MPAA Propaganda Hits 60 Minutes
source: http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-propaganda-hits-60-minutes-091102/
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benway
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Where does movieberry.com fit in to all this?
- 2 years ago
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benway
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lordsbassman
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you added the wrong part of the story...
--The only piece of the entire item that was pretty accurate and worth watching was the explanation of how BitTorrent works. John Malcolm, a former Director of Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations for the MPAA shows that his work for the trade group paid off, as it turned him into a BitTorrent expert (video below).
" No, instead they managed to get director Steven Soderbergh on, who joined the movie industry trade group by providing more twisted facts. Reciting the MPAA’s propaganda, Soderbergh said he wished the Internet was never invented. “Piracy is costing Hollywood $6 billion a year at the box office,” he told the reporter, adding that “as the margins of profit shrink, fewer projects get made, which means fewer people go to work.”
These statements are both inaccurate, or at least highly doubtful. The $6 billion statistic Soderbergh is referring to actually comes from an MPAA-funded report for which the sources were never revealed. In fact, the MPAA itself had to release a statement saying that they “made a mistake” with one of the figures, but they continue to use the report nonetheless.
Similarly, Soderbergh’s claim that “fewer projects get made” was debunked only last week after Sony boss Michael Lynton made a similar statement. The opposite seems to be true. Hollywood is far from bankrupt. In the past decade box office earnings actually increased significantly. "
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lordsbassman
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PatrioticAstronaut
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What is he using? I need to switch from utorrent.
- 2 years ago
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PatrioticAstronaut
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lordsbassman
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PatrioticAstronaut:
i was thinking the same thing.. the only difference is millions of artist dollars was procured to make that for the MPAA verse uTurrent light and free haha
- 2 years ago
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lordsbassman
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idealist
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you would have to shut down the net to stop illegal downloads
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idealist
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hack26
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That guy should torrent a course in basic geometry!
- 2 years ago
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hack26
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CarlosIsDown
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What program is that? It looks better than the one I use.
Did they mention that BitTorrent is actually a great way to tansfer legal files as well?
- 2 years ago
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CarlosIsDown
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CarlosIsDown
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Isn't that a cylinder?
- 2 years ago
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CarlosIsDown
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opekktur
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Those aren't cones!
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opekktur
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zphoenixdownz
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ACT NOW and we'll throw in everyone who ever used a vcr to tape something off of tv.
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zphoenixdownz
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Binary_Star
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zphoenixdownz:
hahaha exactly!
- 2 years ago
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Binary_Star
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Mudboy16
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Gratz on teaching everyone who watched 60 minutes how to download shit.
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Mudboy16
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pukemnukem
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This was such a joke.
- 2 years ago
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pukemnukem
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samthesixth
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60 Minutes sucks. They are as bad as FOX.
- 2 years ago
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samthesixth
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Maitereya
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seems more like an advertisement than an anti-torrent piece. Yay for torrents!!
- 2 years ago
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Maitereya
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brianwilson
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Maitereya:
Thought the exact same thing.
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brianwilson
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lordsbassman
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Maitereya:
I bet the rest was bad...
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lordsbassman
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CalgarC
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bittorrent is 110% legal, its the users to put illegal"drm" files on there. bittorrent was created by the open-source community, attempting to fight it and take it down is like an ant trying to blow-up a tank
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CalgarC
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lvp
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CalgarC:
Bit torrent wasn't created by a community. It was invented by Bram Cohen.
- 2 years ago
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lvp
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Ryan_Edwards
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CalgarC:
relies on community
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Ryan_Edwards
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good_stuff
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CalgarC:
Tanks aren't very hard to blow up with the right bomb. I think your analogy would be better served by saying, "blow up tank with bottle rocket" or something to that extent.
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good_stuff
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thecoyote23
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CalgarC:
I don't think ants have many torrent tank bombs handy
- 2 years ago
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thecoyote23
