Entertainment Industry Practices Examined

From what is known, the industry has started a war against consumers by filing lawsuits against those who offer too many files or items of content. They can be songs, movies, or even programs. However, are the file-sharing developers to blame for copyright infringement, or the consumers? Even today, the Supreme Court of the United States of America is wrestling with this very subject.

The entertainment industry has deep pockets and is enlisting many allies in the entertainment field to back up their cause. So who is on the consumer’s side? The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) and various others, explaining there is a positive attribute of P2P.

No one could have conceived how file-sharing would impact the world until it was too late. The music and movie industries claim the lawsuits exist to combat lost sales they have incurred as P2P popularity has exploded.

The question should be posed. How does such an industry gain so much power? It resembles a monopoly. Absolute control over setting prices, control over how it is shown or presented.

Once long ago, oil industries having total control over consumers wielded such power. At the turn of the 20th century, antitrust laws were made preventing any type of industry to abuse its consumers like it did.

It was called The Sherman Act.

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