MPAA’s Aggressive Anti-Piracy Propaganda
Found on Techdirt on Sunday, 11 March 2007
The MPAA is very active in recruiting America's youth for their war on piracy. The deadline for the their anti-piracy propaganda contest just passed. SIFE Students from all over America spent weeks filming mind numbing anti-piracy PSAs, resulting in some really bad, but hilarious clips.
Piracy is the greatest obstacle the film industry currently faces, according to MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman. "We remain committed to educating students, parents and all consumers to aggressively tackle the threat of piracy," he said.
Some of the PSAs created by these students are indeed aggressive and horrific instead of educational.
It's a simple rule: brainwash the next generation to make it easier to take them over. Although the industry has been caught lying about the losses caused by piracy, although it's not proven that piracy causes a drop in sales, although piracy is not the same as stealing and although piracy can be a great PR tool, the industry is unable to let go and tries to keep it's useless business model alive.