First off have to love the people who are speaking out ! The MPAA are EVIL ! Are the people finally seeing the big pitcher & speaking out. The world / Artists / Musicians / Creative Minds, will finally realize the MPAA/RIAA are not needed ,nor were they ever ! Like i have said before ! The day the MPAA/RIAA, FALL / FAIL / GET CAUGHT ,in there lies & are exposed for abusing the copyright law ! Will be the day the internet will have the biggest party ever !
PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET/WORLD WILL/ARE WAKING UP !
The great party name should be titled.?
( FAREWELL MPAA/RIAA. YOU ALL HAVE FINALLY EARNED A TROPHY ( A ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL ! )
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STORY / ARTICLE
FILMMAKER: MPAA IS A CENSORSHIP GROUP,GO TORRENT! :)
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GREAT RESPONSE.
Thank you (FILMMAKER HEATHER FERREIRA) for speaking truth & others !
Responding to a question asking what film directors think when people torrent their work, filmmaker Heather Ferreira responded with an unusual tirade against the MPAA. According to her, the movie industry group is a censorship outfit that restricts the creative freedom of filmmakers. As such, the MPAA is hurting the film business more than file-sharers do.
Many independent filmmakers don’t see the MPAA as a group that represents their interests.
On the contrary, the MPAA is often disliked for their aggressive censorship regime. Not SOPA-style Internet censorship but film censorship, allegedly used to protect the interests of the major studios.
Aside from leading the war on piracy, the MPAA is also the moral judge who decides what films the public is allowed to see. Through its ratings system they can make or break films. Just ask South Park creator Matt Stone or watch “This Film is Not Yet Rated” to get an idea of what’s going on behind the scenes. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Another filmmaker who came out against the MPAA recently is small-time film director Heather Ferreira who wrote a flaming rant directed at the MPAA on Quora. According to her, pirates are not the threat – it’s the MPAA that’s killing creative filmmaking through its censorship regime.
“What I see when I examine the MPAA is not a friendly guardian of feature film directors’ rights, even at the studio level. Instead, I see a very large lobby that began as a Christian right-wing organization instituted to keep minorities off motion picture screens, promote racism and homophobia, and restrict creative freedom in America,” she writes.
Ferreira feels left out in the cold by the movie group, and gives several examples of trivial censorship rules filmmakers have to abide by today.
“The Motion Picture Association of America has never written me a paycheck for anything. They’re not backing my picture. These are not nice guys. They are not in this business to help filmmakers at all.”
“They’re censors waiting to pounce my film and yours with an NC-17 rating for violence or for showing two consenting adults laughing while enjoying sex (rape however is okay), while curiously no one censors the news media for showing [..] eight-year-olds Paris Hilton’s latest upskirt with very little pixellated out,” she writes.
“Isn’t that pauseworthy? If there’s no censors for the news, why for dramatic movies and television?”
Eventually, Ferreira gets to answering the original question and then it becomes evident that she dislikes the MPAA much more than those who download her work. “Thanks. I hope you enjoyed it,” would be her response to pirates who download her work.
“What the MAFIAA fails to realize is p2p is not a black and white issue of ‘piracy is wrong; all of it; and if you didn’t pay us, you’re a criminal’,” she writes.
Ferreira then goes on to note that the MPAA could better address piracy by stopping killing the creativity of filmmakers, and offer reasonably priced and top quality films. After all, pirates are potential customers.
“They’re a potential paying future audience member. The technology has changed. The playing field is different now. We need to adapt to it, not it to us,” she ends.
Although the above is just a single example of a filmmaker’s disappointment with the MPAA, a rather extreme one too, Ferreira is not alone. The lobby group represents the major studios who themselves are also guilty of crushing the creative dreams of independent filmmakers.
Just last week a former film student detailed how his career was ruined by a major movie studio. In 2001, the student found inspiration for his thesis in a short story from Isaac Asimov’s that was part of the book “I Robot.” But even though he had consent from the Asimov estate, a major studio threatened to take him down if he dared to bring it out. Turns out that studio was working on a film titled “I Robot.”
This week another major studio sued the Corleone estate because they want to publish a “Godfather” sequel. The studio claims that it’s to “protect the integrity and reputation of The Godfather trilogy.”
