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Hollywood files a second round of lawsuits against online video traders and gives parents P2P-sniffing software.
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How free is the software for the consumer, when their every action can be traced? If the MPAA was really 'on the ball', why not give distribution rights to 'iTunes',for example, to make money for the MPAA and the company distributing their products on the internet?
How free is the software for the consumer, when their every action can be traced? If the MPAA was really 'on the ball', why not give distribution rights to 'iTunes',for example, to make money for the MPAA and the company distributing their products on the internet?
Posted by: Steve Meyer
Posted on: January 27, 2005, 2:31 AM PST
Story: Solicitor General, conservatives back Hollywood
Does any of this really matter?
No matter what the courts say, the fact is that anything that can be done digitally can be undone. Hence, all efforts on the part of the RIAA, the MPAA, and any related organizations will all prove fruitless because the Pandora's box (the Internet) has been open far too long and there's no eradicating the technology that exists that allows people to download.
If there is ANY tech person out there that is reading this that can state that there will someday be a technology to prevent downloading, by all means please tell me. But every single tech person I've interviewed for the last five years has told me that no matter what will be created to stop these practices, all efforts will be temporal and undone by other tech people who know how to get around whatever "speedbumps" are placed out here in cyberspace.
Even if it were possible to shutdown every website around the world that offered film and music content, that would onlty create a host of Intranets and User groups that would continue to download anyway.
Whether it's Grokster, or any of the dozens (hundreds?) of other file-sharing websites out there that have music and film content on them, the issue should now be for the film and music industries to create new online revenue models ASAP because whether they like it or not the Internet is not going away, and neither is file-sharing/downloading. It's going to continue...and instead of wasting precious time on lawsuits and trying to find a "magic bullet" to solve the problem, the film and music industries need to realize they will have to co-exist in this new world.
If the industry thinks that thought unthinkable...then I suggest they look at iTunes and the revenue and sales Mr. Jobs and company expect to gross this year.
Online digital music sales are way up. According to the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), the number of legitimate online music sites rose to 230 last year, compared to 50 the year before. The catalog of music available online also doubled, to 1 million songs. The international trade organization also says that individuals in the U.S. and Europe legally downloaded over 200 million tracks last year, up from approximately 20 million in 2003. That amounts to online sales of about $330 million, or about six times 2003's take. (http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/library/digital-music-report-2005.pdf)
It's time for the film industry to realize they can reap the same rewards if they stop wasting time. Who knows...maybe Steve Jobs already has iFilms in the works.
Steve Meyer
President - Smart Marketing
Publisher - DISC&DAT - A New Media Newsletter
Las Vegas, NV 89141
E-mail: stephennmeyer@earthlink.net
Posted by: Steve Meyer
Posted on: January 27, 2005, 2:31 AM PST
Story: Solicitor General, conservatives back Hollywood
Does any of this really matter?
No matter what the courts say, the fact is that anything that can be done digitally can be undone. Hence, all efforts on the part of the RIAA, the MPAA, and any related organizations will all prove fruitless because the Pandora's box (the Internet) has been open far too long and there's no eradicating the technology that exists that allows people to download.
If there is ANY tech person out there that is reading this that can state that there will someday be a technology to prevent downloading, by all means please tell me. But every single tech person I've interviewed for the last five years has told me that no matter what will be created to stop these practices, all efforts will be temporal and undone by other tech people who know how to get around whatever "speedbumps" are placed out here in cyberspace.
Even if it were possible to shutdown every website around the world that offered film and music content, that would onlty create a host of Intranets and User groups that would continue to download anyway.
Whether it's Grokster, or any of the dozens (hundreds?) of other file-sharing websites out there that have music and film content on them, the issue should now be for the film and music industries to create new online revenue models ASAP because whether they like it or not the Internet is not going away, and neither is file-sharing/downloading. It's going to continue...and instead of wasting precious time on lawsuits and trying to find a "magic bullet" to solve the problem, the film and music industries need to realize they will have to co-exist in this new world.
If the industry thinks that thought unthinkable...then I suggest they look at iTunes and the revenue and sales Mr. Jobs and company expect to gross this year.
Online digital music sales are way up. According to the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), the number of legitimate online music sites rose to 230 last year, compared to 50 the year before. The catalog of music available online also doubled, to 1 million songs. The international trade organization also says that individuals in the U.S. and Europe legally downloaded over 200 million tracks last year, up from approximately 20 million in 2003. That amounts to online sales of about $330 million, or about six times 2003's take. (http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/library/digital-music-report-2005.pdf)
It's time for the film industry to realize they can reap the same rewards if they stop wasting time. Who knows...maybe Steve Jobs already has iFilms in the works.
Steve Meyer
President - Smart Marketing
Publisher - DISC&DAT - A New Media Newsletter
Las Vegas, NV 89141
E-mail: stephennmeyer@earthlink.net
I've read your article about the MPAA vs sites like lokitorrent.com. As of today lokitorrent.com is down and the site has been replaced by a warning from the MPAA. Can you guys dig up more info about the trial? I am very curious if the guys behind the site were convicted or not.
Best regards,
Baltazar
Boelshit.nl
- lokitorrent.com now down
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(12 Comments)I've read your article about the MPAA vs sites like lokitorrent.com. As of today lokitorrent.com is down and the site has been replaced by a warning from the MPAA. Can you guys dig up more info about the trial? I am very curious if the guys behind the site were convicted or not.
Best regards,
Baltazar
Boelshit.nl