[Nottingham] Media Centre Linux distro?

[James Moore]

On 09/05/2012 09:26, Jason Irwin wrote:
> On 09/05/12 09:00, Michael Erskine wrote:
>> These particular laws are artificial constructs: just a way of
>> ensuring (enforcing) a revenue stream.
> That wasn't the original plan, it was to ensure the creator could earn a
> crust but now corporate machinations have taken over.  Many creators are
> salaried (e.g. animators) and the copyright is owned by a non-human,
> immortal entity (the company).  The companies also have form for
> screwing over the artists they employ/represent (e.g. Harry Potter made
> a loss!).
>
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Just a tiny point, Jason: due to some minor tricks with accounting, no 
movie produced in the US (or anywhere else in the Western hemisphere, 
for that matter) has ever recorded a profit. This is something to do 
with the fact that the Hollywood movie industry was founded by two 
Chicago crime bosses: Sam Goldwyn (who was actually born in what was 
then part of Russia) and Jesse Lasky, his brother in law. Hollywood 
Accounting, as it is more popularly known, therefore has its roots in 
bookmaking (ie gambling accounts), hence used as a way to completely 
avoid taxes.