Y Combinator Wants To Kill Hollywood

An anonymous reader writes "Y Combinator, a firm that invests in startups, has put out a call to kill Hollywood. In a post on their site, the firm said attempts at legislation similar to SOPA wouldn't stop until there is no industry left to protect. They now want to incubate ideas for new types of entertainment, so we can evolve the movie and television industries. Quoting: 'There will be several answers, ranging from new ways to produce and distribute shows, through new media (e.g. games) that look a lot like shows but are more interactive, to things (e.g. social sites and apps) that have little in common with movies and TV except competing with them for finite audience attention. Some of the best ideas may initially look like they're serving the movie and TV industries. Microsoft seemed like a technology supplier to IBM before eating their lunch, and Google did the same thing to Yahoo.'"

Re:Cue the lawsuits

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Let's ALL kill Hollywood. They can't arrest all of us!

Re:"Kill" is hyperbole

[Anonymous Coward]

A "mercy killing?" Surely you jest. The RIAA doesn't deserve mercy, it deserves to be shot in the back of the head with a .44 and then skullfucked while listening to an album downloaded off TPB.

Re:Godspeed to them

[InThane]

We basically have two things left, we are leaders in information technology, and leaders in making Lady Gaga CDs and Chipmunk movie sequels.

You left out high-speed pizza delivery.

Re:Cue the lawsuits

[spire3661]

Yeah, because the alternative would be for them to just continually raising house taxes to cover their spending. They are going ot spend either way, at least we have SOME protection against government waste. Fuck you for thinking you know better than The People. The Direct Democracry thing is doing jsut fine in CA, we are still here, still 5th largest economy in the world.