WKRP in Cincinnati could be sold "as original" because all of the music in the show would be out of license. That would reward the producers of that show who cheaped out and didn't buy a full license at the time.
You mean the unedited versions of the original episodes would finally be released? How exactly is that a BAD thing?
They simply can't grasp that the internet is a communications medium, not a broadcast medium. They're used to the snobbery of thinking that the suits control everything, and the public has to be lead along by the collective nose. They're not used to the public at large biting back, and when it does, it utterly confounds them.
I've been boycotting RIAA material since approximately 2003, and have stopped buying retail music at all since 2008.
I have not done this with retail film yet, but it wouldn't be too difficult: I haven't been to a movie theater since 2005. I buy DVDs very rarely...about three in the past year. Everything else I just watch on digital satellite, or download independent material online (I'm two episodes in to Pioneer One right now). After the SOPA fiasco, cutting MPAA material off completely seems tempting.
And no, I don't "pirate" anything.
In short, these media boycotts aren't difficult once you get into them. There's more than enough quality material in Creative Commons and the public domain.
Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy (a fan movie based on the popular MGS video games) cost a mere 10,000 € to produce, and is distributed for free, to great success.
But don't download it, because nobody is entitled to free movies.
Okay, I'll make a deal with you, Bob. I won't watch any more Hollywood movies, if you never use Google, Facebook, or Wikipedia again.
After all, you LOVE to bitch about them, don't you? And you would probably side with any of those numerous shills who claim if we have any complaints about Hollywood, we should stop watching movies.
If they can do that without the pirated material as the draw, why aren't they doing it?
Because they can't prevent what their users upload, genius. They have no way of policing the number of uploads they get. It's up to the copyright holders, instead, to find their material if it's unauthorized, then issue the DMCA notice to Megaupload.
Yes, the bands are tempted by the candy that's dangled in front of them, then proceed to make absolutely nothing for the rest of their lives. The entertainment industry - ALL fields of it - thrives off of naivete.
And that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that most of them lose money. When you're given a $500,000 advance and have to pay it back with 10% of album sales, you don't make money on albums unless you sell in the millions. Do the fucking math.
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You mean the unedited versions of the original episodes would finally be released? How exactly is that a BAD thing?
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If six figures is "middle class," then it should really have the modifier "upper" attached to the front.
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I have not done this with retail film yet, but it wouldn't be too difficult: I haven't been to a movie theater since 2005. I buy DVDs very rarely...about three in the past year. Everything else I just watch on digital satellite, or download independent material online (I'm two episodes in to Pioneer One right now). After the SOPA fiasco, cutting MPAA material off completely seems tempting.
And no, I don't "pirate" anything.
In short, these media boycotts aren't difficult once you get into them. There's more than enough quality material in Creative Commons and the public domain.
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But don't download it, because nobody is entitled to free movies.
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Do you think 500 million people are just going to change? What makes you think they'll tolerate any attempt at making them?
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They've also shown a rather keen appetite for downloading those same movies online without directly paying. Selective attention much?
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After all, you LOVE to bitch about them, don't you? And you would probably side with any of those numerous shills who claim if we have any complaints about Hollywood, we should stop watching movies.
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Because they can't prevent what their users upload, genius. They have no way of policing the number of uploads they get. It's up to the copyright holders, instead, to find their material if it's unauthorized, then issue the DMCA notice to Megaupload.
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Megaupload didn't provide "samples" of downloads. You could still download the entire file for free.
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And that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that most of them lose money. When you're given a $500,000 advance and have to pay it back with 10% of album sales, you don't make money on albums unless you sell in the millions. Do the fucking math.
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