Hollywood producer Richard Gladstein says Piracy is a disease.
Distributors and financiers also receive less than their rightful share of revenue.
This causes fewer and fewer films to be made each year.
More than 1.3 million people have illegally downloaded The Hateful Eight since Christmas Day.
Google and YouTube have the ability to create a vaccine that could eradicate the disease of content theft.
Fair Use is an important exemption and distinction to copyright law.
It could be argued the company is failing miserably, if that is really Googles intention.
The matter of online piracy is persistently and widely documented and is hardly out of the headlines.
However, Gladsteins criticism of the search giant arrives at an important stage in the piracy debate.
The consultation will address the important points raised by Gladstein in his attack on Google among other things.
However, Gladstein in the meanwhile is just calling upon Google to act with respect.
source: www.techworm.net
