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MPAA's Chris Dodd Calls SOPA Defeat a 'Watershed Event'

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Re: MPAA's Chris Dodd Calls SOPA Defeat a 'Watershed Event'

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Post by numeromancer »

jinushaun wrote: post #5

"There was some back and forth about how best to combat piracy, with some in the audience advocating a strategy that supplies more content in new, affordable avenues to undercut the temptation to steal, and Fithian arguing that cheap-prices-up-front approaches such as Netflix streaming and $1 Redbox kiosks are "bad business models."" Clueless

...Fithian arguing that cheap-prices-up-front approaches such as Netflix streaming and $1 Redbox kiosks are "bad business models.""

I read this as "if we sell movies this way I'll have to work for a living."

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Post by waterlesscloud »

jinushaun wrote: post #5

"There was some back and forth about how best to combat piracy, with some in the audience advocating a strategy that supplies more content in new, affordable avenues to undercut the temptation to steal, and Fithian arguing that cheap-prices-up-front approaches such as Netflix streaming and $1 Redbox kiosks are "bad business models."" Clueless

Fithian represents NATO, the theater owner trade association.

He has zero interest in promoting anything other than theatrical distribution.

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Post by waterlesscloud »

There's a business opportunity in this article.

At the end they talk about digital-to-the-theater distribution and indie filmmakers hooking up with indie theaters.

A marketplace portal that facilitated that connection on a global basis could do well for itself.

A lot of schlepping, but a very viable market.

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Post by jrockway »

I like how he thinks that Netflix and Redbox are also ripping him off. It's like he expects each person who sees the movie to pay for the entire production. Anything less is ruining the industry.

I disagree with this, though. I think it should be legally required for everyone to pay for the movie, regardless of whether or not they see it. That way, nobody can steal his hard work!!

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Post by technoslut »

djhworld wrote: post #8

Has it actually been defeated though? I'm not that well versed in what's been going on, but the last time I read about it they just said the bill had been shelved after public outcry Shelved surely means they'll pick it up later and push it through discreetly?

When something gets shelved it pretty much means it's dead. The president even said he was against it and we are in an election year.

Chances are greater that they would hide this in another significant bill so it can get passed.

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Post by ChristianMarks »

It's more like a river basin event. My fervent hope is that Dodd draws upon his years of experience weakening the economy to weaken Hollywood to the point of collapse. Hollywood should figure out how to protect its products if this is important to them, instead of demanding that Internet service providers figure it out for them and pay for the privilege.

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Post by yahelc »

emehrkay wrote: post #6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd In office for 36 years, the first thing he does when he goes private is to lobby for a law nobody wants on behalf of his new employer. What happened to Obama's promise to stop this?

Ironically, one of Dodd's final acts in Congress (opposing filibuster reform) basically made any kind of substantial lobbying reform impossible.

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Post by haakon »

waterlesscloud wrote: post #12
jinushaun wrote: post #5

"There was some back and forth about how best to combat piracy, with some in the audience advocating a strategy that supplies more content in new, affordable avenues to undercut the temptation to steal, and Fithian arguing that cheap-prices-up-front approaches such as Netflix streaming and $1 Redbox kiosks are "bad business models."" Clueless

Fithian represents NATO, the theater owner trade association. He has zero interest in promoting anything other than theatrical distribution.

Oh. I was wondering why there was such a heavy military presence on the panel.

Re: MPAA's Chris Dodd Calls SOPA Defeat a 'Watershed Event'

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Post by orcadk »

jrockway wrote: post #15

I like how he thinks that Netflix and Redbox are also ripping him off. It's like he expects each person who sees the movie to pay for the entire production. Anything less is ruining the industry. I disagree with this, though. I think it should be legally required for everyone to pay for the movie, regardless of whether or not they see it. That way, nobody can steal his hard work!!

Don't even joke about that.

In Denmark we pay "license" to the state, to keep the public television and radio channels going. Mind you, this isn't part of the tax and it's completely optional whether you want to pay it or not.

Except, if you have a television, an internet connection, a cellphone, a radio or any device capable of receiving a television signal via an antenna or internet connection - you have to pay. After all, you have the ability to watch/hear the content. Whether you do or not, that doesn't matter. If we paid this through our taxes, it wouldn't be an issue (compared to what else we pay for). This being a pseudo-tax masked as an optional thing, that's ridicilous though.

Oh and on top of that we pay an extra tax (which goes to the artists) on casette tapes, CD-R's, DVD-R's, VHS tapes, etc. After all, we might record songs & movies on those mediums. And before you ask, no, despite us paying that tax, it's still not legal for us to do so.

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