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TorrentSpy $100 Million Dollar Decision

This article is a comment on this story about TorrentSpy’s recent lost lawsuit.

Here is how I use Torrents to evaluate my entertainment purchases.

1. Download Torrent.
2. Watch 5-10 minutes of the movie.
3. If I like it, I go to the theatre or rent the DVD. If I don’t, I don’t.

I think that the thing that has Hollywood running scared is that they know most people are using Torrent files for just such content evaluation. Let’s face it, there are certain movies that you went to see that you regretted wasting 2 hours of your life on. Now you can avoid those moments of regret and pain.

Up until now Hollywood marketing mavens have been able to salvage the good scenes in stinker movies and market them well in trailers. Now they can’t. Now they have to be held accountable for good content, and that is a lot scarier than just a few downloads.

I enjoy the fact that things as horrible as the first Batman movie franchise can not be allowed to see the light in this kind of user-controlled environment. If a studio is spending millions of dollars on a project, isn’t the natural logic that it should already have a good story and acting?

Let’s face it, Hollywood has been having their way with us since the late 70’s, when rampant commercialism seemed to take over the entire industry. Very few people are interested in making good movies anymore - they just want to make good product.

The TorrentSpy decision was absolutely expected as the almighty dollar always wins. Is it going to stop me? No, it’s going to encourage me. The tighter the industry closes the fist, the more problems they will face from the general public; their consumers.

There was a recent documentary on a Hollywood mogul in which his mother got him excited about talking pictures when he was a boy because they were the only product that you paid for before you consumed them. This is no longer the case, and Hollywood is not going to be able to turn the tide on this one this late in the game, no matter how many lawsuits they win.

Posted: May 12th, 2008 under Technobabble.
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