Courtesy of Matt Freeeman's blog, read this. And, more than that, do something! Write something! Post something! Say something! Make your voice heard! Because if Equity doesn't do something to bring the Showcase Code into the 21st century, the devolution of Off-Off-Broadway will be no one's fault but our collective own.
Sphere: Related ContentThis is a really terrific, if not especially revelatory, Washington Post article on the problem of bootleg Broadway videos on YouTube and what, if anything, the unions, the Broadway League and media mega-corporations are going to do about it, or can do about it.
It's excellently written and while it doesn't make me want to sneak my camcorder into a theatre (actually, I don't own one), it doesn't make me feel guilty about cruising YouTube and another of my favorite sites, BlueGobo.com.
And don't worry, the powers-that-suck will find a way to profit from this conundrum, too.
