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Everyone Hates Pollution. Piracy not so much.
by Andrew McCaskey
Arts+Labs is the newest collaboration of songwriters, content producers and big media that is trying to change the vocabulary in the internet business. In a lengthy article, Ars Technica in essence spins the tale of a “stalking horse” that urges the public to fight “internet pollution”. Interesting term, defined in familiar ways to include viruses, spyware, malware, phishing attacks, and, incidentally, downloading of pirated content.
Arts+Labs suggests that this “internet pollution” is the source of the congestion on the internet, and that by going through “approved” sites like Hulu.com, Veoh.com, Netflix, Joost, and so forth – the pipes will get cleaned and the world of limitless entertainment will be ours. If congestion is the problem, it looks like bits are bits. If there is some other problem – like control of content, then there is some serious misrepresentation going on.
Who’s behind Arts+Labs ? Why, it’s our old content and delivery friends: NBC Universal, AT&T, Viacom and of course our connection for all things Vista and DRM: Microsoft.
By Every Means: Fair or Foul – Name it and Claim it. The Arts are there (Songwriter’s Guild) but instead of Arts+Labs I think the better name might be Arts+Lawyers.
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