spin? what spin? I thought try to make a failure story in a success story is more of a spin...
You really think there will be a new wave? So... while some labels has declare this is a money sinkhole, you are claiming more lawsuit is coming? So while the profit is dwindling, they'll spend more money on a strategy that hasn't worked in small scale. Let see, we spend 1 mil suing all those people and made 100,000. Let's ramp it up in the next wave and spend 100 mil to make 1 mil. that's such an smart move.
>at some point, people will get tired of taking the risk of file sharing, and either go far underground, or effectively stop open trading altogether.
You do admit that people are hiding deeper. Stop trading, I don't think so. So far everything indicates the trading is increasing. In the light of this, will the next wave of lawsuit be as easy or the same compare to last wave? It'll be harder to find them, and harder to prove infringement. Good job, you just promoted evolution while the laws/enforcement tools are lagging behind.
>i just think it is the start of the next wave, few cases went to court, and pretty much all of those were wins for the copyright holders.
Ever heard of the term, "Win the battle and lose the war"? RIAA and the labels are basically the classic example.
In all honesty, I hope they keep it up. Just going to kill themselves faster, which is a good thing.
hmmm... this two way (three way?) collision is making my head hurt. I have an urge to laugh at both parties.
However, it's just curios to see that Suero is not involved or mentioned much at all. If anything, Morel should be sueing Suero for taking his photos and AFP should be suing Suero for paddling goods that doesn't belong to him.
Why is Suero left out? It's very, very strange to me.
>Once again, quashing fansub efforts is a fantastic way to annoy and disenfranchise your most loyal fans
The problem is, from every indications they've shown so far, they DON'T want oversea fans.
Thus, really, this is a case of a company who does not want to sell their product to you at all and is happy just the way it is with their Japanese fans.
I think the movie studio over-estimated the draw of their products. Basically, they are hoping that desperate customers who MUST watch/rent a new movie at this VERY MOMENT would be annoyed/compelled to buy it instead of renting it. This is similar to newspapers over-estimating the importance of their content and thinks a pay-wall will force customers to subscribe.
Seriously, only perhaps 3-4 movies per year has that kind of following, and they would sell well already even without this kind of scheme. The rest of the so-so and garbage movie will continue to sell just the way it is, while the general public spit on the studios for their obvious money grab moves.
Newspapers, movie studios and music industries are controlled by older folks who understand very little of the current technology/Internet and will continue to dream up "Old ways" of doing business. They never learn.
Honestly, the "irrecovably pissed" guy sounds like a gigantic hypocrite to me.
He calls himself defender of fair use and such but is bitching major time when someone fair use his stuff? Time to act what you believe in.
If he's a true believer in fair use, he wouldn't be this angry over this incident. Pissed maybe, but not angry. Yeah it's in poor taste to not ask first, but the law does not require you to ask. Obviously this guy's "sense of entitlement" has a real clash with his fake belief of being a "defender of fair use".
I am having a hard time understanding your second paragraph.
It's not people trying to figure out how to get a free lunch. It IS suppose to be free. What you are implying, if I understand you correctly, is when you have a product you used to sell but now giving out for free, at the cost of the seller, ie. free lunch from a bar. It is by law that they must provide one free report per year if requested.
You are in effect trying to make people look/feel bad because they ask what they are entitled to.
Righty-o, the sharpest guy in the news business who does not use a particular product, the Internet, and thinks that he knows the inside out of it.
Sharpest guy? or Stupidest guy? Last I checked, you have to do many researches to understand something. He's giving me the impression that he just pull some "insight" out of somewhere magically.
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my guess? traffic will be more or less the same and within standard deviation.
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Just more fodder from TBI for the Internet to remember.
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Re:
You really think there will be a new wave? So... while some labels has declare this is a money sinkhole, you are claiming more lawsuit is coming? So while the profit is dwindling, they'll spend more money on a strategy that hasn't worked in small scale. Let see, we spend 1 mil suing all those people and made 100,000. Let's ramp it up in the next wave and spend 100 mil to make 1 mil. that's such an smart move.
>at some point, people will get tired of taking the risk of file sharing, and either go far underground, or effectively stop open trading altogether.
You do admit that people are hiding deeper. Stop trading, I don't think so. So far everything indicates the trading is increasing. In the light of this, will the next wave of lawsuit be as easy or the same compare to last wave? It'll be harder to find them, and harder to prove infringement. Good job, you just promoted evolution while the laws/enforcement tools are lagging behind.
>i just think it is the start of the next wave, few cases went to court, and pretty much all of those were wins for the copyright holders.
Ever heard of the term, "Win the battle and lose the war"? RIAA and the labels are basically the classic example.
In all honesty, I hope they keep it up. Just going to kill themselves faster, which is a good thing.
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The new C32 is no different then the last one, even if they argue otherwise.
Currently I am following Tony Clement on Twitter and he's made some, uhhh, interesting answers/comments.
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Re:
illegal sources are already on the top 3 of most search for copyrighted stuff, if not the top.
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Damn, damn, damn, damn, DAMN.
Now I have to join the effort to kill yet another damn bill proposal.
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They are truly the great ones that keep lawyers' livelihood going!
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and it's also a bit funny at some parts. XD
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As a Canadian
I only have one word to say...
F###########################$%!
This time, I am sending a registered "paper" mail and going to CC it to everyone. Oh yeah, and Mr. Moore, you just lost one more vote.
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We should all go to his lonely shack in the mountain and make him feel better.
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However, it's just curios to see that Suero is not involved or mentioned much at all. If anything, Morel should be sueing Suero for taking his photos and AFP should be suing Suero for paddling goods that doesn't belong to him.
Why is Suero left out? It's very, very strange to me.
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Re: Given it to Blumenthal?
Bah!
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The problem is, from every indications they've shown so far, they DON'T want oversea fans.
Thus, really, this is a case of a company who does not want to sell their product to you at all and is happy just the way it is with their Japanese fans.
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Seriously, only perhaps 3-4 movies per year has that kind of following, and they would sell well already even without this kind of scheme. The rest of the so-so and garbage movie will continue to sell just the way it is, while the general public spit on the studios for their obvious money grab moves.
Newspapers, movie studios and music industries are controlled by older folks who understand very little of the current technology/Internet and will continue to dream up "Old ways" of doing business. They never learn.
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He calls himself defender of fair use and such but is bitching major time when someone fair use his stuff? Time to act what you believe in.
If he's a true believer in fair use, he wouldn't be this angry over this incident. Pissed maybe, but not angry. Yeah it's in poor taste to not ask first, but the law does not require you to ask. Obviously this guy's "sense of entitlement" has a real clash with his fake belief of being a "defender of fair use".
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Re: I mean really....
It's not people trying to figure out how to get a free lunch. It IS suppose to be free. What you are implying, if I understand you correctly, is when you have a product you used to sell but now giving out for free, at the cost of the seller, ie. free lunch from a bar. It is by law that they must provide one free report per year if requested.
You are in effect trying to make people look/feel bad because they ask what they are entitled to.
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I am afraid that the day will come for them to hold my credit rating as hostage and charge me something.
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hooray?
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Sharpest guy? or Stupidest guy? Last I checked, you have to do many researches to understand something. He's giving me the impression that he just pull some "insight" out of somewhere magically.
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