"it's difficult to see what claim Mexico would have under any ordinary intellectual property law"
If the Olympic Committee can have draconian trademarks "protecting" a Greek sporting event which has occurred sporadically since 776 BC, I think anything is possible.
When copyright holders are faced with competition, they merely have their government granted monopolies extended to eliminate the competition.
I wrote about how when player piano rolls were determined to be perfectly legal and not copyright infringment, the copyright industry simply had Congress extend its monopoly to include player piano rolls. That was easier than competing.
Now France is arbitrarily extending government granted monopolies to include revenue which has no relationship or basis to copyright. To me that's criminal.
"Again, every industry fights to increase market share at the cost of its competitors.... The problem is not that the content industry keeps pushing for harder, better, faster, stronger monopolies."
You simply do not get it. Player piano rolls were perfectly legal and did not infringe copyrights. So the music publishers went to Congress and had their monopoly extended to include player piano rolls. That's exactly what happened and it continues to be what happens.
It's fine when corporations are fighting hard amongst themselves. But when they use the government to fight, by extending their monopoly rights, it's no longer a fair fight. And its no longer a free market.
I just wrote about this a couple of days ago. After watching a college football bowl game where one of the cameras was "brought to you buy DirecTV"... I realize one of the reasons ad revenues are down is because we live in a world with too many ads.
Of course Google is making great money with advertising, because they're smart about it. As the above quote shows. They don't throw up a ton of ads. They give users a limited number of ads which are usually related to what the user wants, which actually makes them helpful.
It probably doesn't need to be said, but sticking an ad on a camera does not help me in anyway.
How do you know this? How many more movies will be streamed? As a lawyer would say, "You're assuming facts not in evidence." All we know is that Netflix will over more streaming content. We don't know when, what, or how much.
"movie buffs - these guys will want their movies right when they come out..."
Any movie buff who would buy rather than wait for the movie to be rented, would probably love the movie so much he's probably just buy it in the first place.
The number of people who will start buying because of this 28 delay will be very small. Remember, all the other rental places will still offer these movies.
"The streaming content is so much more important to me..."
I love Netflix's streaming service. But what exactly do we get out of this deal? Do we get all Warner Bros. movies streamed? Nope. Do we get all new Warner Bros. released streamed? Nope. We vaguely get "more streaming content."
I'd much rather have the certainty of getting new releases when they're released rather than the very small chance of streaming the movie I want at some unknown date in the future.
I hate to say this, but if the streams are available the day of the original release, without the 28 day delay, I would completely agree with you. In fact, I'd think this was an awesome move on Netflix's part.
But unfortunately, the streams are also delayed. So that does not "encourage" people to use the streaming service. It also does not "encourage" anyone to buy the DVD. It might "encourage" someone to simply download it rather than wait.
I think all the WB/Netflix employees are stacking those comments
But those comments do not make this situation any better. Now users will have to wait 28 days for Netflix to release the movie, and then more than 28 days of waiting to actually get a copy. This will only increase the time of waiting.
"I never got my new releases within 28 days anyway"
I always get the new releases I want the first day. Here's the trick. They are released on Tuesday, but are shipped on Monday. All you have to do to get that new release is to have that new movie on the top of your list and return a movie on the prior Saturday. It works every time.
"they're now more likely to get it in an unauthorized manner"
Gee, I didn't even consider that. The blu-rays will be available for an entire month, that will ensure there are quality copies for download. Heck, if the other movie studios jump on board, I can simply dump my Netflix account and save a ton of money.
And note to Warner Bros., this will not cause me to buy more movies. The days of people buying movies (and music) on plastic discs are gone. Pissing off your customers won't help change that.
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He's the most articulate troll I've ever experienced. But, he's still a troll.
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He'll probably pull something from Wikipedia's butt.
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If the Olympic Committee can have draconian trademarks "protecting" a Greek sporting event which has occurred sporadically since 776 BC, I think anything is possible.
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Eh, he's just trying to get the copyright industry to put some money in his re-election campaign fund. Once that happens he'll keep quiet.
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When copyright holders are faced with competition, they merely have their government granted monopolies extended to eliminate the competition.
I wrote about how when player piano rolls were determined to be perfectly legal and not copyright infringment, the copyright industry simply had Congress extend its monopoly to include player piano rolls. That was easier than competing.
Now France is arbitrarily extending government granted monopolies to include revenue which has no relationship or basis to copyright. To me that's criminal.
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You simply do not get it. Player piano rolls were perfectly legal and did not infringe copyrights. So the music publishers went to Congress and had their monopoly extended to include player piano rolls. That's exactly what happened and it continues to be what happens.
It's fine when corporations are fighting hard amongst themselves. But when they use the government to fight, by extending their monopoly rights, it's no longer a fair fight. And its no longer a free market.
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Of course Google is making great money with advertising, because they're smart about it. As the above quote shows. They don't throw up a ton of ads. They give users a limited number of ads which are usually related to what the user wants, which actually makes them helpful.
It probably doesn't need to be said, but sticking an ad on a camera does not help me in anyway.
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How do you know this? How many more movies will be streamed? As a lawyer would say, "You're assuming facts not in evidence." All we know is that Netflix will over more streaming content. We don't know when, what, or how much.
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Any movie buff who would buy rather than wait for the movie to be rented, would probably love the movie so much he's probably just buy it in the first place.
The number of people who will start buying because of this 28 delay will be very small. Remember, all the other rental places will still offer these movies.
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I love Netflix's streaming service. But what exactly do we get out of this deal? Do we get all Warner Bros. movies streamed? Nope. Do we get all new Warner Bros. released streamed? Nope. We vaguely get "more streaming content."
I'd much rather have the certainty of getting new releases when they're released rather than the very small chance of streaming the movie I want at some unknown date in the future.
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But unfortunately, the streams are also delayed. So that does not "encourage" people to use the streaming service. It also does not "encourage" anyone to buy the DVD. It might "encourage" someone to simply download it rather than wait.
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Plus, within that 28 day waiting period you'll be able to buy cheap used copies.
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But those comments do not make this situation any better. Now users will have to wait 28 days for Netflix to release the movie, and then more than 28 days of waiting to actually get a copy. This will only increase the time of waiting.
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I always get the new releases I want the first day. Here's the trick. They are released on Tuesday, but are shipped on Monday. All you have to do to get that new release is to have that new movie on the top of your list and return a movie on the prior Saturday. It works every time.
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Gee, I didn't even consider that. The blu-rays will be available for an entire month, that will ensure there are quality copies for download. Heck, if the other movie studios jump on board, I can simply dump my Netflix account and save a ton of money.
Thanks Warner Bros.!
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And note to Warner Bros., this will not cause me to buy more movies. The days of people buying movies (and music) on plastic discs are gone. Pissing off your customers won't help change that.
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Anti-Mike, you are fricken hilarious! Do you have your own blog I can read? You're wasting your comedic talents here. Seriously.
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