Re: [dvd-discuss] 2001 Best year ever for movies

["Karen Reinhard" <karen.reinhard(at)murraystate.edu>]

I'd have to agree with you there.  Also, take into account that the
attention span for the average American is about 13 seconds - long enough to
catch a particularly "vituperative" sound bite, but not long enough to
actually understand the implications...

-kr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <tom@lemuria.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] 2001 Best year ever for movies


> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:21:48AM -0800, Michael A Rolenz wrote:
> >> nah, you don't think movie-mafia enough: "since we count piracy in % of
> >> the gross, this just means that we have also lost more money to piracy
> >> than ever before! police! marines! help us!"
> >
> > Yep....creative accountancy Hollywierd style.
>
> no, they just do a good job in PR. and they understand their clients
> (i.e. journalists) - after the initial story is a run, a journalist
> needs a new angle or new info.
> I bet that at a convenient time in the near future (like shortly before
> the next congress hearing on SCSSA or whatever it's called) there will
> be stories about "movie industry record losses to piracy".
>
> I'm not passing judgement here, even if it sounds like it above. I just
> say they're doing a good PR job in the same non-judgemental tone that I
> would use to say that whoever attacked the WTC did a good job.
>
>
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