Glencoe Understanding Business and Personal Law: Student Activity Workbook Book

Still reading this but I'm fining it to be pretty disappointing and may end up putting it down. The Chapter where he interviews the movie downloaders was great. But the chapter where he insists that just because there's cheaper camcorders and editing software that there will be a lot more Spielbergs and Coppolas out there is just bad. Yes there will be more film makers, and they will come from new places, but as much as I enjoy the "piano playing cat," I don't think it's really the same thing. There's an education that goes along to making films wich is ignored in the book.

After that he talks about how great the DVD technology that allows studios to put out DVDs that have multiple ratings, that chapter is just horrifying and unimaginable to defend. It's basically censorship not offering the fans a new product, but Lasica doesn't seem to see it that way. JD Lasica defends it but doesn't consider films and film making to be an art but more of a product. A fan or edit or cutting a few shots out to use in a presentation is not the same, that's great. That I would defend because it contributes to the culture. But a PG version of "The Hangover" is not the same as a Director's Cut, it's not even close. I have a 5 year old kid and I skip over Bambi's and Nemo's mother dieing every time, I still don't want a studio to do it for me. The parents who want to show their kids a PG version of Saving Privet Ryan are just nuts and I can't defend them. How about a G version of Schindler's List next?

Ultimately the book is outdated. It spends a lot of time on DVDs and upcoming Blueray player. DVDs are on their way out. Studios are spending too much money on copy protection (8 billion was spent protecting Blueray and it was cracked in less then a week). It's not a question of if digital downloads will happen, it's already happening and will continue to get better. The question is will Hollywood be involved.