Entertainment industry’s greedy lobbying is their own undoing
(crossposted from CreativeFreedom.org.nz)
BoingBoing reports that “‘Big Entertainment Wants to Party Like It’s 1996′ explains how the entertainment industry’s greedy, naked lobbying tactics will be their undoing, since these victories end up backfiring because they arouse such public ire.” New Zealand gets a nod, although the article credits “geeks” with raising awareness of Section 92A when it’d be more accurate to say that this was led by New Zealand artists showing that they were more in touch with the issues than the industries claiming to represent them. Overseas ‘Big Entertainment’ efforts like the DMCA have caused a rift between the public and artists but thousands of New Zealand artists wisely distanced themselves from APRA and RIANZ and we haven’t seen the same backlash here. The blame has rested squarely on those industries pushing for these laws.
