Comments on: Where the Money Is http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/03/where-the-money-is/ Copyright Information Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Gordon http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/03/where-the-money-is/#comment-14792 John Gordon Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:32:40 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=390#comment-14792 Incidentally, the two best ways to start a moral panic that leads to hasty, ill-considered policymaking are to link your industry's pet issue to either terrorism or the safety of children. And your benefactors have used the "think of the children" issue to great effect, so I'm not surprised to see them playing the terrorism card. Incidentally, the two best ways to start a moral panic that leads to hasty, ill-considered policymaking are to link your industry’s pet issue to either terrorism or the safety of children. And your benefactors have used the “think of the children” issue to great effect, so I’m not surprised to see them playing the terrorism card.

]]> By: John Gordon http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/03/where-the-money-is/#comment-14791 John Gordon Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:27:59 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=390#comment-14791 Let me suggest another cliche: "follow the money." This study was paid for by the usual suspects in the entertainment industry, who, no surprise, also fund this website. Patrick, wouldn't commercial pirates find it even harder to compete with free downloads than legitimate entertainment distributors do? After all, a $2.99 DVD bought on a street corner and a free, infringing BitTorrent download are of about the same quality and reliability, while a $15.00 DVD is of much higher quality as a product, and you know what you're paying for. So wouldn't the Internet put commercial pirates out of business long before Hollywood? Let me suggest another cliche: “follow the money.” This study was paid for by the usual suspects in the entertainment industry, who, no surprise, also fund this website.

Patrick, wouldn’t commercial pirates find it even harder to compete with free downloads than legitimate entertainment distributors do? After all, a $2.99 DVD bought on a street corner and a free, infringing BitTorrent download are of about the same quality and reliability, while a $15.00 DVD is of much higher quality as a product, and you know what you’re paying for. So wouldn’t the Internet put commercial pirates out of business long before Hollywood?

]]> By: Patrick Antrim http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/03/where-the-money-is/#comment-14621 Patrick Antrim Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:52:35 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=390#comment-14621 Spot-f'ing-on! Spot-f’ing-on!

]]> By: jill allen http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/03/where-the-money-is/#comment-14562 jill allen Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:18 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=390#comment-14562 deans list has good things i hope you all will continue to work for us deans list has good things i hope you all will continue to work for us

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