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'Stop us if you’ve heard these: piracy is driving artists out of business. The
reason they are starving is because no one pays for things, just illegally
downloads them. You wouldn’t steal a car. These arguments are old and being
dragged back out to get support for rules that would strangle online
expression. And they are, as ever, about Hollywood wanting to control
creativity and not protecting artists.
When it comes to box office numbers, they’ve remained pretty consistent except
when a global pandemic curtailed theater visits. The problem facing Hollywood
is the same one that it’s faced since its inception: greed.
From the fever-pitch moral panic of the early 2000s, discussions about
"piracy" disappeared from pop culture for about a decade. It’s come back, both
from the side explaining why and the side that wants everyone punished.
Illegal downloading and streaming are not the cause of Hollywood’s woes.
They’re a symptom of a system that is broken for everyone except the few
megacorporations and the billionaires at the top of them. Infringement went
down when the industry adapted and gave people what they wanted: convenient,
affordable, and legal alternatives. But recently, corporations have given up on
affordability and convenience.'
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
