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Besieged Movie Industry Suffers Record Takings

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-children dept.

nagora writes "The BBC is reporting that the movie industry, in yet another illustration of just how much damage the Internet is doing to the long-suffering members of the MPAA, has just endured a record breaking $1Billion dollar takings for the single month of June. Clearly there is a desperate need to tighten up copyright laws in the face of this huge mountain of cash that is literally being metaphorically syphoned into the studios' pockets. How will they survive? "

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  1. For those that didn't read the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's some infomration to put that figure into perspective:

    The box office tally for June 2004 is 37% higher than the same period in 2001.