Movie Industry Blames Texting for Bad Box Office

cybercuzco writes "The movie industry is blaming poor sales of such movies as Gigli, The Hulk and Charlies Angels not on the fact that they were poor quality, but because people text message other people telling them that the movie stinks. Industry executives say that this undermines a carefully crafted marketing image. Expect texting to be banned by the MPAA in the near future."

Comments

Re:In other news...

[renderhead]

*Sigh*

That's a popular myth, but it simply doesn't wash. Check out the article that snopes.com did on why New Coke wasn't a marketing ploy to sell classic Coke.

Re:Yep

[barista]

I think its called "astroturfing" - essentially a fake "grassroots" effort.

For idiots too incompetent to google

[FreeUser]

Wow Talking out your ass gets you modded to +5. Please tell me what article or what admendment in the constitution that even mentions copyrights. There is nothing.

For dumbfucks too lazy to google, lest others be misled by their inane spewage:

The US Constitution

clause 8:
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;


And for mindless trolls too literal to comprehend the above as it relates to US copyright and patent law:

Findlaw's Tretise of US copyright law.