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This is Michael Lynton, "I'M A GUY WHO DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING GOOD HAVING COME FROM THE INTERNET, PERIOD."

At a panel discussion hosted by Ken Auletta for the New Yorker in May 2009, Lynton said, "I’m a guy who doesn’t see anything good having come from the Internet, period. [The internet has] created this notion that anyone can have whatever they want at any given time. It’s as if the stores on Madison Avenue were open 24 hours a day. They feel entitled. They say, ‘Give it to me now,’ and if you don’t give it to them for free, they’ll steal it.” Source : Wikipedia

REBUTTAL

If the Vaudeville Industry did not get its last laugh on its nemesis the cinema with the invention of television, surely it is is having a side splitting laugh with this absurd, arrogant post about the internet... For those who do not know what I am talking about, the prevailing entertainment art form from the 1880's to the early 1930's was the Vaudeville act and house. Various singers, one act plays, animal shows, etc. would be on display for the amusement of the public.- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaudeville ]

Vaudeville was killed by the cheaper cinema, especially the talkies. I imagine the multitudes of displaced vaudeville actors, actresses and Vaudeville House owners lamenting all the same complaints as Mr. Lynton. Surely, they would have called for "Guard rails" on the cinema. Something to protect the jobs of the multitudes of Vaudeville performers displaced by the cinema which exploited the talents of much few performers but could repeat them over and over. The loss of creativity caused by putting so many independent artists out of work must have been enormous. And how many waitresses, bartenders, carpenters and janitors must have lost their jobs. The horror! I can almost hear a Vaudeville performer saying, "I'm a guy who sees nothing good having come from the Cinema. Period." NOT! (And we know that early cinematographers were notorious for making one sided deals with the much few performers that were now need to make cinema )

The internet represents the same kind of change that Cinema inflicted on Vaudeville. In the free market, there are winners and there are losers. In the fight between the Internet and Cinema/Major Media, Cinema and Major Media should get the same consideration that they gave the Vaudeville performers and those who relied upon the Vaudeville performers for income.

Apparently Michael Lynton has been lunching to frequently with Senator Jay Rockefeller.  Among Senator Rockefellers similarly absurd, arrogant, out of touch statements:1) “If the internet was never invented, the corporate media & the Council on Foreign Relations would dominate news and information and alternative media restricted to print would have a far more difficult time counter balancing government propaganda” [Will Rockefeller Succeed in shutting down the Internet]; 2) “The world would be better off if the internet was never invented and we had stuck with papers and pencils” [ibid]; 3) “Internet is the No.1 cause of attacks [on National Defense Systems], it should not exist” [Rockefeller: Internet is “Number One National Hazard]  

How ironic that Mr. Lynton's and Senator's Rockefeller's "out of touch with the common person" statements are likely the result of the standard censorship of major media and the own selective censorship caused by their choice of whom they choose to associate with. This statements are apparently the way these elites actually think of the average citizen. These men apparently actually hold us all in contempt.  Worse, they are so deluded by their censored information input and the arrogance of power, they failed to recognise the backlash they would incur in uttering them. My personal opinion is that this is a glimpse into the orchestrated effort of the elites of our country to contrive a reason to "shut down or materially alter the internet" and further erode our 1st Amendment Rights and Liberties.

Theft of Intellectual property is wrong. But, like my house, Cinema and Major Media should not expect the government to buy the lock and install it. Please invest some of your own profits back into installing your own locks to protect your own intellectual property.  To use your own argument, stop stifling creativity. The Citizens of the America cannot afford further erosion of their 1st Amendment Rights and use of tax dollars that we do not have, to protect the intellectual property rights of those that can afford to be "creative" in divising and installing "locks" that do not erode our 1st Amendment Rights and require taxpayer dollars. My further thoughts can be found at :

Notice to US Supreme Court in re: The Internet, Public Access TV & 1st Amendment Rights

Respectfully,

Don Mashak
The Cynical Patriot