I've been reading the book "Darknet" recently, a good book for those interested in "Hollywood vs Technology", and it brings up some interesting points about patents/copywrights/etc and what Hollywood is trying to do:
Right now people are creating their own form of interactive media, one where everybody can contribute or comment, like blogs and some websites such as ourmedia.com. Hollywood is concerned by this, after all their current business model is a one-way pipe that take content from them and sends it to us, something which doesn't allow us to play any part in it, and they are forced with two options. Either Hollywood will change and start offering ways to include people, or it will use copywright law to arrest teenagers that are mixing their 'Property' and creating new products.
I'm not talking about pirates, I'm talking about the people that like to take parts of movies and make something new out of them by mixing and matching different things, or does a recreation of a movie like 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.' You'll be very lucky not to be sued.
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