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“What’sreallyatstakeforthemovieindustrywithallthisprivacy?

”Chernin:

“Well,Ithink,youknow,ultimately,ourabsolutefeatures.”PeterCherninruns20thCenturyFox,oneofthebiggeststudiosinHollywood.HeknowsthepiratesoftheInternetaregainingonhim.Correspont:

“Doyouknowhowmanymoviesarebeingdownloadedtoday,inoneday,intheUnitedStates?

“Ithinkit’sprobablyinthehundredsofthousands,ifnotmillions.”Correspondent:

“Andit’sonlygoingtogrow.”Chernin:

“It’sonlygoingtogrow.Somebodycanputaperfectdigitalcopyupontheinternet.Aperfectdigitalcopy,allright.Andwiththeclickofmouse,sendoutamillioncopiesallovertheworld,inaninstant.”

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Andit’sallfree.Ifthattakeshold,kissHollywoodgoodbye.Cherninrecentlyorganizeda“summit”betweenstudiomogulsandsomehighschoolandcollegekids---thepeoplemostlikelytobedownloading.Chernin:

“Andwesaid,‘Let’scomeupwithachallenge.Let’sgivethemfivemovies,andseeiftheycanfindthemonline.’Andweallsataroundandpickedfivemovies,fourofwhichhadn’tbeenreleasedyet.Andthenwecamebackhalfanhourlater.Theyhadfoundallfivemoviesthatwegavethem.”Correspondent:

“Eventheonesthathadn’tevenbeenreleasedyet?

“Eventheonesthathadn’tevenbeenreleasedyet.”Correspondent:

“Didthesekidshaveanysensethattheywerestealing?

“Youknowit’s…it’saweirddichotomy.Ithinktheyknowit’sstealing,andIdon’tthinktheythinkit’swrong.Ithinktheyhaveanattitudeof,‘It’shere.’”TheInternetcopyoflastyear’shitSigns,starringMelGibson,wasstolenevenbeforedirectorM.NightShyamalancouldorganizethepremiere.Correspondent:

“Themoviewasabouttobereleased.Whendidthefirstbootlegcopyappear?

”

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Shyamalan:

“Twoweeksbeforeitorthreeweeksbeforeit.BeforetheInternetage,whensomebodybootleggedamovie,theonlyoutlettheyhadwastoseeittothosevendorsonTimesSquare,wheretheyhadtheboxessetupoutsideandtheysay,‘Hey,wehaveSigns---it’snotevenoutyet.’Andyouwalkbyandyouknowit’sillegal.Butnow,becauseit’sthedigitalage,youcansee,like,acleancopy.It’snolongerthekindofthesleazyguyinTimesSquarewiththebox.It’sjust,oh,it’sonthisbeautifulsite,andIhavetogo,‘Click.’”Correspondent:

“HowdidthosemoviesgetontheInternet?

Howdidthathappen?

“Throughanabsoluteactoftheft.Someonestealsaprintfromtheeditor’sroom;

someonestealsaprintfromtheperson;

thecomposerwho’sdoingthemusic…absolutephysicaltheft,stealsaprint,makesadigitalcopy,anduploadsit.”Correspondent:

“Andthereyougo.”DigitalcopieslikethisoneofTheMatrixReloadedhavealsobeenbootleggedfromDVDssenttoreviewersoradagencies,orcirculatedamongcompaniesthatdospecialeffects,orsubtitles.Chernin:

“Theotherwaythatpre-releasedmoviesendup（stolen）isthatpeoplegoto…therearelotsofscreeningsthathappeninthisindustry…Peoplegotothosescreeningswithacamcorder,withadigitalcamcorder,sitintheback,turnthecamcorderon…”

Correspondent:

“Andrecordit.”Thisisoneofthoserecorded-off-the-screencopiesofDisney’sPiratesoftheCaribbean.Notgreatquality,butnotawfuleither.Andwhileitusedtotakeforevertodownloadamovie,anyonewithahigh-speedInternetconnectioncannowhaveafull-lengthfilminanhourortwo.

Saaf:

“Well,thisisjustoneofmanywebsiteswherebasicallypeople,hackersifyouwill,announcetheirpiracyreleases.”RandySaafrunsacompanycalledMediaDefenderthathelpsmoviestudioscombatonlinepiracy.Correspondent:

“Lookatthis,allthesenewmoviesthatIhaven’tevenseenyet,allhere.”Saaf:

“Yep.”Correspondent:

“SecondhandLionsthatjustcameout.SometimesIfeellikeI’mtheonlypersoninthiscountrywhohasneverdownloadedanything.Butmaybethereisafewothersofusoutthere.SoI’mgoingtoaskyoutoshowusKazaa,that’sthebiggestdownloadingsite,right?

”Saaf:

“Right.ThisistheKazaamediadesktop.Kazaaisthelargestpeer-to-peernetwork.”It’scalledpeer-to-peerbecausecomputerusersaresharingfiles

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witheachother,withnomiddleman.AllKazaadoesis