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Shell Shocked Moguls Regroup in Sun Valley to Discuss Piracy.

Posted by helios on · 6 comments
New York Times; By Amy Chozick - submitted by helios
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Ahhhh, Sun Valley....Playground of the rich and famous. Music and Movie industry honchos will be meeting in Sun Valley soon to discuss how to better address online piracy. Their term....not mine. I found it refreshing to read an honest assessment of industry leader's reaction to the outrage over SOPA and PIPA. Spoiler alert here. Many voiced regret over trying to twist political arms to do their bidding. An amazing revelation in itself, methinks anyway.

NYTimes is mostly a pay site and this article may jump behind a paywall soon. If it does, my apologies. This is an interesting read for those interested in the ongoing and global flap over copyright, IP and the such.

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They way I read this:

The RIAA moguls admit they made a huge mistake, and SOPA/PIPA was a disaster -- but they think it was mainly a PR failure, that they simply got drowned out by bigger megaphones, abetted by tech industry types and companies like Google not appreciating the underlying fundamentals.

Sounds like were going to see this story come around again, but next time the IP industries will try to use more sophisticated approach to marketing their position.
Quoting:Sounds like were going to see this story come around again, but next time the IP industries will try to use more sophisticated approach to marketing their position.


Exactly. Greed has no boundaries or conscience.
They already have with CISPA, which has apparently also failed.
> They still don't get it

Actually, the get it quite well. They now know they'll need to operate stealthily, and pass the legislation they want piecemeal. And that's exactly what they're doing.

The fact that the populace at large disagrees with the laws being passed makes absolutely no difference to them. To them the legislature is a tool to accomplish their ends, and nothing more.
"To them the legislature is a tool to accomplish their ends, and nothing more."

The corruption of power.
I stand corrected.

{sigh}

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