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Re:Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood. by Natsu on Saturday January 21, 2012 @03:49AM (#3493042)
> But pg should be encouraging people to build a better system not focusing them on tearing down the current one.

It appears as though you let the title of the piece distract you from the content of it.

Re:Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood. by TomOfTTB on Saturday January 21, 2012 @03:59AM (#3493065)
Not the title but this paragraph...

"Hollywood appears to have peaked. If it were an ordinary industry (film cameras, say, or typewriters), it could look forward to a couple decades of peaceful decline. But this is not an ordinary industry. The people who run it are so mean and so politically connected that they could do a lot of damage to civil liberties and the world economy on the way down. It would therefore be a good thing if competitors hastened their demise."

I have no problem with healthy contributions from startups. I do have a problem with demonizing people especially when I know some of those people are working towards the same goals as technology enthusiasts.

Re:Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood. by im3w1l on Saturday January 21, 2012 @03:27PM (#3494480)
I have a problem with trying to kill the internet.
Re:Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood. by JumpCrisscross on Saturday January 21, 2012 @03:59AM (#3493066)
Ditto. Creative destruction involves tearing down the legacy institutions.