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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday May 27 2017, @03:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the bottom-line dept.

As the MPAA tells it, piracy is really killing the movie industry. It's been whining about piracy for basically my entire lifetime, and constantly predicting its own demise if "something" is not done. And, despite the fact that Congress has repeatedly obliged Hollywood in ratcheting up copyright anti-piracy laws and despite the fact that the MPAA has been clearly wrong repeatedly (such that the new technologies it feared actually helped expand Hollywood's business), the studios continue to push for awful changes to copyright law, citing the horrors of piracy.
And yet... now it's coming out that Disney not only had a good year last year, it had the best year ever for a movie studio. Not surprisingly, Disney put out its own glowing press release over this:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170525/10481837456/piracy-killing-hollywood-so-bad-that-disney-made-more-money-2016-than-any-studio-ever.shtml

[Also Covered By]: Disney made more money in a single year than any other movie studio—ever


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 27 2017, @03:48AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 27 2017, @03:48AM (#516287)

    Not at all. But the movie industry insists pirates are worse than murderers and lobbies for ever-increasing penalties against them. If you steal something that costs $20 from the store, you're guilty of misdemeanor theft at most. If you download one $20 movie, they want to fine you $10,000 and/or put you in prison for years. That's what people object to - the disproportionate punishment for a minor crime, only possible because every politician has their hand in the movie industry's pockets.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by NotSanguine on Saturday May 27 2017, @04:20AM (2 children)

    That's what people object to - the disproportionate punishment for a what should be a civil tort [wikipedia.org] at most, only possible because every politician has their hand in the movie industry's pockets.

    There. FTFY.

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    • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday May 27 2017, @08:35AM (1 child)

      by wonkey_monkey (279) on Saturday May 27 2017, @08:35AM (#516342) Homepage

      Mmm, torte...

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 27 2017, @09:56AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 27 2017, @09:56AM (#516356)

        nomnomnomnomnom...et gateau!