It would be kind of weak to say that the questionable censorship practices described above are an excuse to go and pirate movies. However, they are examples of how common protectionism and censorship is among the biggest players in Hollywood, and that this may be more detrimental to creativity than piracy will ever be.
SOURCE -> http://torrentfreak.com/filmmaker-mp...orrent-120223/
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NEXT UP ,BELOVED SONY MUSIC,BOSS !
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The evil Rootkits ++ Now Sony BOSS sounds like, Hypocrites to me ! They all have there heads sooo far up there arse. Sony & there buddy's just do not know who to blame, do they ? When there are no more advertising of there media on youtube or online at all.These dirtbags will see how they not only destroyed the internet, destroyed free advertisement, freedom of speech, privacy & themselves in the process ++. Looks to me "MR BOSS" is starting to see the pitcher, but please people remember what SONY HAD DONE ! No time to feel sorry for these poor bastards !
After what Sony has done to all, sceners, lives, customers, raids,etc?
SONY,WE SHALL NEVER FORGET OR FORGIVE YOU !
( KARMA IS A B.1.T.C.H ! )
========================================================
STORY / ARTICLE
SONY MUSIC BOSS:CENSORED YOUTUBE VIDEOS COST US MILLIONS :)
========================================================
Sony Music’s CEO of international business said in a recent interview that the Internet is a blessing for the music industry. Nevertheless, there are still problems that have to be overcome, such as restrictive copyright enforcement by music rights collecting agencies. The Sony boss says that YouTube revenue running into the millions is being lost because German rights group GEMA’s policies prevent artist videos from being shown online in the country.
For years the music industry has blamed Internet piracy for all their troubles.
Slowly, however, the record labels are starting to realize that the Internet is the future and it will ultimately do more good than harm.
One of the people who embraces this positive view is Edgar Berger, Sony Music’s CEO of international business. In a recent interview he stressed the importance of the Internet, while noting that the increase in Internet sales almost makes up for the decline in physical sales.
“There is absolutely nothing to complain about. The Internet is a great stroke of luck for the music industry, or better: the Internet is a blessing for us,” Berger said.
“You can not blame the Internet for harmful excesses. On the contrary. It has brought us tremendous new opportunities,” he added.
But with these new opportunities come new rivals from an unexpected corner. According to the Sony boss, music rights collecting agencies are now preventing innovation in certain countries.
In Germany, for example, most YouTube videos by Sony artists are blocked due to the music rights group GEMA, and not because Sony wants it that way. When asked why Sony’s music is not available on YouTube in Germany, Berger responded bitterly.
“It’s not because of us. You must direct this question to the German collecting agency GEMA, they licensed the copyright very restrictively.”
It turns out that the price GEMA want for views is too high for YouTube, and as a result the videos of some of the world’s most famous artists are blocked.
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=CENCORED YOUTUBE VIDEO PIX AT SOURCE=
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According to Berger, GEMA’s restrictive regime is not helping the artists or the music labels. In fact, he says the music industry is losing “millions in revenue”. Additionally, it’s one of the prime reasons why the digital music business is so far behind in Germany.
This is not the first time Berger has lashed out against GEMA’s practices. According to the Sony boss it’s time for the music rights group to embrace the digital age.
“We want to see streaming services like Vevo and Spotify in the German market. [These platforms] must not be blocked by GEMA any longer,” he said earlier. “Artists and music companies are losing sales in the millions.”
So here we have the boss of one of the largest music labels blaming another group for their repressive copyright enforcement. It’s the world upside down, but a promising change from Sony’s side.
This is not the first time GEMA has negatively entered the news this year. Last month the popular music streaming service Grooveshark decided to shut down voluntarily due to the “unreasonably high” licensing costs imposed by the music rights group.
SOURCE -> http://torrentfreak.com/sony-music-b...llions-120224/
2 goodies in one thread ,gotta love the internet. This all is not about PIRATES people are seeing this finally .The more & more we see like this .I hope the more people start pointing to the bad guys filling there pockets with huge CASH ! They will soon realize who is responsible for there money loss not PIRATES ! Greed !
