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Originally Posted by DDuke
Robbie, I did not attend a seminar. I never said that I attended a seminar. What I said is that, over the course of 18 months, FSC brought together experts. We brought together experts from mainstream entertainment, experts from the legal community, experts from the world of software, and most importantly, experts from within our membership - John Stagliano, Christian Mann, Michael Klein, Steve Hirsh, Bruce Lehay and Keith Webb, Bob Johnson and Bruce Whitney, Rob Novinger and Tony Rios, Ali Joone, Steve Orenstein and many more.
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You are 100% right. I totally took that out of context. And applied the word "seminar" to it because you had speakers giving talks like a seminar. But the way it looked when I typed it made it appear that you went to some show and sat in the audience...when the reality is that you hosted these speakers yourself to learn something.
My one question on that would be this: Acknowledging my ignorance of what Mainstream is or isn't doing...did you get any real experts from adult in there? As much as I very much respect the list from your membership...I don't see any names there that are really known for their prowess or success on the internet...much less in combating piracy.
I know that when you launched this idea...you really didn't know WHO were the "experts" that were already doing it. But I'm assuming you do now.
Have you reached out to any of them? John Stagliano is a legend and a giant in our business and knowing his reputation...I'm betting he has educated himself pretty damn well on this...BUT having said that, does he have a database of pirate sites? Do any of those people on your list of experts know who, how, and what to do for over 10,000 pirate sites?
Well, there are some folks who were already doing it back when you had that group get together. It would have probably been pretty damn beneficial to bring in those people to show y'all how it's done and get you on the right track and eliminate the learning curve.
That was sort of my point. You guys just appear to be fish out of water on this thing. Not saying you can't pull it up to speed real quickly. I'm sure you're smart enough to do that.
Anyway, that was my point. I've never played quarterback on an NFL team. But if I suddenly decided to invest my money and buy my way into the game...I'd definitely bring in the best strength trainers, coaches, etc. to try and get me ready. I wouldn't bring in the best Team owners or the best guys on the board of the NFL. They might be the best at what they do...but it wouldn't do me any good at what I was trying to achieve.
See what I'm saying?