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MPAA CEO Dan Glickman on the Broadcast Flag
Thomas Hawk writes "Motion Picture Association of America head Dan Glickman has an opinion piece up at CNET explaining why, even after they and the FCC lost the legal case to force the Broadcast Flag on us, we should still as consumers be advocates for it. The gist of Glickman's argument boils down to the old 'we're taking our ball and going home' game as he tries to convince us that without this incentive good TV and movies won't get shown on broadcast television. 'Our companies want to continue to show their movies and television shows to viewers who don't or can't subscribe to cable or satellite systems. But without the broadcast flag, that option will look less and less appealing. In the end, it will be the consumers who suffer the most if the broadcast flag is not mandated for the digital era.'"
Aren't you pro-piracy slashoids the same guys who were creaming in their jeans just a few days ago about the possible return of "Futurama" to straigh-to-DVD release? But I'm sure you have dozens of canned excuses why the creators of these new episodes you're already drooling yourselves over don't deserve to be paid for their work- yeah, they'll make it up from going on tour and selling merchandise...