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Earlier this week we received a leaked presentation covering the results of a Google Fiber survey conducted on behalf of Warner Bros and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The research was conducted in 2012 and aimed to get a baseline of the piracy levels, so changes can be measured after the rollout.
[...] Drawing on an MPAA formula that counts all pirated views as losses the report notes that it may cost Hollywood over a billion dollars per year. That’s a rather impressive increase of 58% compared to current piracy levels. The research also finds a link between piracy and broadband speeds, which is another reason for Hollywood not to like Google’s Internet service.
[...] What’s most striking from the above approach is the way the studios frame Google Fiber as a piracy threat, instead of looking at the opportunities it offers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 02 2015, @02:09PM
This is probably about compelling Google into implementing real-time content inspection and throttling like some cable providers do. Frankly I don't see how cable companies can call it "Internet" service, when the product you receive isn't switched at layer 3.
(Score: 2) by redneckmother on Friday January 02 2015, @07:32PM
The emPHAsis is on the wrong sylLABle, as my Aunt used to say.
The point is perhaps more that the "service" is the kind a bull gives to a cow.
Mas cerveza por favor.