As if he wasn’t going to make enough money anyway, the producer of Kabali, Kalaipuli S. Thanu, went to court recently to seek a direction that no illegal movie download sites must distribute any leaked copy of Kabali. The futility of the court order was evident soon enough, with reports that the movie could been have leaked on the dark web. (What is Dark Web? Read here.)
And it isn’t just Kabali’s producer. The entire film industry has been raving and ranting about film piracy for years now, even as they laughed all the way to their banks.
Beyond all the drama and rhetoric, here is some contrarian thought.
For years now, folks at the Alternative Law Forum in Bengaluru have been trying to convince the film and music industry, among others, that piracy isn’t as economically destructive as it is perceived and it might not even really be the problem. A hint for our friends from Kerala and Tamil Nadu who wear socialism as a badge with pride, their argument runs on the same lines as yours.
The argument against piracy is couched in the virtues of private intellectual property, the idea that the creations of the minds - like literature, art, design and inventions - are the property of the persons who used their minds to create, and that they have exclusive rights over it. Full story...
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And it isn’t just Kabali’s producer. The entire film industry has been raving and ranting about film piracy for years now, even as they laughed all the way to their banks.
Beyond all the drama and rhetoric, here is some contrarian thought.
For years now, folks at the Alternative Law Forum in Bengaluru have been trying to convince the film and music industry, among others, that piracy isn’t as economically destructive as it is perceived and it might not even really be the problem. A hint for our friends from Kerala and Tamil Nadu who wear socialism as a badge with pride, their argument runs on the same lines as yours.
The argument against piracy is couched in the virtues of private intellectual property, the idea that the creations of the minds - like literature, art, design and inventions - are the property of the persons who used their minds to create, and that they have exclusive rights over it. Full story...
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