There are some actors out there that just make a movie and
one of them is Bill Murray especially as his role, Peter Venkman in
Ghostbusters. However even though there is rumor of interest in a possible
sequel being written by co-star Dan Aykroyd it doesn’t look like Murray will be
a part of it.
SOPA and the film industry
The movie industry and government are and always will be
fighting piracy till currency is abolished but the question is when is
protecting copyright going to far.
That is the
question with two bills going through the senate and the house in the United
States. These two bills are the PIPA (Protect IP Act) and SOPA (Stop Online
Piracy Act). But what makes these two bills so atrocious, in short really loose
wording and horrible clauses put in both bills that will enable someone to shut
down a site just for having copyrighted content on it weather its used in
accordance to fair use or not. This isn’t just the content they can take down
which under current law is possible on most of the internet but the whole site
can be taken down due to one infraction. With user created content sites like
Youtube out there and Google (Since it covers links to copyrighted content as
well) could be completely shut down.
This is
absolutely ludicrous not only is it going to hurt the whole internet and
infringe on the freedom of speech that we Americans hold so dear and we thought
our government did as well, I believe it could hurt the Film industry as well.
First of all if a popular site is taken down by this act and it comes out that
it was due to a studio’s movie being on the site people would quickly accuse
the studio of causing the site blockage even though it could just be a
government official proving that the bill can be used to stop piracy. This is
lunacy in its own but also you have to look even though piracy does take money
from studios and I do not condone it in the least, I do understand it does
happen and I also know that pirates tend to drive business to the studio as
well with many only pirating to see if they want a movie to only go buy it
later and also some pirates talking to other people willing to pay about the
movie in great word of mouth advertising that you wouldn’t get if you enacted
something like this. This is all to say that people don’t already blame film
companies for pushing the legislation in the first place.
So if you
think this is as big an outrage as me join the like of Reddit and Google in
their protesting of this bill on this day.
Netflix hits another roadblock
I am obviously a huge move buff, and because of this fact I
love the service Netflix provides in enabling me to stream movies readily,
legally and easily. However Netflix seems to be stumbling over its own feet
since late last year and has hit yet another hitch already this year.
The Book is not enough!
I am always
one to listen to someone who really loves listening to someone who is an expert
on and passionate about any subject, which is why I am a regular visitor on
Ted.com.
Ubisoft in the Film World?
I may be an expert in films but they
are not my only hobby. I am a huge video game junkie as well and the two never
have seemed to get along but that may be changing soon.
Harry Pulling a Dissapearing Act
Warner Bros. has come up with quite
an interesting marketing scheme that has to do with the Harry Potter Saga. They
are going to be pulling all copies of the Harry Potter DVD and Blu-Rays from
store shelves and late December and not allowing them to be reordered until a
new version is released.
Walking Dead shambling back for another season.
The critically acclaimed zombie based television show The Walking Dead is back for a second season with an hour and a half episode last Sunday. After watching the first episode I can surely say this season has started right where the last season left off high energy, high tension and huge drama proving this show is most definitely worthy of being the highest rated premier of a basic cable drama ever.
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