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> “I’m a guy who doesn’t see anything good having come from the Internet,” said Sony Pictures Entertainment chief executive officer Michael Lynton. “Period.” (2
by mncharity 9y ago
> “I’m a guy who doesn’t see anything good having come from the Internet,” said Sony Pictures Entertainment chief executive officer Michael Lynton. “Period.” (2009)[1]
Later also CEO Sony Entertainment, and COB Snapchat.
> At a breakfast cohosted by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and The New Yorker Thursday, Lynton wasn’t just trying for a laugh: He complained the Internet has “created this notion that anyone can have whatever they want at any given time. It’s as if the stores on Madison Avenue were open 24 hours a day. They feel entitled. They say, ‘Give it to me now,’ and if you don’t give it to them for free, they’ll steal it.”
> Lynton tried out another simile. Referring to the Obama administration’s goal to spread broadband access without, he said, regulating piracy, Lynton compared it with building highway systems without speed limits or driver’s licenses. “We do need rules of the road,”
US society is composed of many little overlapping subcultures. With diverse views. Often with major groupthink and filter bubbles. And some stable for decades.
[1] http://wwd.com/business-news/media/memo-pad-uniqlo-nabs-deyn-bad-internet-classic-martha-2136751/ http://wwd.com/business-news/media/memo-pad-uniqlo-nabs-deyn...
- tehwebguy 9y agoThis guy sounds like one of the most dangerous people on earth.
- userbinator 9y agoI wonder how much harrassment he receives... along with everyone else in the authoritarian pro-DRM crowd.
- mncharity 9y ago> This guy sounds like one of the most dangerous people on earth. His argument doesn't delight me either, but individuals are rarely the problem. Most people's beliefs reflect the beliefs of some culture of which they are part. It's rarely just one person who believes something. Even in authoritarian dictatorships, the king's decisions and survival usually rest on a weave of broader interests. When someone says something with which one strongly disagrees, it can be fruitful to approach this as a source of insight into their cultures. Cultures which often last longer than individuals. Lynton is retired now, or soon will be. The LA subcultures in which his remarks were relatively unremarkable, continue on. And will continue to shape government policy for years to come. Perhaps it's those cultural beliefs on which more long-term attention might usefully be focused. Perhaps we would be in a better place now, if more hollywood types had been appointed to tech boards over the years? EDITED to improve clarity.
- api 9y agoHe sounds like anyone else whose culture and livelihood is threatened. If/when the current tech culture is severely undermined by change most people on this board will sound like that.