EDIT- SURPRISING BIT TORRENT ON CELL PHONES. THE MPAA WILL LOVE THAT,lol
uTorrent Native Android Client On The Way
SOURCE- http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-nat...he-way-120225/
PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET/WORLD WILL/ARE WAKING UP !
The great party name should be titled.?
( FAREWELL MPAA/RIAA. YOU ALL HAVE FINALLY EARNED A TROPHY ( A ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL ! )
========================================================
STORY / ARTICLE
FILMMAKER: MPAA IS A CENSORSHIP GROUP,GO TORRENT! :)
========================================================
GREAT RESPONSE.
Thank you (FILMMAKER HEATHER FERREIRA) for speaking truth & others !
Responding to a question asking what film directors think when people torrent their work, filmmaker Heather Ferreira responded with an unusual tirade against the MPAA. According to her, the movie industry group is a censorship outfit that restricts the creative freedom of filmmakers. As such, the MPAA is hurting the film business more than file-sharers do.
Many independent filmmakers don’t see the MPAA as a group that represents their interests.
On the contrary, the MPAA is often disliked for their aggressive censorship regime. Not SOPA-style Internet censorship but film censorship, allegedly used to protect the interests of the major studios.
Aside from leading the war on piracy, the MPAA is also the moral judge who decides what films the public is allowed to see. Through its ratings system they can make or break films. Just ask South Park creator Matt Stone or watch “This Film is Not Yet Rated” to get an idea of what’s going on behind the scenes. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Another filmmaker who came out against the MPAA recently is small-time film director Heather Ferreira who wrote a flaming rant directed at the MPAA on Quora. According to her, pirates are not the threat – it’s the MPAA that’s killing creative filmmaking through its censorship regime.
“What I see when I examine the MPAA is not a friendly guardian of feature film directors’ rights, even at the studio level. Instead, I see a very large lobby that began as a Christian right-wing organization instituted to keep minorities off motion picture screens, promote racism and homophobia, and restrict creative freedom in America,” she writes.
Ferreira feels left out in the cold by the movie group, and gives several examples of trivial censorship rules filmmakers have to abide by today.
“The Motion Picture Association of America has never written me a paycheck for anything. They’re not backing my picture. These are not nice guys. They are not in this business to help filmmakers at all.”
“They’re censors waiting to pounce my film and yours with an NC-17 rating for violence or for showing two consenting adults laughing while enjoying sex (rape however is okay), while curiously no one censors the news media for showing [..] eight-year-olds Paris Hilton’s latest upskirt with very little pixellated out,” she writes.
“Isn’t that pauseworthy? If there’s no censors for the news, why for dramatic movies and television?”
Eventually, Ferreira gets to answering the original question and then it becomes evident that she dislikes the MPAA much more than those who download her work. “Thanks. I hope you enjoyed it,” would be her response to pirates who download her work.
“What the MAFIAA fails to realize is p2p is not a black and white issue of ‘piracy is wrong; all of it; and if you didn’t pay us, you’re a criminal’,” she writes.
Ferreira then goes on to note that the MPAA could better address piracy by stopping killing the creativity of filmmakers, and offer reasonably priced and top quality films. After all, pirates are potential customers.
“They’re a potential paying future audience member. The technology has changed. The playing field is different now. We need to adapt to it, not it to us,” she ends.
Although the above is just a single example of a filmmaker’s disappointment with the MPAA, a rather extreme one too, Ferreira is not alone. The lobby group represents the major studios who themselves are also guilty of crushing the creative dreams of independent filmmakers.
Just last week a former film student detailed how his career was ruined by a major movie studio. In 2001, the student found inspiration for his thesis in a short story from Isaac Asimov’s that was part of the book “I Robot.” But even though he had consent from the Asimov estate, a major studio threatened to take him down if he dared to bring it out. Turns out that studio was working on a film titled “I Robot.”
This week another major studio sued the Corleone estate because they want to publish a “Godfather” sequel. The studio claims that it’s to “protect the integrity and reputation of The Godfather trilogy.”
It would be kind of weak to say that the questionable censorship practices described above are an excuse to go and pirate movies. However, they are examples of how common protectionism and censorship is among the biggest players in Hollywood, and that this may be more detrimental to creativity than piracy will ever be.
