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Movie Studios Unveil New Anti-Piracy Lab

Posted by Zonk on from the bigger-guns dept.

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."

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  1. Oh, isn't that just so cute by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 5, Funny

    They actually think they can stop piracy

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    Technoli
  2. Re:The first discovery.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know... I think "One Night in Mary Kate and Ashley" would probably be the #1 pirated movie ever.

  3. All the while... by DerekJ212 · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the while, DVD Jon sits in his laboratory funded only with chips and soda. Score: DVD Jon: 2 MPAA: 0

  4. Re:The first discovery.... by hypervinetest45 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I slept with Mary Kate and Ashley before they were famous.

  5. Re:Don't say you have not been warned... by Jherek+Carnelian · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.