http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-54462 Luis Villa Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:21:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/#comment-54462 <p>Tim: love the coinage of Piracy Theater.</p> Tim: love the coinage of Piracy Theater.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-34673 Luis Villa Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:21:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/#comment-34673 <p>Tim: love the coinage of Piracy Theater.</p> Tim: love the coinage of Piracy Theater.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-54461 Noel Le Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:45:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/#comment-54461 <p>Interesting that Ed Felton calls the "Hollywood Studios" a <em>small group</em> but you call them a <em>bureaucracy</em>. He emphasizes the far reaching leverage on technology wielded by an isolated group of execs and lawyers that are out of touch; while you highlite the fact that there is little consumers can do in situations like this, thus villifying the Studios and adding subtle effect to your criticism of them. Anyways I wouldnt go as far as calling the Studios goals or decisions incoherent or say that theyre putting on a <em>show</em>. Why? Every party involved acted in their self interest (the Studios MSFT etc) but nobody gave the studios the incentive to risk piracy w economies of scale that a 32 bit WMP license would invite. Of course the Studios will see a lot of piracy still, but at least they addressed the potentially greatest, and possibly easiest, source of it. The Studios goal wasnt to stop piracy but to deter it on the grand scale. In your analysis you hypothesized the Studios goals and then criticized the goals you conjured up when in fact the Studios probably have other objectives in mind. PS- The Studios know that piracy happens to a greater or lesser extent, its not something that either occurs or doesnt occur (which you implied as their assumption when you drew up the strawman goals for them).</p> Interesting that Ed Felton calls the “Hollywood Studios” a small group but you call them a bureaucracy. He emphasizes the far reaching leverage on technology wielded by an isolated group of execs and lawyers that are out of touch; while you highlite the fact that there is little consumers can do in situations like this, thus villifying the Studios and adding subtle effect to your criticism of them. Anyways I wouldnt go as far as calling the Studios goals or decisions incoherent or say that theyre putting on a show. Why? Every party involved acted in their self interest (the Studios MSFT etc) but nobody gave the studios the incentive to risk piracy w economies of scale that a 32 bit WMP license would invite. Of course the Studios will see a lot of piracy still, but at least they addressed the potentially greatest, and possibly easiest, source of it. The Studios goal wasnt to stop piracy but to deter it on the grand scale. In your analysis you hypothesized the Studios goals and then criticized the goals you conjured up when in fact the Studios probably have other objectives in mind. PS- The Studios know that piracy happens to a greater or lesser extent, its not something that either occurs or doesnt occur (which you implied as their assumption when you drew up the strawman goals for them).

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-34672 Noel Le Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:45:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/25/piracy-theater/#comment-34672 <p>Interesting that Ed Felton calls the "Hollywood Studios" a <em>small group</em> but you call them a <em>bureaucracy</em>. He emphasizes the far reaching leverage on technology wielded by an isolated group of execs and lawyers that are out of touch; while you highlite the fact that there is little consumers can do in situations like this, thus villifying the Studios and adding subtle effect to your criticism of them. Anyways I wouldnt go as far as calling the Studios goals or decisions incoherent or say that theyre putting on a <em>show</em>. Why? Every party involved acted in their self interest (the Studios MSFT etc) but nobody gave the studios the incentive to risk piracy w economies of scale that a 32 bit WMP license would invite. Of course the Studios will see a lot of piracy still, but at least they addressed the potentially greatest, and possibly easiest, source of it. The Studios goal wasnt to stop piracy but to deter it on the grand scale. In your analysis you hypothesized the Studios goals and then criticized the goals you conjured up when in fact the Studios probably have other objectives in mind. PS- The Studios know that piracy happens to a greater or lesser extent, its not something that either occurs or doesnt occur (which you implied as their assumption when you drew up the strawman goals for them).</p> Interesting that Ed Felton calls the “Hollywood Studios” a small group but you call them a bureaucracy. He emphasizes the far reaching leverage on technology wielded by an isolated group of execs and lawyers that are out of touch; while you highlite the fact that there is little consumers can do in situations like this, thus villifying the Studios and adding subtle effect to your criticism of them. Anyways I wouldnt go as far as calling the Studios goals or decisions incoherent or say that theyre putting on a show. Why? Every party involved acted in their self interest (the Studios MSFT etc) but nobody gave the studios the incentive to risk piracy w economies of scale that a 32 bit WMP license would invite. Of course the Studios will see a lot of piracy still, but at least they addressed the potentially greatest, and possibly easiest, source of it. The Studios goal wasnt to stop piracy but to deter it on the grand scale. In your analysis you hypothesized the Studios goals and then criticized the goals you conjured up when in fact the Studios probably have other objectives in mind. PS- The Studios know that piracy happens to a greater or lesser extent, its not something that either occurs or doesnt occur (which you implied as their assumption when you drew up the strawman goals for them).

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