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Movie Studios Unveil New Anti-Piracy Lab
PaulusMagnus writes "According to the BBC Walt Disney, Sony, Paramount, Warner Bros, Universal and 20th Century Fox have formed a new organisation called the Motion Picture Laboratories. They've also given them a nice tidy sum of US$30m to play with to develop new technologies to combat piracy." From the article: "There are thousands of new concepts floating around the hi-tech community about how to develop tools to fight piracy ... Researching and developing these technologies now will help save the major studios and other motion picture producers and distributors money in the future."
Make another "Mary Kate and Ashley Olson" movie, and *nobody* tries to pirate it.
Success!
52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
They actually think they can stop piracy
Technoli
US$30m
Another $30m bypassed pressing Shift.
Just outlaw motion pictures! When there are no motion pictures to pirate, no one will be able to pirate motion pictures.
A Government Is a Body of People, Usually Notably Ungoverned
All the while, DVD Jon sits in his laboratory funded only with chips and soda. Score: DVD Jon: 2 MPAA: 0
This will come in handy for them when they actually manage to make a movie people want to see!
Providing tools? I thought that was the job of the male actors.
Does a Christian soccer team even need a goalkeeper?
Attorney Bob: Hey, Mitch, have you figured out how much our clients are losing each year from piracy per anum, yet?
Accountant Mitch: One second. Three. And a five.
Attorney Bob: 35 what?
Accountant Mitch: Let's call it 3.5 Billion. That's a nice number. By the way, it was a great idea to have these planning sessions during our weekly D&D game. Finding facts and figures has never been easier.
Attorney Bob: Oooh! A critical hit!
David Puttnam (Born February 25, 1941) - a well known hollywood producer known for his outspoken nature was found in his home in Ventura dead of a drug overdose at 6:30am on May 2nd --Obituary Section, Los Angeles Times May 3rd, 1987.