Piracy Paranoia

July 9, 2004 D. H. McKee

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Yesterday, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) released results of what it called a “worldwide” study on movie piracy through downloading. This self-serving release is obviously crafted to paint a scary picture, and the methodology isn’t well explained. (By world, for instance, the MPAA means eight countries.)
Still, results from the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Japan, Australia, Italy, and Korea — especially Korea — offer a glimpse of the struggles facing moviemakers such as Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF), and Sony (NYSE: SNE).
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04070942.htm

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

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