Hollywood implemented an anti-piracy plan Tuesday banning special DVDs and videotapes for Oscar voters, angering champions of smaller movies that have taken home an increasing share of the film industrys highest honors.
Hang around any schoolyard in Germany or college campus in Indonesia and it becomes clear that the recording industrys problems with the illegal online distribution of music in the United States pale beside the rampant piracy that goes on overseas.
Baltimore Sun, MD<br> <b>...</b> The <b>RIAA</b> has said it plans to bring thousands of similar lawsuits<br>
in a long-term campaign against online piracy. But critics say <b>...</b>
San Diego Union Tribune, CA<br> <b>...</b> The <b>RIAA</b>, the trade group for the largest labels, said one dozen other Internet<br>
users also agreed to pay unspecified amounts after they learned they might be <b>...</b>
Salem Statesman Journal, OR<br> <b>...</b> I?ll probably stop it.?. <b>RIAA</b> is targeting egregious file sharers<br>
who have an average about 1,000 music files, the equivalent of 100 CDs. <b>...</b>
The locals tell of the massive pirate ships sitting beyond the 12-mile limit, loaded to the bulkheads with millions of dollars of high-end disc stamping equipment. This is the source of the fabled DVD-9 brand of supposedly bootlegged DVD movie. You can get pristine first-run movies not yet released in the US. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Kuala Lumpur.
If Hollywood executives have learned anything watching their peers in the music business grapple with online file sharing, it is how not to handle a technological revolution.