SOURCE -> http://torrentfreak.com/filmmaker-mp...orrent-120223/
========================================================
========================================================
NEXT UP ,BELOVED SONY MUSIC,BOSS !
========================================================
The evil Rootkits ++ Now Sony BOSS sounds like, Hypocrites to me ! They all have there heads sooo far up there arse. Sony & there buddy's just do not know who to blame, do they ? When there are no more advertising of there media on youtube or online at all.These dirtbags will see how they not only destroyed the internet, destroyed free advertisement, freedom of speech, privacy & themselves in the process ++. Looks to me "MR BOSS" is starting to see the pitcher, but please people remember what SONY HAD DONE ! No time to feel sorry for these poor bastards !
After what Sony has done to all, sceners, lives, customers, raids,etc?
SONY,WE SHALL NEVER FORGET OR FORGIVE YOU !
( KARMA IS A B.1.T.C.H ! )
========================================================
STORY / ARTICLE
SONY MUSIC BOSS:CENSORED YOUTUBE VIDEOS COST US MILLIONS :)
========================================================
Sony Music’s CEO of international business said in a recent interview that the Internet is a blessing for the music industry. Nevertheless, there are still problems that have to be overcome, such as restrictive copyright enforcement by music rights collecting agencies. The Sony boss says that YouTube revenue running into the millions is being lost because German rights group GEMA’s policies prevent artist videos from being shown online in the country.
For years the music industry has blamed Internet piracy for all their troubles.
Slowly, however, the record labels are starting to realize that the Internet is the future and it will ultimately do more good than harm.
One of the people who embraces this positive view is Edgar Berger, Sony Music’s CEO of international business. In a recent interview he stressed the importance of the Internet, while noting that the increase in Internet sales almost makes up for the decline in physical sales.
“There is absolutely nothing to complain about. The Internet is a great stroke of luck for the music industry, or better: the Internet is a blessing for us,” Berger said.
“You can not blame the Internet for harmful excesses. On the contrary. It has brought us tremendous new opportunities,” he added.
But with these new opportunities come new rivals from an unexpected corner. According to the Sony boss, music rights collecting agencies are now preventing innovation in certain countries.
In Germany, for example, most YouTube videos by Sony artists are blocked due to the music rights group GEMA, and not because Sony wants it that way. When asked why Sony’s music is not available on YouTube in Germany, Berger responded bitterly.
“It’s not because of us. You must direct this question to the German collecting agency GEMA, they licensed the copyright very restrictively.”
It turns out that the price GEMA want for views is too high for YouTube, and as a result the videos of some of the world’s most famous artists are blocked.
--------------------------------------------
=CENCORED YOUTUBE VIDEO PIX AT SOURCE=
--------------------------------------------
According to Berger, GEMA’s restrictive regime is not helping the artists or the music labels. In fact, he says the music industry is losing “millions in revenue”. Additionally, it’s one of the prime reasons why the digital music business is so far behind in Germany.
This is not the first time Berger has lashed out against GEMA’s practices. According to the Sony boss it’s time for the music rights group to embrace the digital age.
“We want to see streaming services like Vevo and Spotify in the German market. [These platforms] must not be blocked by GEMA any longer,” he said earlier. “Artists and music companies are losing sales in the millions.”
So here we have the boss of one of the largest music labels blaming another group for their repressive copyright enforcement. It’s the world upside down, but a promising change from Sony’s side.
This is not the first time GEMA has negatively entered the news this year. Last month the popular music streaming service Grooveshark decided to shut down voluntarily due to the “unreasonably high” licensing costs imposed by the music rights group.
SOURCE -> http://torrentfreak.com/sony-music-b...llions-120224/
2 goodies in one thread ,gotta love the internet. This all is not about PIRATES people are seeing this finally .The more & more we see like this .I hope the more people start pointing to the bad guys filling there pockets with huge CASH ! They will soon realize who is responsible for there money loss not PIRATES ! Greed !
EDIT- SURPRISING BIT TORRENT ON CELL PHONES. THE MPAA WILL LOVE THAT,lol
uTorrent Native Android Client On The Way
SOURCE- http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-nat...he-way-120225/