Rose said the MPA’s requested law would be similar to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that was shelved after major protests over a decade ago.
Piracy isn’t as big now. And people seem dumber so don’t expect the same protests.
Or…hear me out…stop streaming service enshittification.
I demand:
- Studios have exclusive rights to their respective works for 2 years, after which time they are required to license it to their competitors for “at cost” fees, similar to pole easements for cable/electric companies.
- Public Domain is reverted to 25 years after publishing
- Fan Fiction is added as a “free use” exception
If we had better politicians, these threats from the MPAA would amount to just whining.
Make it so i can easily, affordably, reliably watch your content and it will not need to be pirated. No? Yoho.
I suppose that once you have laws that allow blocking one type of site then other sites will be pretty easy to be added. A precedent sort of thing. Done once then others will follow.
Pretty amazing that piracy is such a hot topic such that freedoms can be curtailed but everyone’s right to an AR15 must be protected.
