How can the motion picture industry expect to control piracy in the digital age?
The motion picture industry, and indeed the entire creative community, including music, publishing, and fine arts, have been battling piracy and copyright violations for decades, in the United States and internationally. We can never abandon the fight to preserve intellectual property rights, just because it is difficult. The stakes are too high. Should law enforcement stop fighting crime just because efforts are difficult? OpenLaw’s answer to the question: OpenLaw’s answer to the MPAA: The MPAA would have you believe that fighting piracy was impossible, without their technological protections. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Piracy has been prosecuted successfully with existing copyright law for years. The MPAA’s problem is that it doesn’t stop at preventing piracy. Their technological protection measures prevent many legal activities from occuring. 11.
