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Killing the Internet to save Hollywood

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Re: Killing the Internet to save Hollywood

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"Save Hollywood," eh? As if SOPA will actually achieve any of its purported goals? As if there's any saving Hollywood needs except from itself?

I'm all for encouraging folks to fight SOPA, but perhaps we could save our up-votes for articles with more accurate titles.

Re: Killing the Internet to save Hollywood

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A better title might be, "Killing the internet to preserve the old methods of distribution so segments of the movie industry dont have to adapt."

Hollywood is trying to fight against an enemy that they don't understand. They think censoring piracy will stop it, when it's obvious that it wont. Gabe Newell said it best - “In general, we think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem".

Re: Killing the Internet to save Hollywood

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A better title might be, "Killing the internet to preserve the old methods of distribution so segments of the movie industry dont have to adapt." Hollywood is trying to fight against an enemy that they don't understand. They think censoring piracy will stop it, when it's obvious that it wont. Gabe Newell said it best - “In general, we think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a…

And meanwhile, people like Louis C.K. are making quite a bit by selling DRM free content on their own. Hopefully, more content providers will learn to adapt to the internet sooner than later.

Re: Killing the Internet to save Hollywood

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NyPost is killing content delivery and monetization by not making that article accessible through Safari on iOS.

looks fine on ios safari to me

Yeah, just shows me a full page ad for the iPad app, and tells me their content is now exclusive to their app.

Would be interested to know what causes it to vary...

But yes, a touch of irony there.

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