[AusNOG] "ISPs agree to graduated warnings for pirates"

[Jeff Young]

Two comments:

First, such a ‘recommendation’ is a really slippery slope and one that we avoided
entirely when the Internet was privatised in 1994.  Making ISP’s responsible for 
the content that users download would have killed the fledgling Internet — the 
effect today won’t be as drastic but it won’t be positive for your businesses either. 

Second, what is essentially happening here is a fight between the business model
of rights owners (movie rights) and the business model of the ISP.  Movie distribution
is stuck in a model that is ageing out as the world becomes a smaller place and 
rather than change that model as the music industry did, movie distribution companies 
want to force other industries to bend to their will.  

[this presumes that a majority of copyright infringement is 
actually committed because movies aren’t available in all 
places at the same time —we read about first-run movies 
in the USA that don’t make it to Australia for a long time — 
if ever to places in Asia.  The industry needs to protect an 
entire chain of:  first-run —> pay-per-view —> DVD/Netflix 
—>  Free-to-air — that takes 1-2 years to execute.]

If the movie industry wants to keep their antiquated distribution mechanism in place
let them fund the changes in the Internet industry (rather than simply lobby government
wonks who really don’t know any better or worse are motivated by their own ambition).

jy
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