Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Hollywood Can Sue Over Movie, Music Piracy - Yahoo! News

Hollywood Can Sue Over Movie, Music Piracy - Yahoo! News

To me this boils down to a matter of intent, but proving intent is a tricky thing sometimes. I can't say I am happy about the ruling.

Todd at Geek News Central had suggested not supporting any of the RIAA & MPAA companies (and the MPAA would be directly applicable in this case). The RIAA is easy to avoid, but the MPAA is tougher unless you want to completely give up TV & movies. Remember that many, if not all, motion picture companies have TV companies as well. I have tried to support independent film as I can, but even "independent" films are many times released by larger studios, which means of course they get their cut. Argh!

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