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PiratesoftheInternet

It’snocretthatonlinepiracyhasdecimatedthemusicindustryas

millionsofpeoplestoppedbuyingCDsandstartedstealingtheirfavorite

hign-techthieves

ldownloadingoffull-lengthfeature

filmsisarelativelynewphenomenon,butit’sbecomingeasierandeasier

plerunningAmerica’smoviestudiosknowthatifthey

don’tdosomething----andfast---theycouldbeinthesameboatasthe

podent:“What’sreallyatstakeforthemovie

industrywithallthisprivacy?”Chernin:“Well,Ithink,youknow,

ultimately,ourabsolutefeatures.”PeterCherninruns20thCenturyFox,

sthepiratesofthe

pont:“Doyouknowhowmany

moviesarebeingdownloadedtoday,inoneday,intheUnitedStates?”

Chernin:“Ithinkit’sprobablyinthehundredsofthousands,ifnot

millions.”Correspondent:“Andit’sonlygoingtogrow.”Chernin:“It’s

dycanputaperfectdigitalcopyuponthe

ctdigitalcopy,htheclickofmou,

ndoutamillioncopiesallovertheworld,inaninstant.”

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Andit’takeshold,n

recentlyorganizeda“summit”betweenstudiomogulsandsomehigh

schoolandcollegekids---thepeoplemostlikelytobedownloading.

Chernin:“Andwesaid,‘Let’’sgivethem

fivemovies,andeiftheycanfindthemonline.’Andweallsataround

andpickedfivemovies,fourofwhichhadn’n

dfoundallfivemoviesthatwe

gavethem.”Correspondent:“Eventheonesthathadn’tevenbeen

releadyet?”Chernin:“Eventheonesthathadn’tevenbeenrelead

yet.”Correspondent:“Didthekidshaveanynthattheywere

stealing?”Chernin:“Youknowit’s…it’they

knowit’sstealing,andIdon’tthinktheythinkit’they

haveanattitudeof,‘It’shere.’”TheInternetcopyoflastyear’shitSigns,

starringMelGibson,hyamalan

pondent:“Themoviewasabouttobe

dthefirstbootlegcopyappear?”

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Shyamalan:“the

Internetage,whensomebodybootleggedamovie,theonlyoutletthey

hadwastoeittothovendorsonTimesSquare,wheretheyhadthe

boxestupoutsideandtheysay,‘Hey,wehaveSigns---it’snotevenout

yet.’Andyouwalkbyandyouknowit’,becauit’sthe

digitalage,youcane,like,’snolongerthekindofthe

’sjust,oh,it’sonthis

beautifulsite,andIhavetogo,‘Click.’”Correspondent:“Howdidtho

moviesgetontheInternet?Howdidthathappen?”Chernin:“Throughan

estealsaprintfromtheeditor’sroom;

someonestealsaprintfromtheperson;thecomporwho’sdoingthe

music…absolutephysicaltheft,stealsaprint,makesadigitalcopy,and

uploadsit.”Correspondent:“Andthereyougo.”Digitalcopieslikethis

oneofTheMatrixReloadedhavealsobeenbootleggedfromDVDsnt

toreviewersoradagencies,orcirculatedamongcompaniesthatdo

specialeffects,n:“Theotherwaythatpre-relead

moviendup(stolen)isthatpeoplegoto…therearelotsofscreenings

thathappeninthisindustry…Peoplegotothoscreeningswitha

camcorder,withadigitalcamcorder,sitintheback,turnthecamcorder

on…”

Correspondent:“Andrecordit.”Thisisoneoftho

recorded-off-the-screencopiesofDisney’

greatquality,leitudtotakeforeverto

downloadamovie,anyonewithahigh-speedInternetconnectioncan

nowhaveafull-lengthfilminanhourortwo.

