No, really. The rest is just implementation details.
SOPA/PIPA and all the other related schemes are, essentially, the Empire trying to grip the Rebel systems. For every Alderaan there are a thousand guerrilla movements that can't be stopped without destroying every planet.
(The same is true for the ebook world, btw.)
Want to stop piracy? Make access to movies (music, books) as easy (or easier!) than going to Pirate Bay and charge a reasonable price. And if that cuts into profits, then perhaps your other expenses are too high.
"I believe in paying money for products that earn it. I do not believe in a pricing and distribution model that still thinks it’s 1998. And I really don’t believe in censoring the internet so that studio and label executives can add a few more millions onto their already enormous money pile.
Treat your customers with respect , and they’ll do the same to you. And that is how you fight piracy."
#ddtb
Reshared post from +Wil Wheaton
Yet another brilliant article that says what the MPAA and RIAA refuse to hear: piracy is a service problem.
"The seven step, ten minute download process (which will be about ten seconds when US internet speeds catch up with the rest of the world) is the real enemy the studios should be trying to tackle. Right now, the industry is still stuck in the past, and is crawling oh-so-slowly into the future. They still believe people are going to want to buy DVDs or Blu-rays in five years, and that a movie ticket is well worth $15. Netflix is the closest thing they have to an advocate, but the studios are trying to drive them out of business as they see them as a threat, not a solution. It’s mind boggling."
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You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You – Forbes
Now that the SOPA and PIPA fights have died down, and Hollywood prepares their next salvo against internet freedom with ACTA and PCIP, it's worth pausing to consider how the war on piracy could actual…