Copyright’s stakeholders don’t fit in a room and must include the public, by definition http://t.co/W16xWNZK
People like the MPAA’s Chris Dodds (who only opens his mouth on the topic to lie) and now Hollywood Super agent Arri Emmanuel want to sit down in a room with “the government” and “Silicon valley” to craft a “deal” on copyright. What they consistently miss is that every one of us has a stake in this: we’re consumers and producers of material. The group formerly known as the “audience” are no longer passive consumers of whatever  the metaphoric “Hollywood” wants to hand out.
Ali Sternburg points us to a tweet from Nate Otto, in which he basically makes the same point, but much more concisely:
I’m tired of Hollywooders thinking IP policy “stakeholders” fit in a room & don’t include the public.
It’s such a simple and important point that I wanted to repost it here. It needs to be repeated over and over again.
Ever since Hollywood lost the SOPA/PIPA fight, they keep claiming, over and over again, that Silicon Valley needs to get in a room with them. Chris Dodd has done it a bunch of times — and each time we’ve asked why he doesn’t actually go online and talk to the public. Now Ari Emanuel has done it too, and we need to repeat a paraphrase on Nate’s tweet above.
The conversation is happening without them because they won’t go online where the stakeholders are.
One reply on “Copyright’s stakeholders don’t “fit in a room” and must include the public.”
I think if you want to comprehend how out of touch Hollywood is with the sea change in entertainment consumption, please please surf away from Phil’s site for a minute and watch the AllThingsD DX conference videos. Tap in Ari Emmanuel.
Sit back and watch another industry “genius” and self proclaimed “super agent” explain why the audience doesn’t matter. It’s all about business and him. Actually no, it’s just about him. And his lack of interest in you and me.