Posted 8/21/2002 02:20:00 PM by Douglas

No one ever said Hollywood types were smart, did we?

Millions of Internet Thieves?
Calling for the help of government and electronics manufacturers to block the ability of Internet users to download movies, News Corp President Peter Chernin claimed Tuesday that on the weekend that Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones opened, four million copies of that movie and Spider-Man were downloaded on the Internet. "Four million products were stolen in a weekend," Chernin told the Progress & Freedom Foundation conference in Aspen, CO. "It took four years to make that film, about four clicks of a mouse to steal it, and that crime was perpetrated 4 million times." Chernin went on to say that a leading theater chain has agreed to run a warning about such practices, saying that it not only hurts "fat-cat Hollywood people" but also workers ranging from makeup artists to custodians. He did not name the theater chain that will run the announcements.

Someone please tell me how to do this If I thought I could download an entire movie and have it DVD quality, I'd do it in a second. I've heard about Napster-like sites where you trade copies of movies, but don't know anyone that's done it.

Also, would someone please shut the whining cry-babies up? They are so scared that the internet is going to pop their precious bubble that they've lost all ability to reason.

Back in the early 20s when the phonograph was first taking off, the early musicians were very reluctant to record their music. Some of the Jazz guys didn't want other people hearing them and stealing their style, but most knew that they'd lose the ability to control their music once it "belongs" to someone else. They were also worried about some money grubbing producer stealing all their fucking money. Hey, there were right about that part!

They kill Napster, 10 more sprout up in its place. When are these idiots going to learn that complaining about the internet isn't going to make these problems go away?

Also, look at the music that they're producing: Gangster wannabe that need to pull their pants up or teenybopper bands and singers that are as shiny and flat as a juicy fruit wrapper.

They keep saying that their lack of profitability is all our fault, and I'm just not buying it. I hope they remember these as "the dark days" when they finally figure out how to use the Internet to milk the artists for all they're worth, like they've been doing up 'till now.