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3-D Films Safe from Pirates. For How Long?
Beyond their magnetism towards audience, the highly impressive special effects of James Cameron's 3-D epic “Avatar”, are giving movie studios hope for a different type of special effect – an anti-piracy one. Michael Peyser, a University of Southern California (USC) professor of production and executive producer of 2007's “U2 3D”, thinks 3-D films will enjoy a peaceful and fruitful period, away from the danger of being pirated since “there's no commodity to it, nor can the files, even if they're copied, be viewed.” Avatar: The Movie that Has Changed the Face of Movies Camcorders(allegedly accountable for up to 90 % of pirated new releases) are rather useless when it comes to illegaly recording 3-D films in the theatres because the images on such films consist of two projections of differently polarized light. Polarization lines up light waves so that they all vibrate at the same angle – “If you record a 3-D image with a handheld [camcorder], then you're just going to end up with a blurry image,” pointed out Rick Heineman, a spokesman for 3-D technology company RealD, according to msnbc.com.
Continue reading »File-Sharing Legislation Not A Solution, Says Australian Minister
A few days ago we informed you about Australian ISP iiNet's victory against an alliance of movie and television studios. Stephen Conroy In recent comments about the case Communications minister Stephen Conroy said: “It's always disappointing when situations like this end up in court. I think that a mature approach by both the movie industry and the internet industry – sitting down, having a conversation and coming up with a code of practice – is the absolutely preferable outcome.” At the same time Conroy pointed out to the inefficiency in pursuing file sharers.
Continue reading »“New Moon” Possibly Leaked to Torrent Sites
The Twilight sequel New Moon , starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, opens in theaters Friday, November 20th, but just as with most anticipated movies, pirates are trying to rush things a bit. Rumors have it that “New Moon” has already appeared on p2p networks and people are downloading free torrents of the movie as we speak. Such rumors always come as a blow to the head for the movie industry, which continues to blame illegal file sharing for its alleged huge losses.
Continue reading »20th century Fux says No! to Redbox
For many people, Redbox is movie central. It’s convenient. And cheap.
Continue reading »Pirate Bay Prosecution Law Firm Under Attack
Taking on The Pirate Bay in court seems to be asking for trouble. A few days ago the IFPI’s website was DDoSed by a group of Pirate Bay supporters. Now MAQS , movie industry lawyer Monique Wadsted’s site, has been targeted and taken down.
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