It's probably not too wise to pick on the kids that made it and are swimming in money and power. It'll be The Revenge of the Nerds all over again.
Not to mention Google is by now a pretty deft political player.
Not to mention Google is by now a pretty deft political player.
I don't see this as being slam-dunk for either side.
you have no idea how PR works...
If the MPAA tries to put a "face" on this by pulling in celebrities, that could equally backfire if other celebrities come out against it.
> for Angelina Jolie to adopt a dozen new kids
So the MPAA tells Angelina Jolie how many kids to adopt now? Did the order come directly from the Illuminati or The Bilderberg Group?
It's a stretch, but one could imagine google's competitors piling on as well.
So, will people side with Google Lawyers, or Notoriously-Shady-Film-Studio Lawyers?
Truth be told, it really depends on which side has more control over the narrative in the media.
Nobody doing it: no loss to the studios.
Even without knowing exactly, precisely how many people int he USA are torrenting and pirating, the studios seem to think it's a Great Big Deal, and are willing to splash out a lot of cash, and a lot of good will to get torrenting stopped. That would seem to indicate that the US population that cares about torrents is actually pretty large.