Harry Potter vs. The Hulk/RIAA/MPAA

The New York Times has a piece up that wants to turn a discussion of Harry Potter and the Hulk into a commentary on the file sharing controversy. While the thread of the author's reasoning kinda jumps around a lot, the basic point seems to be a contrasting of an original work, the initial popularity of which had a lot to do with grass roots hype (Harry Potter), and the (as the author contends) non-original works of the major studios and lables, driven as they are by top-down hype (represented by The Hulk, though the movie seems to be targeted more for its status as a summer blockbuster that happens to be competing with the Harry Potter launch than anything else). Basically, the author suggests that the phenomenon of young teens and pre-teens lining up at midnight to buy an 800+ page book shows that this demographic, painted as media pirates with short attention spans in need of some lawyering, are merely victims of industries that provide low-grade entertainment for too much money.