• Major Media Owning SOPA/PIPA Supporters Whine That They Had No Way To Have Their Message Heard
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[b]"From the [i]oh-come-on[/i] dept"[/b] [quote]We've been pointing out that one of the big reasons why the MPAA/RIAA and others failed in their efforts to rush through SOPA/PIPA was that they have been totally and completely tone deaf to what's happening online. And it appears that's continuing. The LA Times had a bizarre article over the weekend, where people were suggesting that the MPAA needed to "do a lot of test messaging," to see what would work in convincing the public that censoring the internet is a good thing. Test messaging? Seriously?!? They still seem to think that this is about a lobbying or PR campaign, rather than actually engaging and hearing what people have to say. Even more ridiculous is the new talking point that both the MPAA and the RIAA are apparently "test messaging" currently. And it's that they -- who own all of the major media outlets around -- are somehow at a disadvantage in communicating their views to the public. I'm not kidding. In that article above, Chris Dodd from the MPAA is quoted as saying: "You've got an opponent who has the capacity to reach millions of people with a click of a mouse and there's no fact-checker. They can say whatever they want." Yup, that's the new MPAA talking point: "if only you moron internet kids couldn't actually say what you want!" Does anyone actually brief Dodd about how best not to make it totally transparent that he wants to censor the internet? But the RIAA is passing along the exact same message. Dodd's counterpart at the RIAA, Cary Sherman, is quoted as saying basically the same thing in the NY Times: “It’s very difficult to counter the misinformation when the disseminators also own the platform.” First of all, this is ridiculous on all sorts of levels. Was it true that some of those against the bill weren't completely up on the facts? Yes. But, lots of us were clear on our facts, cited specific language in the bill, and were quick to correct those who stated things that were incorrect. But much more to the point: we're talking about all of the major media companies in the world who were in support of this thing, and they're seriously claiming that they didn't have the means to get their message out? Who the hell do they think they're fooling? They own all the major TV networks, all the cable news networks, the majority of top magazines, a bunch of top radio stations... and most of those media outlets refused to give critics of these bills the time of day. But suddenly they're claiming they couldn't get their message out? Give me a break. Even worse, let's compare the two platforms: SOPA/PIPA supporters completely own TV. But TV is a broadcast medium. They could put on whatever propaganda they wanted, and there'd be no way to guarantee a right to a response on TV. The internet, however, is a communications medium, where anyone can take part. So unlike the reverse situation, the supporters of the bill had every opportunity to counter the claims of people online if they felt they were being misrepresented. The real problem was that, for the most part, they weren't being misrepresented. The problem was that people were saying what the bill would actually do, and Hollywood wanted people to focus on what they wanted people to believe the bill would really do. Reality, it seems, has a strong anti-Hollywood bias.[/quote] [url=http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120123/04014617509/major-media-owning-sopapipa-supporters-whine-that-they-had-no-way-to-have-their-message-heard.shtml]SOURCE[/url]
Fuck your freedoms, I've got money.
Hahahhahha Welcome to the club, Fuckwits.
[QUOTE=Drsalvador;34360321]Hahahhahha Welcome to the club, Fuckwits.[/QUOTE] I read that in Harley Quinn's Voice Why boner
[b]FUCK [u]OFF[/u][/b]
Go to hell Hollywood; I'm nice and content with my fair and vibrant content that isn't endorsed by the fascists.
Boo-hoo. And not a single fuck was given.
there's really not a single thing they could say that would convince me. the best they've done is say that all the people in the industry would lose their jobs but that doesn't work because i hate them and i hope they lose their jobs for making terrible movies and terrible records.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;34360412]Boo-hoo. And not a single fuck was given.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;34360412]Boo-hoo. And not a single fuck was given.[/QUOTE] This.
