Enough Already with the Crocodile Tears
In File sharing
Ed Felten today asks Hollywood to quit shedding crocodile tears over profits “lost” to Internet-enabled piracy — at least while it continues to make more money than ever, while denying movie stars (the “artist”) a more sizable cut:
[Surging profits] undercut the industry’s rent-seeking in Washington, which relies [...]
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Also tagged contrary, creativity, EFF, entertainment industry, fcc, hollywood, movie stars, piracy, profits, revenue stream, rhetoric
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from downhill battle:
Eyes on the Prize is the most important documentary ever made about the Civil Rights Movement–but copyright restrictions have kept it from the public for the past 10 years. We can’t let that continue. On February 8th help us bring this film back to a nationwide audience. Get the film today and organize [...]
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Also tagged 10 years, audience, civil rights movement, congress, copyrights, creativity and innovation, disney, documentary, downhill battle, eyes on the prize, major record labels, national corporations, patent law, patents
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