Saaf:“Well,thisisjustoneofmanywebsiteswherebasicallypeople,

hackersifyouwill,announcetheirpiracyreleas.”RandySaafrunsa

companycalledMediaDefenderthathelpsmoviestudioscombatonline

pondent:“Lookatthis,allthenewmoviesthatIhaven’t

evenenyet,allhere.”Saaf:“Yep.”Correspondent:“SecondhandLions

mesIfeellikeI’mtheonlypersoninthis

bethereisafew

’mgoingtoaskyoutoshowusKazaa,that’s

thebiggestdownloadingsite,right?”Saaf:“theKazaa

sthelargestpeer-to-peernetwork.”It’scalled

peer-to-peerbecaucomputerursaresharingfiles

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witheachother,aadoesisprovidethe

wentonlinewithRandy

Saaf,nearlyfourmillionotherKazaaursweretherewithus,sharing

:“Audio,documents,images,software,and

antedamovie,youwouldclickonthevideoction,and

icallywhatthisisdoing

now,itisaskingthepeopleonthepeer-to-peernetwork,‘Whohas

FindingMemo’?”Withinconds,191computersntananswer:“We

haveit.”ThisisFindingMemo,crisppictureandsound,downloadedfree

don’twanttowatchitonalittlecomputerscreen,youdon’

thenewestcomputers,youcanjust“burn”itontoaDVDandwatchiton

t’sadaggerpointedrightattheheartof

n:“Wheremoviesmakethebulkoftheirmoneyison

DVDandhomevideos.50percentoftherevenuesforanymoviecome

outofhomevideo…”Correspondent:“15percent?”Chernin:“50percent

sothatifpiracyoccursanditwipesoutyourhomevideoprofitsor

ultimatelyyourtelevisionprofits,youareout

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eswillgetmade.”Evenifmoviesdidgetmade,

NightShyamalansaysthatwouldn’tbeanygood,becauprofitswould

benegligible,lan:“And

slowlyitwilldegradewhat’spossibleinthatartform.”Rosso:

“’tshutitdown.”Wayne

RossoisHollywood’llhimapirate,butofficiallyhe’s

thepresidentofGrokster,anotherpeer-to-peernetworkthatworksjust

pondent:“Ok,Ihavedownloadedyoursoftware.”

Rosso:“Right.”Correspondent:“Ok,didIpaytodothat?”Rosso:“No,

it’sfree.”Correspondent:“Sowhopaysyou?Howdoyoumakemoney?”

Rosso:“We’dvertising-supported.”Correspondent:

“AndhowmanypeopleuGrokster?”Rosso:“Tenmillion.”

Correspondent:“Tenmillionpeoplehaveudit.”Rosso:“Amonth.”

Correspondent:“Everymonth,tenmillionpeople?”Rosso:“Uh-huh,

wing.”

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Correspondent:“Uittodownloadmusic,movies,software,video

games,whatel?”Rosso:“,wehavenowayof

knowingwhatpeoplearedownloading.”Correspondent:“That’sjustafig

facilitating,allowing,helpingpeoplesteal.”Rosso:“We

havenoideawhatthecontentis,andwhateveritis…”Correspondent:

“Well,youmaynotknowthespecifics,butyouknowthat’swhatyour

site…”Rosso:“Andwecan’nocontroloverit.”

Correspondent:“Butyouarethereforthatpurpo,thatiswhyyouexist,

ofcouritis.”Rosso:“No,no,no,no,no,no.”Correspondent:“Come

on,thisisthefigleafpart.”Rosso:“No,no,no,no,no.”Shyamalan:“He

istotallyconformablewithputtingonhissiteastolenpieceofmaterial.

AmIwronginthat?Ifmymoviewasbootlegged,he’dbetotally

comfortableputtingitonhissite?”Correspondent:“BecauIhave

nothingtodowithit.”Shyamalan:“Yeah,right.”Correspondent:

“BecauIjustprovidedthesoftware.”Shyamalan:“Yeah,,

immediately,howcanyoueverhavea

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conversationwithhim?Becauhe’stakenastolenmaterialandheis

,alltheare

,I’mnot,it’sjustmyhou,I’mnotdoinganything

wrong.”aljudgehas

ruledthatGroksterandothernetworksarenotliableforwhattheir

:“Sowearecompletelylegal,and

unfortunatelythisissomethingtheentertainmentindustryrefusto

emtothinkthejudge’sdecisionwasnothingbutatypo.”

ymayfollowthe

theyarefightingthepiratesinotherways,withadsaboutpeoplewho

jobsareatriskbecauofthepiracy---peoplelikethecarpentersand

ametime,Hollywoodistryingto

n:“Youwill

veryldomgotoanearlyscreeningofamovierightnowwhere,

probablyyoudon’tnoticeuntilyoupayattention,someone’snotinthe

frontofthatauditoriumwithinfraredbinocularslookingforsomebody

withacamcorder.”

