Hollywood's Secret War With Google

cpt kangarooski writes: Information has come to light (thanks to the recent Sony hack) that the MPAA and six major studios are pondering the legal actions available to them to compel an entity referred to as 'Goliath,' most likely Google, into taking aggressive anti-piracy action on behalf of the entertainment industry. The MPAA and member studios Universal, Sony, Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros., and Disney have had lengthy email discussions concerning how to block pirate sites at the ISP level, and how to take action at the state level to work around the failure of SOPA in 2012. Emails also indicate that they are working with Comcast (which owns Universal) on some form of traffic inspection to find copyright infringements as they happen.

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The battle of extremes.

[Anonymous Coward]

Corporate greed vs individual entitlement. Both extremes are wrong and harmful, and proponents will always use the slippery slope fallacy to prevent any kind of middle-ground from being established.

This battle will never end.

Re:The battle of extremes.

[SuricouRaven]

You can see the same thing in the US debates on abortion and gun control. Both sides are afraid of incrimentalism by the other, which compels them to adopt the extremist position in order to prevent that strategy working.

Re:The battle of extremes.

[Uberbah]

I guess even people who are supportive of abortion (but not supportive of late term abortions) will defend late term abortions simply because

Simply because no one gets a dilatation and extraction for shits and giggles.

because they fear that making them illegal will affect conventional abortion

It has been the standard operating procedure ever since Roe v Wade: chip away at abortion without passing an Ireland-style ban. Because shit happens when medical decisions are made by religious fanatics rather than doctors.

Shocking!

[Anonymous Coward]

Shocking to find the liberal hollywood elite are quite illiberal after all.

Re:Shocking!

[LessThanObvious]

Not sure of the specifics on "24", but many cop drama's like "Criminal Minds" dumb down the viewers perception of their rights. They always seem to be able to instantly find any information about anyone through online means including by hacking and there is absolutely zero discussion of a warrant or any approval. It's just OK because they are trying to catch the super evil bad guy. If your perception of the constitution, your rights and the limitations on police power where based on television, you likely wouldn't have a clue what they are actually supposed to be allowed to do. From the few episodes of "24" I've seen I believe the same issues exist there.

Re:I can see it coming . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

and then what happens with they start trying to lay the hurt on them for listing pirate links (as it is almost impossible to block these witthout only showing sponsored content)

The Media Cartels want to stuff the internet genie back in the bottle.

SOPA ; net neutrality

[s1d3track3D]

and I thought net neutrality was about throttling.... I didn't realize how much money was opposing net neutrality and the actual reasons.
Comcast (Universal) doesn't need SOPA if the can win the net neutrality battle.

Poor souls

[Anonymous Coward]

I just want to take a moment, at this sympathetic time of year, to say that I really feel for the poor souls who are (or should I say were) responsible for security at Sony. We've all got issues, but those folks must be in a dark place now. For what it's worth I blame the execs who skimped on the IT security budget.

Are the 'traffic inspection' legal?

[Anonymous Coward]

Whatever happened in between the Hollywood studios and Google don't worry as much as the following:

Emails also indicate that they are working with Comcast (which owns Universal) on some form of traffic inspection to find copyright infringements as they happen

My question being this --- are the 'traffic inspection' legal?