Hollywood vs. Computers

• both using machines/technology
• both use patents
• inventions & inventors
• people wanted or needed the inventions (for entertainment)
• both tried to control the market
• both were sued
• both grew very quickly

1. both using machines/technology
2. inventions & inventors
3. both use patents
4. both grew very quickly, both tried to control the market, both were sued

Computer inventors and movie inventors followed the same paths to become popular.

The three similarities of the personal computer and Hollywood movies are: both grew very quickly, both tried to control the market, and both were sued.

The histories of the develpment of Hollywood and the Personal Computer have some similarities which make people think about every new invention. One similarity is that the personal computer industry and Hollywood movies are both based on machines or technology. In Hollywood, the important inventions were the movie camera and the projector. With computers, of course, the important invention is the computer itself. Not only were they both built on inventions, but those inventions were both protected using patents. In Hollywood, for example, the MPPC used patents to control who made movies and sell more of their product. With the PC,...