Journal m2bord's Journal: How to make a bad movie more valuable
While reading this /. user's reply, http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=132865&cid=11091959 I came up with a genius idea.
Remember the Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez flop, Gigli?
Well to increase the value of it, why don't a lot of people download it.
That way the MPAA can claim that they lost BILLIONS of dollars in Gigli profit to pirates.
THIS IS A JOKE! I AM NOT ADVOCATING DOWNLOADING MOVIES AND VIOLATING COPYRIGHT
Good, now that I've gotten that out of my system, let me just add this thought.
The last time I checked, the American people still made the laws and still owned this country.
We may not have that luxury if we pass on our reponsibilities of speaking out against the type of corporate greed mentioned in http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/12/15/1414255.shtml?tid=95&tid=188&tid=1&tid=17.
Make no mistake, the artists are not the ones being hurt by file trading. The ones who are losing out are the middle men who have ripped off artists for decades.
Now that they are getting some payback, they don't like the taste and they are running screaming to mommy with their checkbook out ready to pay for protection.
This is very similar to the methods used by organized crime.
You make payments to the mob boss for protection and nothing will happen to you. However, once you miss a payment to your congressman or senator, nothing bad will happen to you because what you wanted has probably already been signed into law.
Remember the Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez flop, Gigli?
Well to increase the value of it, why don't a lot of people download it.
That way the MPAA can claim that they lost BILLIONS of dollars in Gigli profit to pirates.
THIS IS A JOKE! I AM NOT ADVOCATING DOWNLOADING MOVIES AND VIOLATING COPYRIGHT
Good, now that I've gotten that out of my system, let me just add this thought.
The last time I checked, the American people still made the laws and still owned this country.
We may not have that luxury if we pass on our reponsibilities of speaking out against the type of corporate greed mentioned in http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/12/15/1414255.shtml?tid=95&tid=188&tid=1&tid=17.
Make no mistake, the artists are not the ones being hurt by file trading. The ones who are losing out are the middle men who have ripped off artists for decades.
Now that they are getting some payback, they don't like the taste and they are running screaming to mommy with their checkbook out ready to pay for protection.
This is very similar to the methods used by organized crime.
You make payments to the mob boss for protection and nothing will happen to you. However, once you miss a payment to your congressman or senator, nothing bad will happen to you because what you wanted has probably already been signed into law.
