[attrition] rant: MPAA: Idiots At The Helm

[lyger]

http://attrition.org/security/rants/z/mpaa.html

or: How the MPAA could easily increase profits and turn the tide of P2P to 
work in their favor

Thu Jan 11 21:16:47 EDT 2006

Martums

An open letter to the closed-minded Studios:

     I love movies. That doesn't come as a surprise to anyone who has 
skimmed over any of my witless, rambling reviews here. I've gone so far as 
to set up a used little projector, some wireless headphones, and an old, 
comfy chair in my living room. I wouldn't call it a real home theater, but 
it's a start. And I still go to theaters, as poor as the experience often 
is. There's just no substitute for the massive screen and the awesome 
power of the sound they have.

     I have disposable income with your (studio's) name on it, and a shelf 
full of DVD's I never watch to prove it.

     I hate waiting. That awful period between when a film is in theaters, 
until it's on DVD can be a drag. Ask any movie nut. And you guys (the 
studios) are losing heaps of money during this time. Third parties are 
paid to produce reports with grossly exaggerated figures claiming such 
rubbish, e.g. Piracy is a 100-billion-dollar-a-year industry. Bullshit. 
But at least you acknowledge you're losing money, even if you have no idea 
how much.

Now, these dinosaurs aren't about to go and change their business model, 
or risk distancing themselves from the theater owners whom they so 
desperately need, at least for now. Regardless, here's one way the Studios 
could unfuck themselves and increase profits and simultaneously improve 
the consumer's experience. Because the mega cinema near me sucks ass 80% 
of the time. Raise minimum wage, why?! These theater zombie employees are 
already scraping the bottom of the gene pool barrel and are way over 
paid...</rant> <not really>

Anyhow, here's a crazy idea of how to A) make money, B) win back (repeat) 
customers, and C) reduce open file sharing:

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