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Argues giving viewers control is how to defeat piracy.
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MPAA doesn't get it. Costly lobbying and crushing lawsuits is not how you defeat piracy. This is how you do it: this video
Kevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers
1.6M views · Aug 23, 2013 · 4:55 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2013
Kevin Spacey, giving the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival, urges TV channels to give viewers control. He points to Netflix's House of Cards release as evidence that audiences want to watch on their own terms.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN cites it in streaming and piracy threads as an argument that giving viewers control is how to compete.
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“Kevin Spacey on this subject”
Kevin Spacey on entertainment as the market, not films.
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> The market isn't "films". It is "entertainment". Kevin Spacey on this subject: this video .
“he explains the series itself doesn't work well in a pilot”
Spacey explains why the series could not work as a pilot.
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In this talk this video he explains the series itself doesn't work well in a pilot: He wanted long story lines, and multiple complex characters, both of which are impossible in a pilot.