MPAA on the Sue Train

The MPAA despite the failings of the RIAA in the same tactic has decided to sue file sharers.Techdirtlays it down.

What I don’t get here is what they are trying to accomplish with this. It has been shown that filesharing is actually on the rise in the wake of the RIAA suits, and courts have been showing less and less tolerance for the lawsuits. Why would the MPAA take up a business practice that has been proven not to work, and only generates ill-will in your customer base?

I agree with techdirt. Theaters need to get better. The experience of watching a movie at a theater sucks. It is a VERY rare occasion where I will go out to watch a film these days. I’d prefer to wait for it on DVD instead of putting up with the cell phone calls, crying babies and people walking in 10 minutes into the film and asking me to scoot over so all 5 of his friends can sit together. Stop tacking on 5 minutes of TV ads before the films, make concessions cheaper and make films better. Don’t sue your customers.

Posted by Joe Mullins at November 4, 2004 03:11 PM |TrackBack