I had the same thought. I worked briefly for a software company in hollywood that did film compositing/editing software, and it's an amazingly innovative industry. It's also an industry that recognizes and rewards technical talent... sure, we aren't movie stars, but I worked with programmers who had academy awards (the technical kind, of course). And they were super cool people, very willing to sit down and help a newbie out. I also remember Kathy Sierra's post about the "hollywood model" (your job security is your reputation, based on your past projects), an approach that only works when talent is identified, recognized, and credited (how many programmers at silicon valley get to put their names on the product?) I'm not saying all is peachy in hollywood, but it is indisputably an innovative place for technology and technology careers.

This is why it kills me to see a different wing of the movie industry essentially pitting itself against high tech. I'm not going to dispute another key point here - much of the legislation being pushed by the studios could be very harmful to technical innovation. We're at the point where people on hn are starting to talk about boycotting not just those corporations but the people who work for them.

Sad to see this in an industry that does such wonderful, innovative tech work in many ways.