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It's probably not too wise to pick on the kids that made it and are swimming in money and power. It'll be The Revenge of the Nerds all over again. Not to menti
by saool 11y ago
It's probably not too wise to pick on the kids that made it and are swimming in money and power. It'll be The Revenge of the Nerds all over again.
Not to mention Google is by now a pretty deft political player.
- balls187 11y agoSpecific to the US, who do you think people will side with? Movie stars or Google Lawyers? I don't see this as being slam-dunk for either side.
- Oletros 11y agoPeople will side with MPAA or RIAA?
- pyre 11y agoThe MPAA/RIAA are not "The Movie Stars" they are "The Movie Studios." It's not even that. The MPAA is an industry lobbying group that the studios are members of. There is no big name movie star that is the "face" of the MPAA.
- gcb0 11y agolobbying group that can order new presidential mandates and for Angelina Jolie to adopt a dozen new kids. you have no idea how PR works...
- pyre 11y agoI do know how PR works. I also know that the MPAA's sister organization's fight against music piracy had some big name stars from their industry side with them (e.g. Lars Ulrich), but at the same time many big name artists (Trent Reznor, Radiohead, etc) did not side with them. If the MPAA tries to put a "face" on this by pulling in celebrities, that could equally backfire if other celebrities come out against it. > for Angelina Jolie to adopt a dozen new kids So the MPAA tells Angelina Jolie how many kids to adopt now? Did the order come directly from the Illuminati or The Bilderberg Group?
- balls187 11y agoClearly MPAA aren't "Move Stars" but in this case, the MPAA interests are more clearly aligned with today's celebrities, then they are with Google. It's a stretch, but one could imagine google's competitors piling on as well.
- gliese1337 11y agoThe MPAA isn't made up of movie stars. So, will people side with Google Lawyers, or Notoriously-Shady-Film-Studio Lawyers?
- airza 11y agoUhhhh... I think the MPAA's popularity has basically been zero since the whole napster thing.
- nerdy 11y agoMust be an unsigned value.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoWho will they side with? Google or the people who keep killing their favourite movie streaming and Torrent sites?
- Mimu 11y agoWhich side, people bringing entertainment to them or the ones destroying any private life they have left?
- TeMPOraL 11y agoPeople bringing entertainment to them or the ones who don't hesitate to literally destroy someone's life over a bunch of copied pop songs or movies? Truth be told, it really depends on which side has more control over the narrative in the media.
- balls187 11y agoI expect the US population that cares about torrents is practially nil, though that is based personal bias.
- bediger4000 11y agoIf that population is practically nil, then what's the problem with torrents/pirating? Nobody doing it: no loss to the studios. Even without knowing exactly, precisely how many people int he USA are torrenting and pirating, the studios seem to think it's a Great Big Deal, and are willing to splash out a lot of cash, and a lot of good will to get torrenting stopped. That would seem to indicate that the US population that cares about torrents is actually pretty large.