MPAA calls blackout protest a ‘dangerous gimmick’

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/17/mpaa-calls-blackout-protest-a-dangerous-gimmick/

The Motion Picture Association of America, the film industry’s largest lobby, is not happy about the growing opposition to two anti-piracy bills being considered by the U.S. Congress.

Critics of the bills have said they could break the fundamental structure of the Internet and result in censorship. Internet-base companies like Google and Yahoo oppose the bills, saying they would put U.S. tech policy on par with “China, Malaysia and Iran.”

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Sounds like The Motion Picture Association is a bunch of five year olds (no true disrespect to 5 year olds) mad that they can't get their way and are trying to take their ball home.


I know Pivacy is wrong BUT let's face it... They way they looked at it EVERYTHING is wrong. Think about when you where kids and you made mix tapes of your favorite songs or a bunch of love songs for your Girlfriend/Boyfriend.


Hell I will be honest I burn mix CDs so I can listen to them in the car while I drive.

Sometimes when I see a clip on you tube it makes me want to get the movie or see the whole movie. Sometimes a clip is much better than a trailer. MHO

[Ecumenist]

1. Yeah, dangerous to you creeps.

[Pab Sungenis]

2. They already have all the tools they need

to go after infringers. They just have to use them.

SOPA is a way for them to not have to do the minimal amount of work that's involved by going after infringers.

[justiceischeap]

20. SOPA allows them to go outside America's borders

for foreign offenders (plus a whole lot more, obviously but that's the crux of it.

[Pab Sungenis]

22. If there are foreign offenders

they aren't subject to U.S. law. And shouldn't be.

If there are people downloading and sharing stuff illegally in the U.S. the copyright holders already have the tools they need to identify the IP's doing it, get the names from ISP's, and go after them. That's how all the RIAA lawsuits happened.

They don't need this draconian measure.

[justiceischeap]

24. I agree but they want it

I don't understand why they don't go to the countries where the files are actually being hosted and try and get legislation passed in those countries. America should not have the right to arrest and prosecute people from other countries for copyright infringement--especially with the economy we have.

[msongs]

3. making "mix tapes" for 30 million of one's closest friends is different. we made tapes for our

car or garage workshop, and that was all, because we thought great music was worth a few cents a play.

[Occulus]

10. Do you know how bittorrent actually works?

Nobody ever distributes anything usable to 30 million people.

[one_voice]

15. What is bittorrent?...

is that like limewire?

[kentauros]

17. Limewire was like Napster, or "peer-to-peer", at least as I recall.

You got the whole file from one user. "Bittorrent" is a software program name for downloading "torrent" files. What that means is that whatever it is that you're sharing or want to get is broken up into little tiny packets of information and shared over a large network of people that also have the same file (or want the same file.) No one shares the whole file at once, only bits of it. A torrent program (like Bittorrent or Vuze) then puts it all back together as you receive it, and you have your file

[lonestarnot]

4. What creep? The mustache guy.

I won't be able to do a very good job at work. Teehee.

[lonestarnot]

5. Looks like it references Chris Dodd. I didn't see any other names over there, just generalizations.

Quick read, may have missed it.

[phleshdef]

6. They need to stop whining and start competing.

Things like Spotify, Rdio, Hulu and Netflix - thats where its at. I'll gladly sit through some ads or pay a small monthly fee to access what I want, when I want. If the music industry had united behind a technology like Spotify when Napster was taking off, I think the music piracy situation would be a thousand times less severe. Same goes for streaming video services like Hulu.

[randome]

19. Doesn't matter how much they try to compete.

The digital cat is out of the bag. If they charged a nickel for songs, people around the world would still download for free.

All the ethics in the world can't beat that price.

[Pab Sungenis]

23. For some it's not price.

It's convenience. The more readily available legal digital options are, the more people will buy them legitimately instead of pirating them.

You will never completely end piracy, but you can make a significant hole in it.

[phleshdef]

25. Spotify charges ZERO.

You just have to endure an ad every now and then.

[Solly Mack]

7. How is it dangerous?

and how, exactly, does it - "... punish elected and administration officials"?

[RainDog]

8. any group that thinks violence is less offensive than sex gets a facepalm from me. n/t

[SidDithers]

12. Did you see "This Film Is Not Yet Rated"?...

Your comment made me think of that movie right away.



Sid

[Justice wanted]

14. no never heard of it.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

18. Great fuckin documentary! Highly recommend!

[99th_Monkey]

9. Aaaww. Too fucking bad. Lazy greedy bastards. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. That's funny...I just saw very similar language mirrored on this site by

one of our resident Republicans.



(Although I think the language there was "stunt&quot .

[FarCenter]

13. Just sat through about 8 previews of coming attractions that were complete crap

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was pretty good though.

But the previews were awful.

And what makes them turn the sound up to painful levels? Where's OSHA when they should be protecting our ears?

[LetTimmySmoke]

16. Chris Dodd:

[Puregonzo1188]

21. Chris Dodd, in his official capacity as a lobbyist, is calling others "corporate pawns?"

That's funny.