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report on 60 minutes, Copyright report AINT RIGHT.
« on: November 02, 2009, 10:11:35 AM » by ECA

http://techdirt.com/articles/20091101/1818186751.shtml

A report on 60 minutes, reporting on Movie goers and Pirating, similar to report 30 years ago, and STILL the numbers dont add up.

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31 years ago, in 1978, the television program 60 Minutes put on an episode about the awful threat of "video piracy" to the movie industry. Featuring the MPAA's Jack Valenti, the episode focused on how the VCR was going to destroy the movie business because anyone could copy and watch a movie in the privacy of their own home. Of course, in retrospect, that episode is hilariously wrong. You would think that, given how wrong they got it thirty years ago on this particular subject, 60 Minutes would be a bit more careful taking on the same subject again.

No such luck.

good read..

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5486510n

Heres the link to the 60 minutes program..

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Re: report on 60 minutes, Copyright report AINT RIGHT.
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2009, 10:28:24 AM » by ECA

Im watching the 60 minutes show..
And Im laughing.

Iv seen some of the movies available and they ARE NOT from digital cameras in theaters.
Iv seen the cheap ones.

WATER MARKING?? LMAO..

Why would someone PAY for a hijacked movie??
To many movies to go see..
To much money to see more then 1-2-3-4 movies??
CRAP movies?? trying to see what its about before you go see it?
Those that buy the $5 Ripoff, cant afford to go to the movie ANYWAY??
special effects arent WHAT MAKE A MOVIE??
and MORE reasons..

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Re: report on 60 minutes, Copyright report AINT RIGHT.
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2009, 08:33:38 AM » by ECA

http://techdirt.com/articles/20091103/0303386776.shtml

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Australian Radio Program On 'Piracy' What 60 Minutes Should Have Done
from the you-mean-actually-have-facts? dept

On Monday, we wrote about that that ridiculous attempt by 60 Minutes to do a story about movie piracy that was basically one long press release for the MPAA's position. Facts weren't checked, and the reporter, Leslie Stahl, didn't bother to push back on a single claim made by any of the (all industry insider) guests. However, Boing Boing points us to a "radio documentary" on piracy that was done on Australian radio the very same day as the 60 Minutes episode aired. You may notice a major difference in that the Australian radio folks actually looked at the facts, invited on people who could refute industry claims, and actually pushed back on claims by the industry:

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/02/copyright-documentar.html

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Oscar McLaren: For the record, box office sales were also at all-time high levels last year, reaching nearly $1-billion.

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2009/11/bbg_20091101.mp3

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