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MPAA launch lawsuits against torrent, ed2k and usenet sites

I can see how the whole download thing is getting huge, but the movie industry has been huge forever. Their greed is propelling their actions.
 
And their greed is endless...
On the other hand I can understand, that they need to make money and deserve it somehow.
Yeah, mininova isn't on the list!!!
 
they do make money though...and if they don't, they should think about improving their products. they can't expect people to buy all that overproduced hollywood and pop crap, if it all looks and sounds the same. but instead they use the internet as a scapegoat, while its only a catalyst.
a lot of these huge multiplex cinemas have been opened, and after the novelty was gone and thr amount of customers decreased, they increased the price, resulting in even less customers. they have destroyed their own marlet by flooding it with products...
on cinema-tuesday, when everything costs around 3/4 or 2/3, the cinemas are clogged...that should make them think.
 
Didnt they close Razorback this week? I always wondered how it could stay online that long.
With the new EU laws on data logging, they might actually make progress in Europe in terms of baning filesharing.
[Edit] Just found the official MPAA press report. http://www.mpaa.org/press_releases/2006_02_23.pdf
If you hover over the bottom of the page you will notice that they are using a trial version to create their pdf's loool.
 
These tactics will never work. The software for searching, uploading and storing torrents is all commonplace and for every 1 site they shut down, 2 more open up in it's place.

Just a desperate attempt to keep a hold on an industry without changing thier archaic business model that has no relevance in today's world.

Make your content available easily and at a fair price and you would see a drastic reduction in piracy. Also, thier loss model is EXTREMELY flawed. A lot of people wouldn't buy the movies they download in the first place, as most people just want to see if something is worth thier time or not. So you can't exactly claim a loss of business that you would never have had in the first place.
 
zenkidori said:
Make your content available easily and at a fair price and you would see a drastic reduction in piracy.
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Exactly. I used to download songs when napster was big, and then limewire. Nowadays, it's cheap just to buy them from iTunes, so you have to be a cheapskate to get pirate them. Netflix is nice for movies, for online rentals anyway, but once I watch them once that's fine. So there are options, but there should be more.
 
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