Michael Eisner Is a Jackass:
A few days ago, Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney, wrote an op-ed piece for the Financial Times. It has been linked from blogs better than mine, but I can’t stop thinking about what an utter jackass Eisner is. His pompous article — gratuitously titled “Abe Lincoln and the internet pirates,” though, granted, authors rarely write their own headlines in newspaper publishing — conflates Lincoln freeing the slaves with the DMCA. Sheesh. What’s next? “Napster was run by Nazis”? Is there a more opportunistic, exploitative kind of ad hominem, publicity-mongering than this? I can only hope this so backfires in Eisners pasty face, that it hurts him and Disney in the long run (and the short run).
To contribute to such a backfire here are some excerpts and responses.
Addendum: Roger Ebert has a good article on why fans are not pirates. [link via Scripting News] Everyone needs to email the Ebert article to Eisner.
How do I email Eisner? What is his email address? Thank you, Dave