New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google • Hacker News Board

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by CmonDev » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 8:42 AM UTC

Can you really smear a company who's reputation is already beyond repair?

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by nness » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 8:48 AM UTC

I wonder if the threat of continuous attack and litigation could hurt shareholders of the MPAA's partners more than Google itself. Particularly since the last decade of investment into anti-piracy campaigns and measures has not curved piracy.

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by jfoutz » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 8:50 AM UTC

balls187 wrote: post #3

nerdy wrote: post #2

The MPAA just might have picked on the wrong kid this time.

How so?

Remember when the US sued ibm for 30 years and lost? Pretty much the same reason.

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by Oletros » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 9:04 AM UTC

CmonDev wrote: post #21

Can you really smear a company who's reputation is already beyond repair?

Not sure if serious

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by sklogic » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 9:05 AM UTC

I would not mind if the entire entertainment industry just die. Some (likely, the only worthy) part of it will adapt, and the rest is totally worthless.

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by CmonDev » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 9:10 AM UTC

Oletros wrote: post #24

CmonDev wrote: post #21

Can you really smear a company who's reputation is already beyond repair?

Not sure if serious

Tax dodging, conspiracy to suppress salaries, non-meritocratic compensation policies - the list goes on.

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by Oletros » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 9:12 AM UTC

CmonDev wrote: post #26

Oletros wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure if serious

Tax dodging, conspiracy to suppress salaries, non-meritocratic compensation policies - the list goes on.

Apart that the only illegal thing is the second, do you really think that people is aware of this or that they give a shit?

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by zamalek » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 9:17 AM UTC

venomsnake wrote: post #16

SaturateDK wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would be lovely, however that probably won't happen. Seeing google might get sued for that.

Why? They are a private company, they can do whatever they want on their site (also known as the iOS censorship apologist argument)

I think it would be possibly anti-competitive.

However, Google already attempts to reward original content so if they could do it algorithmically to everyone (hence not disrupting the competitive marketplace) I think they'd be able to claim "oops."

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by zamalek » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 9:18 AM UTC

nerdy wrote: post #10

balls187 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How so?

Because the MPAA is often the larger entity in court, and with leverage (copyright law). They have a long, litigious history from DMCA takedowns & expansion to SOPA. They don't mind suing individuals, wholesale [1]. In this particular case it's pretty clear the MPAA and the AG were both out of bounds. Why would the AG, the top lawyer for the state government (and supposedly for the people), need to help the MPAA with…

> editorial suggesting slumping stock prices

Is this not fraudulent?

Re: New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google

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Post by tomjen3 » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 9:26 AM UTC

zamalek wrote: post #28

venomsnake wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? They are a private company, they can do whatever they want on their site (also known as the iOS censorship apologist argument)

I think it would be possibly anti-competitive. However, Google already attempts to reward original content so if they could do it algorithmically to everyone (hence not disrupting the competitive marketplace) I think they'd be able to claim "oops."

They could just choose to reward rankings to the original movie, which means Hollywood will have to make movies that are not just reboots or sequels.