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| DATE | 2012-01-07 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] SOPA and Priracy and Business losses
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I love this point, which I've made many times
THE BIG LIE OF PIRACY
One of the claims that studios make is that they need legislation to
stop piracy. The fact is piracy is rampant in all forms of commerce.
Video games and software have been targets since their inception.
Grocery and retail stores euphemistically call it shrinkage. Credit card
companies call it fraud. But none use regulation as often as the movie
studios to solve a business problem. And none are so willing to do
collateral damage to other innovative industries (VCRs, DVRs, cloud
storage and now the Internet itself.)
The studios don't even pretend that this legislation benefits consumers.
It's all about protecting short-term profit.
When lawyers, MBAs and financial managers run your industry and your
lobbyists are ex-Senators, understanding technology and innovation is
not one of your core capabilities.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/01/sopa-is-a-symbol-of-the-movie-industrys-failure-to-innovate/250967/
Now they should also address depreciation of real property.
Ruben
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