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MPAA Fights Pirates with Gentle Threats
Gillious writes "Wow! It seems the MPAA has learned from the RIAA's mistakes. It seems we aren't going to get mass-lawsuits for grandmothers and 12-year-old kids. I find this quote most interesting: 'The movie industry, he said, has to ask itself what the music industry should have asked years ago: 'Why do they want to steal from us?' The answer, he said, is simple: 'Because you won't sell them what they want.' The technologists say that what went wrong with the music industry can easily go wrong for movie companies, too.'"
MPAA: I'll gently shove this rod up your ass until you agree not to copy anymore movies.
Then I'll kiss your ouchie !
This is the sig that says NI (again)
Why do they want to steal from us?
The MPAA isn't going to do right by consumers unless we all start with the same premises. And though
I know this has been done to death on
Things like movies on demand where you can order them and play them whenever you want on your cable box are whats going to happen in the near future.
This is already happening here in Las Vegas, as well as other places I'm sure. Cox Cable has what they call "Cox In Demand" on their digital cable system, which is just a particular channel that gives you a pretty little interface that lets you browse through their movie catalog. I think it costs the same as PPV ($4 IIRC), but you can pick any movie you want from their catalog to watch immediately.
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(1) Most movie downloads are porn, porn, and more porn. This only affects the porn industry.
(2) Movies take a lot longer to download, and basically require a DSL, Cable, or LAN connection.
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