I thought everyone would enjoy this little diddy from today’s LATimes on how distributors are just kind of giving up on Spain as a viable market. As if it will somehow stop the illegal downloading. (!?!?!?!) I delicious’d it, but wanted to expand a bit.
Of interest: The politician backing the bill is the minister of culture, a former filmmaker, btw. Normally, I would think nothing of it, but after just viewing Food, Inc. (legally streamed through Netflix, of course), I’m a little sensitive to the whole self-interest and government connection. Granted, to the best of my knowledge, he wasn’t the head of a media conglomerate or studio.
The article discussed the ACTA’s “Three Strike” policy as a possible solution. It also sounds like the ISPs are positioning the accessibility to the movies as a bit of a value proposition in their marketing, which consumers consider as a form of permission and endorsement for illegal downloading.
I find it fascinating how much Copyright law varies from continent to continent and country to country. Thanks for breaking the article down a bit, Sheila! It seems as though, I am on your page…I eye-rolled enough to get my eyes caught in the back of my head
Did you originally post the link instead of the punctuation characters?
I’d also be interested in your point of view, but unfortunately only see a brief summary in your post.
I did originally post the link after “Good Times.”
Here it is again: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-spain30-2010mar30,0,6665218,full.story
Sheila
Additionally, I bookmarked it on Delicious, but that hasn’t worked for weeks.
“Unlike in the U.S., France and, under proposed legislation, Britain, piracy isn’t against the law in Spain unless it’s done for profit.”
I tend to be on the other side of this argument, but even if the piracy is not done for profit, isn’t there significant market harm in pirating movies?