Comments on: The Grokster case - Fallout http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/ Random babblings from a few digitally inclined people Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:10:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: plagiarise http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/#comment-941 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:40:58 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/#comment-941 the funniest part about the MPAAs attack is that they've got nothing to show for it. they started getting aggressive towards the end of last year, and succesfully sued and shut down a lot of the better known websites hosting films. then this year, cinema attendance is down right across the board. they went from having one of their best years in over a decade, to one of their worst. i don't doubt that they'll try to blame the pirates for this years terrible box office, but they made a lot more money last summer when they left it pretty much unchecked. Hollywood needs to realise it has much bigger problems than people downloading their movies, and start offering a service that lets you do just that, legally. the funniest part about the MPAAs attack is that they’ve got nothing to show for it. they started getting aggressive towards the end of last year, and succesfully sued and shut down a lot of the better known websites hosting films. then this year, cinema attendance is down right across the board. they went from having one of their best years in over a decade, to one of their worst. i don’t doubt that they’ll try to blame the pirates for this years terrible box office, but they made a lot more money last summer when they left it pretty much unchecked. Hollywood needs to realise it has much bigger problems than people downloading their movies, and start offering a service that lets you do just that, legally.

]]> by: Lambchops http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/#comment-935 Sun, 03 Jul 2005 08:17:38 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/#comment-935 The movie industry does seem to be even worse than the music industry in their attempts to thwart piracy. Recent cinema adverts now go along the lines of "some people will see this film in pirate but it will be really shitty quality please go to the cinema if you want to see it properly." Which really just made me laugh. I don't get things on pirate but even I know it is ignorant to suggest that all pirate copies of films are low quality. This is just totally the wrong tack to take. The movie industry does seem to be even worse than the music industry in their attempts to thwart piracy.

Recent cinema adverts now go along the lines of “some people will see this film in pirate but it will be really shitty quality please go to the cinema if you want to see it properly.”

Which really just made me laugh. I don’t get things on pirate but even I know it is ignorant to suggest that all pirate copies of films are low quality.

This is just totally the wrong tack to take.

]]> by: Holliday http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/#comment-933 Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:00:11 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/#comment-933 Yeah definitly. I think they are making gains already. The mass public seems to find it enthralling to inform me that I can "get arrested for downloading music". The record companies honestly do not care if the tech pirates steal it. But once the theft becomes so easy and/or blurred that Joe Music Listener can do it they get nervous. My parents used to use Napster but once it went down they have stopped. Bit Torrent is not really a user friendly program. Although they may still go after the large "servers" who make it available. Yeah definitly. I think they are making gains already. The mass public seems to find it enthralling to inform me that I can “get arrested for downloading music”. The record companies honestly do not care if the tech pirates steal it. But once the theft becomes so easy and/or blurred that Joe Music Listener can do it they get nervous.

My parents used to use Napster but once it went down they have stopped. Bit Torrent is not really a user friendly program. Although they may still go after the large “servers” who make it available.

]]> by: Cyrris http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/#comment-931 Sat, 02 Jul 2005 03:30:16 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/07/the-grokster-case%e2%80%94fallout/#comment-931 <blockquote> they’ll soon realize that it’s nothing more than a hollow victory that will only protect them from the most casual pirate who’s completely not tech savvy </blockquote> I am thinking, perhaps, that they already understand that this is the case. I think they know that they will never get ahead of the tech-savvy users, but I think they also know that casual pirates are the people who they are more likely to get through to, and to convert back to buying CDs. So I'd say they're just striking where they can, grabbing on to whatever they can find. However, I would say that if any casual pirates felt restricted enough, they may end up becoming tech savvy themselves in their quest for free music.

they’ll soon realize that it’s nothing more than a hollow victory that will only protect them from the most casual pirate who’s completely not tech savvy

I am thinking, perhaps, that they already understand that this is the case. I think they know that they will never get ahead of the tech-savvy users, but I think they also know that casual pirates are the people who they are more likely to get through to, and to convert back to buying CDs. So I’d say they’re just striking where they can, grabbing on to whatever they can find.

However, I would say that if any casual pirates felt restricted enough, they may end up becoming tech savvy themselves in their quest for free music.

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