It says something about the American political system when someone as brain-numbingly, downright stupid as Chris Dodd can hold any elected office, let alone a Senate seat. [editline]23rd January 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=thisispain;34360427]there's really not a single thing they could say that would convince me. the best they've done is say that all the people in the industry would lose their jobs but that doesn't work because i hate them and i hope they lose their jobs for making terrible movies and terrible records.[/QUOTE] Some men just want to watch the world burn.
all of the deal with it in the world
So they just called the internet a bunch of morons, and THESE are the people that control all the major media outlets. Tell me MAFIAA, if we are a bunch of morons, why are we suddenly getting ahead in the SOPA/PIPA debate?
Fucking really? That is literally the most retarded shit any organization can say. THEY ARE THE BLOODY MEDIA! How could they not get a message across, they definitely did a good enough job with the bribe money they shelled out to members of congress.
[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;34361521]Fucking really? That is literally the most retarded shit any organization can say. THEY ARE THE BLOODY MEDIA! How could they not get a message across, they definitely did a good enough job with the bribe money they shelled out to members of congress.[/QUOTE]They must be broke from bribing all the congressmen. Aww, poor MAFIAA. Cry us a river bitches.
The problem isn't that they're not being heard. Problem is nobody gives a fuck about their opinion since they're already loaded with cash and only want more, while completely disregarding the end-customer.
Cry me a river you fucking greedy cunts
Can someone shut down MPAA and RIAA already? They're nothing but trouble.
"Here, a pen you can use to write a complaint to the department of [B]Who Gives a Shit![/B]" [IMG]http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/5/4519/Pen.jpg[/IMG]
Oh good lord, the [b]butthurt[/b]. They definitely mad.
Wow, that's actually pretty sad. I feel really sorry for them, actually. Let me check my Give-A-Fuck bottle- [img]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4037/20120123201124.jpg[/img] Aww, tough break. Better luck next time, MAFIAA.
So wait, they had no way to have their message heard? What was the millions and millions of dollars they poured into lobbying for than? I thought that all that money was there to bypass the need for people to actually SUPPORT the bill? "Heres a load of cash to slip this unconstitutional and horribly abusive bill under the table unseen." "WE HAD NO REPRESENTATION BAWWW"
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;34367502]Wow, that's actually pretty sad. I feel really sorry for them, actually. Let me check my Give-A-Fuck bottle- [IMG]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4037/20120123201124.jpg[/IMG] Aww, tough break. Better luck next time, MAFIAA.[/QUOTE] That "Give-A-Fuck Bottle" looks suspiciously like a Pepsi© bottle. Time to break down your door and drag you out of your house. $250,000 fine and 10 years in prison! This is worse than a rape or murder!
Aren't these the people who were allowed to testify at those initial hearings or whatever in November but didn't allow the opposition to do so at all?
[quote]"You've got an opponent who has the capacity to reach millions of people with a click of a mouse and there's no fact-checker. They can say whatever they want."[/quote] Oh the humanity
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;34367502]Wow, that's actually pretty sad. I feel really sorry for them, actually. Let me check my Give-A-Fuck bottle- [img]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4037/20120123201124.jpg[/img] Aww, tough break. Better luck next time, MAFIAA.[/QUOTE] I see a tiny drop. you can't fool me!
[QUOTE=Sanius;34368040]I see a tiny drop. you can't fool me![/QUOTE] Nope, just jpeg rape. [QUOTE=Silent-Bob;34367698]That "Give-A-Fuck Bottle" looks suspiciously like a Pepsi© bottle. Time to break down your door and drag you out of your house. $250,000 fine and 10 years in prison! This is worse than a rape or murder![/QUOTE] I also ate, like, 3 fetuses today. And kicked a puppy. [img]http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9876/mehro930.png[/img] MWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Ahaha, the media can't reach people they can literally reach the most ignorant people on the planet and get support from them
I wish I could be a successful troll in that I wish I could go to a religious forum and speak their language, while conveying my message.
They do realize they own all the OTHER medias and they could have bribed some "popstar" into feeding their fans pro-SOPA/PIPA/ACTA bullshit, right?
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