That leads to business giving less, and individuals giving less. Because they have less money, and it takes the responsibility off of them and gives it to our inept government..
The government does a piss poor job of implementing the social advancements.. do no real change happens.
And finally the politicians get rich and powerful.
And about the free market enslaving people.. that is just not true. The system of oppression and lack of freedoms are responsible for that. This is why our constitution is so very important!
"There are plenty of mechanisms to make sure that the original creator of a story can get paid when his or her story is adapted that don't require copyright -- and allowing multiple parties to try to make a film out of a single story should lead to better overall film making."
That is crazy! The laws are not there just to insure someone gets paid for IP.. It ensures that the holder of the IP has control over what others do with it. If I wrote a story, I would not want someone to come in and make a crappy version of it for film.
So much for an open and transparent white house under obama.
FTC?
I may be totally wrong here.. but would this situation not fall under the FTC and not the FCC? This seems like a case of predatory business practices (monopoly type issues) if anything. I am not saying that they necessarily need to.. but the FCC should not be involved in this.
Fox may be jerks...
But.. fox is correct.. the law is the law. And it makes perfect sense for fox to get paid here.
They own the rights.. plain and simple.. if you don't like it change the laws..
I think there should be some limit on how long intellectual property deals can last.. but there is no such limit! So Fox has every right to sit on this movie and never let anyone else make it ether!
Chill!
I agree with rwahrens! The deal is that you get a higher bit rate aac! They have to pay the record company for that and pay for bandwidth!
Just because you think it should be free does not mean apple has to pay for it!
Re: Free market economics and morality go hand in hand??
Heh.. its the other way around.
Government intervention under the guise of "social advancement" gets in the way.
Government interference in the free market accomplishes a few things.
First, keeps business from making more money, and that in turn keeps its employees from making more money.
That leads to business giving less, and individuals giving less. Because they have less money, and it takes the responsibility off of them and gives it to our inept government..
The government does a piss poor job of implementing the social advancements.. do no real change happens.
And finally the politicians get rich and powerful.
And about the free market enslaving people.. that is just not true. The system of oppression and lack of freedoms are responsible for that. This is why our constitution is so very important!
Re:
Hiking taxes does not mean earning more money. Raising taxes is almost always a lose/lose situation.
Thank you! I am so tired of people trashing the free market system!
Very well put!
Re: Fox owned rights to it
I agree!
and I also take issue with this statement:
"There are plenty of mechanisms to make sure that the original creator of a story can get paid when his or her story is adapted that don't require copyright -- and allowing multiple parties to try to make a film out of a single story should lead to better overall film making."
That is crazy! The laws are not there just to insure someone gets paid for IP.. It ensures that the holder of the IP has control over what others do with it. If I wrote a story, I would not want someone to come in and make a crappy version of it for film.
Tennessee
I live in Tennessee.. I don't go to a university.. but I am appalled at this! Who wrote this bill? I want to vote them out ASAP!
"repressive foreign governments"
I think that the key here is "repressive foreign governments." It may be hypocritical.. but this is about foreign governments specifically.
Re: Theater Hater
Stop watching the crappy movies.. There some good ones out there.