YCombinator's new ultimatum: Kill Hollywood
Stop the madness!!! And instead of reading that insane article, read this one: http://www.good.is/post/the-real-lesson-of-the-sopa-blackout-the-internet-should-flex-its-muscles-more-often/
SOPA and PIPA are stupid, but this is worse than Democrat vs. Republican hyperbole. As someone who’s worked in both “Hollywood” and the Web, this is not some simplistic good vs. evil battle like He-Man and Skeletor. There are a lot of great people who do good work in “Hollywood”, and the typical collection of douchebags…just like in high tech. That’s according to the the thousands of purists who rip Facebook a new one regarding privacy. And then there’s Zynga…and the shit ton of junk mail I get everyday…and the not so wonderful story about the college activities of Airbnb’s founder. Anyway, tech companies have a business interest in this fight—it’s not all about my freedom of expression—and they’re more than willing to hire lawyers and lobby for those interests.
So can we get a huge show of support for fixing a government that allows an industry to use money and connections (rather than its citizens’ well-intentioned wishes) to slip HORRIBLE legislation through congress that’s sponsored by legislators who admit to knowing hardly anything about the technology? SOPA and PIPA are stopped for now, but how many other programs have slipped through like this?
We have bigger fish to fry, so while you work nicely with (in place of killing) the Studios to figure out a way for me to watch something without being assaulted by mindless advertising, both online and offline, maybe allocate some of that high-tech brainpower to issues that might not drive as much traffic but helps a few million kids get a meal at school or something.
(Source: spytap)
