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Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA

Steve Blank

from box-office revenue. But the total movie industry revenue was $87 billion. After the VCR was introduced, studio revenues took off like a rocket. 1998 – the MPAA got congress to pass the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), making it illegal for you to make a digital copy of a DVD that you actually purchased.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. I started R Public Relations on a wing and a prayer, but my reputation in the public relations world has followed me to success. It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available.