Chris Dodd Rewrites Hollywood History to Pretend that came about Because of IP Laws

Chris Dodd Rewrites Hollywood’s History To Pretend That It Came About Because Of IP Laws http://t.co/rLKcxW4i Exactly the opposite of fact!

Says Chris Dodds:

The truth is that neither the content nor the technology industries could survive without strong protections for intellectual property. 

But the reality – easily checked by anyone with a browser – the truth is:

Hollywood did come about because of strong patent protection, but not the way Dodd seems to be suggesting. Instead, the reason that filmmakers moved out to Hollywood was because it was about as far away as they could get from Thomas Edison, who held the patents on basic filmmaking technology, and demanded exorbitant licensing fees. So the main reason that Hollywood is in Hollywood is because they were seeking a place to hide from patents.

It’s a bit ridiculous for Dodd to try to rewrite this well-known history, and pretend that Hollywood developed because of strong IP protections when the exact opposite is what happened. I realize that Chris Dodd spent most of his adult life as a politician, so perhaps it’s a bit naive to expect him to actually tell the truth, but at some point someone who works for him (I’m sure there’s someone on staff who has accessed the internet once or twice) might want to explain to him that people can fact check him these days with relative ease online. Perhaps the next version of SOPA can be used to block people mocking Chris Dodd’s inane statements as well…

I just don’t understand why *anyone* would believe a single word that comes out of this liar’s mouth, let alone any supposedly intelligent person in Congress.