The problem with persuing the industry-types who actually leak the content is that there are so many. It's easier (and cheaper) to simply "cut them off" from any more releases than it is to actually litigate against it.
Besides, there's a lot of problems with litigating within the industry as well. Imagine if the editor of Rolling Stone was ripping a few choice DVDs for his friends for Christmas of as yet unreleased material. You're a publicist for a minor distributor and you find out. Do you enforce legal action and risk never getting press in Rolling Stone (or any of its many affiliates) ever again? At the same time, if you take the easy route and refuse to send any more screeners, you're not going to get any press either. So there's little harm in letting this infraction slip by on your end.
The fact is, the movie industry (with all its intricacies) will screw the consumer in every conceivable way and then create an image of itself as martyr when the fit hits the shan. Not so different from any other industry, is it?
The major problem with the legislation is that its not necessary. For this to work, all you need to do is convince the retailers to embrace it. For example, any five-year old can legally buy a porno, but any retailer will refuse them, legally.
I switched over to the Dvorak layout a few years ago for one of my machines and I rarely had a problem moving to different layouts. It became second nature really -- a piano player doesn't get confused when he sits in front of a typewriter and vice versa. That machine is now no longer in use and I never took the time to change layouts since I move from machine to machine an awful lot.
It's really a question of what you're used to. QWERTY is a layout that, by nature, impedes typing. Getting better at it simply means you've learned how to type uncomfortably. Anyone who's tried learning Dvorak for a week or so will easily realize that.
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Besides, there's a lot of problems with litigating within the industry as well. Imagine if the editor of Rolling Stone was ripping a few choice DVDs for his friends for Christmas of as yet unreleased material. You're a publicist for a minor distributor and you find out. Do you enforce legal action and risk never getting press in Rolling Stone (or any of its many affiliates) ever again? At the same time, if you take the easy route and refuse to send any more screeners, you're not going to get any press either. So there's little harm in letting this infraction slip by on your end.
The fact is, the movie industry (with all its intricacies) will screw the consumer in every conceivable way and then create an image of itself as martyr when the fit hits the shan. Not so different from any other industry, is it?
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The major problem with the legislation is that its not necessary. For this to work, all you need to do is convince the retailers to embrace it. For example, any five-year old can legally buy a porno, but any retailer will refuse them, legally.
I switched over to the Dvorak layout a few years ago for one of my machines and I rarely had a problem moving to different layouts. It became second nature really -- a piano player doesn't get confused when he sits in front of a typewriter and vice versa. That machine is now no longer in use and I never took the time to change layouts since I move from machine to machine an awful lot. It's really a question of what you're used to. QWERTY is a layout that, by nature, impedes typing. Getting better at it simply means you've learned how to type uncomfortably. Anyone who's tried learning Dvorak for a week or so will easily realize that.