Required Reading
There’s a lot of strong language — all of it richly deserved — as Matt Gemmell takes on Hollywood’s antipiracy efforts:
The majority of people have a basic desire to be honest – and I mean actually honest, rather than some limited definition based strictly on the law. People will go to reasonable lengths to be honest. It makes us feel good about ourselves, and it confers a certain immunity from legal problems.
But then you fuck us. First you fuck us with exorbitant pricing. Then you fuck us with inconvenience by not making your content universally available when we want it. Then you fuck us by treating every paying customer like a criminal.
Fucked by money, fucked by convenience, and fucked by judgement. We know that you hate us, and you’d better be aware that we absolutely hate you too.
Read the whole thing. This isn’t just a rant — Gemmell makes some very smart points about what Hollywood should be doing to please customers, reduce piracy, and increase profits.
Hollywood has solved the piracy problem: turning out a whole lot of shitty movies that I don’t want to watch even if they are free.
There’s little made by Hollywood that’s even worth the effort to pirate. There’s been precious little worthy of watching since the death of the studios. Give me something that isn’t knockoff #27 starring anybody who hasn’t made it their life’s work to beat me over the head with the worthiness of their politics at the expense of the worthiness of my own.
Helpful Hint #1: The less I know about your politics, the more likely I am to spend money on your product. The obverse is also true.
I’d rather watch anything from Bollywood, and will. %&#* all of em.
Helpful Hint #2: The less I know about ANYthing involving your off-camera existence, the more likely I am to spend money on your product. The obverse of this is also true.
For those who prefer the cartoon version;
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones