The online copyright war: the day the internet hit back at big media
Posted in: Government & Policy at 19/04/2012 14:13
A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that major media firms hate technology. They certainly fear it. Since Jack Valenti, the legendary film industry lobbyist, said in 1982 that the VCR was like the Boston Strangler, preparing to murder the innocents of Hollywood, they have viewed such advances as a Godzilla creature rising from the sea to threaten their existence.
In the past 30 years in the US, they have lobbied for 15 pieces of legislation aimed at tightening their grip on their content, as technology has moved ever faster to prise their fingers open.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/18/online-copyright-war-internet-hit-back
