MPAA Still Trying To Convince ISPs To Act As MPAA Police
from the why-should-they-protect-someone-else's-obsolete-business-model? dept
The entertainment industry has been on a bit of a crusade this year trying to convince ISPs that either they should feel responsible for the fact that people use their broadband connections to share unauthorized content. It started with NBC Universal arguing that ISPs somehow bore the responsibility for policing their networks for others' content. It's an odd argument, because most ISPs will admit (in a quiet moment) that unauthorized file sharing had been one of the biggest drivers in convincing people to switch from dialup to broadband. Furthermore, considering that there are some enlightened companies who realize that having your best fans promote and distribute your content can be good for business, it's impossible for ISPs to know whether or not the content being passed around is being done so with or without the approval of the content holder. In fact, that can lead to situations where content that producers are happy having shared gets taken down against their will.No matter, though, as the entertainment industry has already convinced the government that its outdated business model needs to be protected, now it's trying to convince other industries that they, too, spend their own resources to protect another industry's dying business model. The MPAA's Dan Glickman, who has had trouble understanding basic economics before, is now trying to convince various ISPs that it's their job to protect the entertainment industry's business model. Why? About the only argument he can come up with is that all that unauthorized content is a bandwidth glut: "more and more they're finding their networks crowded with infringed material, bandwidth space being crowded out." That sounds nice, other than the fact that it's not true. So far, not a single prediction that the entertainment industry has made about unauthorized file sharing has come true -- and each step they take seems to make things worse. Why would another, totally separate industry, buy into the argument that it, too, needs to drag itself down to protect someone else's dying business model?
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You and me both. I never said that it was the only driver. Not sure why you would read it that way.
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It is a fact that people use their broadband connections to share unauthorized content. Did you stick an invisible "all" before people, because I didn't?
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Douche
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Mike you're a tool.
Any time I see an anti-mpaa article here its brought to us by you. Expand your horizons man, file sharing should not be the basis for your life.
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Go lie somewhere else you lying lier.
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Keep it up
Keep talking about it! Until they get the picture, Thanks!
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The phone company is in a bit of a catch 22. They have been enjoying piracy money for a long time (if you think back to the old bbs days, when everyone had 2 land lines).
Today. Same story.
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AH HA!!!
Even he doesn't call it stolen or theft. =P
Sorry, just really felt the need to point it out that one of their big players might finally be understanding terms.
And just because it was today and I found it amusing:
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1010.html
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File Sharing
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And that's not even mentioning PCs that people use as DVRs in their home entertainment systems. Trust me, lots of people can actually use that amount of storage.
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really? nobody really needs any more than 128k of memory then either then huh? Every one of my machines has at LEAST 1 tb in it. I must pirate TONS of stuff then, right?
WRONG
Ever heard of mythtv? pop in your dvd, rip it, put your master copy away and enjoy being able to select your movies and play on demand. Source code, linux ISO images, raw 3d models/level files, tons of material I have takes up massive amounts of space.
As for the story at hand, this is not the ISP's job. Should people infringe copyright by downloading movies? No. Should it be the ISP's job to spy on everything we do just IN CASE we do do something illegal? HELL NO. They're the internet service provider, not the internet service nanny. Next step after this i guess is make it the isp's job to filter porn so our virgin american eyes can't see it....then after that maybe start filtering "political dissent", to keep the hate down you know?
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Naaa, I don't really deal with 'Rogue' content either. The vast, vast majority of music I have was just ripped from my CD's for convenience. Actually, I laughed a few weeks ago cleaning up my CD shelf - man it was dusty indeed.
I don't bother running Torrent all day to give out files.
But on the same note, I don't buy CD's like I used to. I was 100% not buying CD's for quite some time, but I've bought maybe 2 over this last year. Which is a big difference from the 3/4 I used to average per month.
Now it has more to do with content I like - there's very little of it out there now. Some... but little.
I would much prefer to buy digital singles, but only if they are...
1. Reasonable Cost
2. I have a method of getting them again - with no charge, if I loose data
3. Good Quality
That's about it. I'm just worn and tired of buying the same stuff over and over. I mean in some cases, I have an Album, cassette, and CD of the same freakin' thing.
I'm done buying that again and again.
Sure, I have DVD backups of my music too - but if they want me to buy digital, they will have to offer a means of getting the file again if it's lost. Otherwise, it's worthless to me.
And... no way I'll pay more than 2 bucks for a single, Sorry. These $7 'ringles' are a complete joke. I don't use 'musical' ringtones as it is.
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I love me some anime.
But only have about 200GB worth =(
About 100GB is backed up video games I buy (those are my money sink, that and DVDs, but not as much lately because they are being stupid so I will fight back the one way I can).
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MPAA RIAA
Monitor and stop Spyware, Virus, Trojans before they even escape from some unknowing persons computer.
Can you imagine Symantec as your ISP provider?
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WTF?
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WTF?
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THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO STOP FILE SHARING
SUCH AS CD-R ,DVD-R ETC
PIRATED SOFTWARE WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO BE A THING OF THE PAST.
THE ONLY WAY U WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP SUCH CONTENT
IS ON Y0UR COMPUTER
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ah
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