Re-weighing it

In this corner we have Intellectual Property Rights, weighing in at the livelihood’s of many an artist and outdated industry executives. Now my sympathy lies with artists more than the industry which is playing the phoenix game as we speak. Take for instance this article I read on http://mashable.com/ titled

MPAA Chief Lobbyist Glickman: Popcorn Salesman

where you hear about the MPAA lobbying lawmakers to keep digital sharing criminal blah blah but do you feel any pity? Think of it, having to make the call that says we have to pay these lawmakers 7 digits because it would be more costly not to do so.

Also I worry about the fellow directors, writers, and producers out there who aren’t making any money now. How can we save the good ones……? (I’ll tell you later)

AND in this corner weighing in at a broken scale we have the World 2.0. digitized and analyzed and you better start asking me about Foucault, because civilization has been nothing more than a never ending invasion of privacy.