torrentfreak.com — Following the banks and the car companies, the movie industry might be the next to be hit by the economic downturn. No bail-out plan has been suggested as of yet, but MPAA chairman Dan Glickman is worried that piracy will grow to a new high during the current financial crisis - and he might just have a point there.
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Closed AccountDec 16, 2008
They should go to the vice president elect, whose been in their back pocket for many, many years. I'm sure he'll give them a bail out or even better permission to sue the s**t out of even more college students across America. Problem solved Mr. Biden!
Closed AccountDec 16, 2008
WAAAAAAAAAAA SHUT THE F**K UP
illdecreeDec 17, 2008
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Closed AccountDec 19, 2008
MPAA fears going to college will boost piracy. So don't send those kids to college. Right? Right?!
thekorn2Dec 19, 2008
That's the point. NOBODY asks for a s**tty HD download. Just because it's the only thing they feel like offering doesn't mean it's what people want. That's the General Motors philosophy -- we'll TELL people what they want. It failed with GM, and it'll fail with Netflix, too.
cquinndDec 19, 2008
The MPAA doesn't pay Johnny Depp, the studios do. The problem is the studios are notorious for playing with their books and claiming that only the blockbuster movies turn a profit, so any actor, director, producer or other cast member that signs a contract for a share in the overall profit instead of cash up front gets shafted. Both Stan Lee and Peter Jackson have had to fight with studios in the past for a promised cut in the later profits from a movie release, and they have helped provide studios with some of the best selling movie material in the last decade. It is little wonder that other celebrities have learned to get their cut in advance. The MPAA is defending an industry that has developed a reputation for cheating, by complaining that their potential audience is reacting with the same level of ethical behaviour.
kevin108Dec 30, 2008
I agree with you, but you do you think demands DRM?