Hollywood’s Insistence on New Draconian Copyright Rules Is Not About Protecting Artists

Stop us if you’ve heard these: piracy is driving artists out of business. The reason they are starving is because no one pays for things, just illegally downloads them. You wouldn’t steal a car. These arguments are old and being dragged back out to get support for rules that would strangle online expression. And they are, as ever, about Hollywood wanting to control creativity and not protecting artists.

When it comes to box office numbers, they’ve remained pretty consistent …

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