You might want to read a piece on whether the USA Supreme Court will
turn the internet over to a handful of rich entertainment execs. It's
written by Jonathan Rintels (see below) who did the "Blair Witch
Project" and "The Strand" (a dramatic series available only on the
Internet). The article is up on a new web site put up by the
non-profit Consumers Union - who publishes the Consumer Reports
magazine - the site is "HearUsNow" - which is all about how various
businesses/corporations are screwing the consumer when it comes to the
internet, digital content, TV, phone, wireless etc.
So if you are a QT content producer (or consumer) - time to email, fax
and phone?
"Many inside, as well as outside, America’s creative community
passionately hope and believe that the rapidly approaching Internet of
tomorrow -- high-speed, low-cost, and utterly pervasive -- will empower
creators of media to better realize their creative visions and then
share them directly with the audience, eliminating the corporate
middleman distributor. Or, to hear some indelicately say it, excited
voices full of glee, no more “clueless, tasteless, penny-pinching”
studio and network “suits” to “muck up” a creator’s vision. No more
“exorbitant” distribution costs, gatekeepers, and bottlenecks. No more
“warping” a creative vision to appeal to a narrow and finicky
demographic of television watchers or to sell the greatest amount of
popcorn in theaters that may no longer exist.
That hoped-for nirvana of seemingly unlimited creative power and
freedom on the Internet is under attack in Brand X, a case recently
argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. ....... "
- Harry Pasternak
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