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> SOPA brought it to our attention that Hollywood is dying. They must be dying if they're resorting to such tactics. If movies and TV were growing rapidly, that
by haberman 15y ago
> SOPA brought it to our attention that Hollywood is dying. They must be dying if they're resorting to such tactics. If movies and TV were growing rapidly, that growth would take up all their attention.
I'm not sure this follows. I'm guessing that Hollywood sees piracy and filesharing as vast amounts of unrealized profit for the work they're already doing -- "free money" essentially.
I think it's personal too; look how bent out of shape Scott Rudin got just because David Denby published a review for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" a week ahead of a previously-agreed-upon embargo: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/dec/05/girl-dragon-tattoo-early-review http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/dec/05/girl-dragon-tatto...
Hollywood seems to like having control over when and how their material is released, and on this level piracy offends them on a moral level.
- yuhong 15y agoYea, where do you think the claim that every piracy equals a lost sale comes from?
- bandushrew 15y ago"I'm guessing that Hollywood sees piracy and filesharing as vast amounts of unrealized profit for the work they're already doing" right, but the fact that they are chasing it implies very clearly that they believe there is more money in chasing free cash for work they have already done, than there is in creating new work. That is the sure sign of an industry (or business) that has stopped growing.
- wormwood28 15y agoYou're right, there is zero logic in it. The whole paragraph is a total muddle really. For better or worse there are international laws that protect copyright. They're essentially unenforceable. That these industries clamor for more laws and enforcement when the old ones don't work shouldn't surprise anyone.