Independent filmmakers strongly criticized on Wednesday a decision by the Motion Picture Association of America to stop sending out copies of new movies in advance of the awards season in an effort to halt piracy.
He said a major concern of the Motion Picture Association, the lobbying arm of the Hollywood studios, was to halt piracy of films and to avoid the kind of problems faced by the music industry, which is in turmoil partly because of the free downloading of music on the Internet.
Gutierrez exhorted Beijing to grant foreign competitors the same market access that Chinese companies enjoy outside of the billion-member powerhouse; to make the yuan more flexible; and to halt piracy of international intellectual property.
Some musicians try to halt online piracy by turning to lawyers.
The simplest answer is because DRMs haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy.
The case, brought by MGM against Grokster and StreamCast Networks, is a victory for the entertainment industry in its efforts to halt online piracy.See articleIn this section Politics this week Business this week Reprints Related items Copyright and the law: Rip.
He pointed out some of the inherent contradictions that most music buyers have noticed — most CDs come with no copy protection, unlike music sold online — and he concluded that "D.R.M.'s haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy".
"The simplest answer is because DRMs havent worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy".
EMI already began offering higher-fidelity, DRM-free AAC files back in May 2007, after Steve Jobs said Apple would embrace (DRM-free) in a heartbeat if the big four would license their music (that way) … because DRMs havent worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy..
B6 ARTS & IDEAS B9-18 A Jolt to the Oscar Race The major Hollywood studios, seeking to curb movie piracy, halted the distribution of thousands of DVD and VHS copies of Oscar-contending films to those whose votes decide the winners.