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Andonceamovieisrelead,orcopiesdobegintoleak,thestudioshire

:“Whatwe’rejusttrying

waywe

dothatisby,youknow,rvingupfakefiles.”It’scalled“spoofing.”

SaafandhimployeesspendtheirdaysonKazaaandGrokster,offering

upthousandsoffilesthatlooklikecopiesofnewmovies,butaren’t.

Correspondent:“SoifIhadclickedonanynumberofthoFinding

Nemoofferings,Icouldhaveclickedononeofyours,orsomebodylike

twouldIhavefoundaftermyhourandahalfof

downloading?”Saaf:“

know,typicallyspeaking,whatwepushoutisjustnottherealcontent.”

Correspondent:“Whatyouaretryingtodoismakethissoimpossible,so

infuriatingthatpeoplewilljustthrowuptheirhandsandsayit’sjust

easierformetogorentthisthing,buytheDVDorwhatever,it’sjust

easier.”Saaf:“Right.”Correspondent:“That’syourgoal.”Saaf：：

“Right.”

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Correspondent:“Doesthatwork?Isthatagoodidea?”Rosso:“

doesn’don’tblamethembutitdoesn’tworkbecau

whathappensisthatthecommunitycleansitlfofthespoofs.”He

meansthatdownloadersquicklyspreadthewordonlineabouthowtotell

pondent:“It’slikeanarms

race(军备竞赛）,isn’tit?”Chernin:“That’xactlywhatit’’slike

illbe,youknow,they’regonnagetastepahead.

We’regonnatryandgetthatstepback.”Rosso:“ButI’lltellyouone

thing:I’llbetonthehackers.”Correspondent:“Thattheywillbreak

whatever…”Rosso:“Thestudioscomeupwith.”Correspondent:“The

companiesthrowatthem.”

HollywoodknowsthatdownloadingofftheInternetisthewaymillions

ofconsumerswanttogettheirentertainment---andthatisn’tgoingaway.

Chernin:“Thegenerallyacceptedestimateisthatmorethat60million

Americanshavedownloadedsoftwareontotheircomputers.”

Correspondent:“60million.”

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Chernin:“At60millionAmericans,that’’s

notabunchofcollegekidsor,youknow,abunchofcomputergeeks.

That’sAmerica.”So,insteadoftryingtostopitentirely,thestudiosare

lookingforwaystoembraceit,ossosaysthe

:“If

themovieindustryactsnowandstartxploringalternativesand

solutionswithguyslikeme,hopefullytheywon’thaveaproblem.”

Correspondent:“Whatiftheytrytobuyyou?”Rosso:“I’dllitinal

heartbeat.”Correspondent:“Youwouldll,Groksterwouldlltoa

moviestudio?”Rosso:“Sure,callme.”Theideaofmakingdealswith

whatPeterChernincalls“abunchofcrooks”doesn’tappealto

d,Foxandotherstudioshavejustlaunchedtheirown

site,Movielink,whereconsumerscandownloadafilmforamodestfee,

n:“Ithinkyouwouldlovetheidea

thatyoudon’t’s

whatwe’reworking

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rderforthattobeeffective,wehavetostopprivacy,becau

themosteffectivebusinessmodelintheworldcan’tcompetewithfree.”

NotthatPeterCherninisinterested,buthewon’thavethechancetobuy

Grokster,ysago,Rosso

announcedthatheisleavingGrokstertotakeoveraspresidentofanother

softwarecompany,erwillcontinueunder

newmanagement.

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