[IP] more on BitTorrent Facilitating Illegal File Swapping of Star Wars On Day of Opening
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger@xxxxxxx>
Date: May 22, 2005 3:40:52 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] BitTorrent Facilitating Illegal File Swapping of
Star Wars On Day of Opening
Ummm, Revenge of the Sith had the largest grossing release of any
movie in history. I don't think that the release of the movie on P2P
networks hurt that at all.
On a related note. After my girlfriend saw Revenge of the Sith, she
wanted to see the earlier ones she hadn't see yet. We've been to
several stores to buy or rent them and can't find them. But they do
seem to be on P2P download sites.
I am not downloading them because I would actually rather buy the
colleciton and have the complete high quality package, but it shows
that the movie industry is not serving the market and instead is
criminalizing the market through their greed.
Rob
On May 22, 2005, at 6:54 AM, David Farber wrote:
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 21, 2005 8:24:07 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] BitTorrent Facilitating Illegal File
Swapping of Star Wars On Day of Opening
Reply-To: dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Note: Here's my take on this. There is a certain amount of spin
going on here by the MPAA. The copy of SW that appeared on the
Darknet was an internal final working print. Someone on the inside
of Lucasfilm or affiliated with the company had to have stolen this
copy in order for it to appear. From that point on, the Darknet
just became a very efficient distribution mechanism. Folks were
using other protocols besides BT to move the film around. Tagging
BT alone here by the MPAA is a bit disingenuous. DLH]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2005
BitTorrent Facilitating Illegal File Swapping of Star Wars On Day
of Opening
Statement by MPAA President Dan Glickman
Washington, D.C. - - Responding to news reports today that
BitTorrent is already facilitating the illegal file sharing of the
final Star Wars episode, Revenge of the Sith which opens in
theaters today, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA)
President and CEO Dan Glickman made the following statement:
“There is no better example of how theft dims the magic of the
movies for everyone than this report today regarding BitTorrent
providing users with illegal copies of Revenge of the Sith. The
unfortunate fact is this type of theft happens on a regular basis
on peer to peer networks all over the world.
“Fans have been lined up for days to see Revenge of the Sith. To
preserve the quality of movies for fans like these and so many
others, we must stop these Internet thieves from illegally trading
valuable copyrighted materials on-line.
“If piracy and those who profit from it are allowed to flourish,
they will erode an engine of economic growth and job creation;
undermine legitimate businesses that strive to unite technology and
content in innovative and legal ways and limit quality and consumer
choice.”
Glickman said that the average movie costs $98 million to make and
market. Less than one in ten movies re-coup their original
investment from the domestic box office and six in ten never recoup
their investment . The average BitTorrent network has up to 2.5
million users a day. The movie industry is the only industry with
a positive balance of trade in countries with which it does
business. Copyrighted industries are responsible for an estimated
$626 billion of the total gross domestic product.
“My message to illegal file swappers everywhere is plain and
simple: You are stealing, it is wrong and you are not anonymous,”
said Glickman. “In short, you can click, but you can't hide.
There are lots of ways to legally download our products through
companies like CinemaNow, Movielink, Ruckus and others.”
The Motion Picture Association is engaged in an all out effort to
root out Internet movie thieves and make them pay the consequences
of illegally downloading and swapping movies on-line. It has
hundreds of investigators looking into these kinds of cases
worldwide and has already been successful in shutting down several
BitTorrent type sites. As part of its anti-piracy effort, the MPAA
and its member companies have brought lawsuits against many
Internet movie thieves across the United States and plan to
continue such action.
About the MPAA: The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
(MPAA) serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion
picture, home video and television industries from its offices in
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. These members include: Buena Vista
Pictures Distribution; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.; Paramount
Pictures; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation; Universal Studios from Universal City Studios;
and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
# # #
MPAA Los Angeles
Kori Bernards
Anne Caliguiri
(818) 995-6600
MPAA Washington, DC
John Feehery
Gayle Osterberg
(202) 293-1966
Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com>
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