Copyright and other "Intellectual Property" laws are supposed to encourage creativity and the generation of new information and content. Why, then, are they remaking movies as recent as The Karate Kid and The Crow? I'm sure the fickle tastes of the public aren't helping with this kind of ridiculous waste of movie-making funds, but seriously. This is what Life of the Author + 70 year copyright terms has bought us, a focus on constantly, obsessively wringing all life from all pre-existing content, even the stuff recent enough that it hasn't been laid out in the entertainment graveyard yet.
Remaking movies this new is like holding a public funeral, complete with epitaph, for someone who's 35 years old and perfectly healthy. It's frustrating to see companies so obsessed with the problem of "intellectual piracy" being so short-sighted in their production habits. They blame the pirates and the copyright infringement for any financial troubles they have, but it's clear they have only their own business behavior and plans to blame. Sure is nice to have a scapegoat to distract people from your troubled business model, isn't it?
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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