moral-free zone
blockquote>ASPEN, Colo.--The president of media giant News Corp. warns that the Internet has become a "moral-free zone," with the medium's future threatened by pornography, spam and rampant piracy.
Speaking Tuesday at an annual conference organized by the Progress & Freedom Foundation, Peter Chernin decried the "enormous amount" of worthless content online. He also predicted that without new laws to stave off illicit copying, News Corp.'s vast library of movies may never be made available in digital form. "The vast potential of broadband has so far benefited nobody as clearly as it's benefited downloaders of pornography and pirates of digital content," Chernin told an audience of about 200. News Corp. owns 20th Century Fox and Fox Television.
I bolded the part that really pisses me off. This guy actually is blaming copyright infringers and pornographers for being so good at what they do on the internet. He acts like Hollywood and major media companies have actually tried to push the envelope or be ground-breaking. I for one applaud those who continuously stretch the technological and creative limits of the internet; for they are true pioneers. I wish i was applauding major movie companies and the music biz, but unfortunately, ground-breaking and envelope-pushing only belongs to pornographers and file-sharers.
check this: matt haughey makes a good point about the same article:
Speaking Tuesday at an annual conference organized by the Progress & Freedom Foundation, Peter Chernin decried the "enormous amount" of worthless content online. He also predicted that without new laws to stave off illicit copying, News Corp.'s vast library of movies may never be made available in digital form. "The vast potential of broadband has so far benefited nobody as clearly as it's benefited downloaders of pornography and pirates of digital content," Chernin told an audience of about 200. News Corp. owns 20th Century Fox and Fox Television.
I bolded the part that really pisses me off. This guy actually is blaming copyright infringers and pornographers for being so good at what they do on the internet. He acts like Hollywood and major media companies have actually tried to push the envelope or be ground-breaking. I for one applaud those who continuously stretch the technological and creative limits of the internet; for they are true pioneers. I wish i was applauding major movie companies and the music biz, but unfortunately, ground-breaking and envelope-pushing only belongs to pornographers and file-sharers.
check this: matt haughey makes a good point about the same article:
There's one obvious joke, that the head of Fox of all places is trying to tell us about morals. The guy that brought the world shows such as "Worlds Worst Temptation Island Car Crashes When Animals Attack Celebrity Boxing 8" is trying to tell us the internet is sending the world to hell in a handbasket? And just what has his company been peddling for the last ten years?
21 August 2002