Madrid -- More than two years after Spain's largest broadcaster Telecinco filed a lawsuit against YouTube over piracy concerns, the Spanish media industry is finally getting some government help in combating pirates who are stealing an estimated 5 billion euros ($7 billion) annually.
A move last week to empower judges to work quickly to shut down pirate operations will go a long way in the battle to mitigate the impact of illegal downloads, readily available fake DVDs, and a consumer culture that considers viewing movies and television via the Internet for free as just fine.
And Spanish broadcasting giant Telecinco recently merged with start-up Cuatro to create Spain's largest free-to-air media group and piracy has been mentioned in dispatches as a major contributing factor to the bulk-is-better-for-survival message the merger carries.
Telecinco secretary general Mario Rodriguez said: "The fact that our content can be found on the web -- often simultaneously --...
A move last week to empower judges to work quickly to shut down pirate operations will go a long way in the battle to mitigate the impact of illegal downloads, readily available fake DVDs, and a consumer culture that considers viewing movies and television via the Internet for free as just fine.
And Spanish broadcasting giant Telecinco recently merged with start-up Cuatro to create Spain's largest free-to-air media group and piracy has been mentioned in dispatches as a major contributing factor to the bulk-is-better-for-survival message the merger carries.
Telecinco secretary general Mario Rodriguez said: "The fact that our content can be found on the web -- often simultaneously --...
- 1/13/2010
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although it deals with the hot-button topics of religion and suicide, there’s never a sense that From Within is aiming for gratuitous provocation, or wearing its issues on its sleeves. It’s a straightforward, back-to-basics horror drama that looks great—not surprising given that it was directed by the gifted cinematographer Phedon Papamichael. Yet he doesn’t let the imagery overwhelm the movie either, employing an eye-catching naturalistic palette that gracefully segues into menacing mood. Papamichael stated at the film’s Tribeca Film Festival premiere that horror isn’t necessarily his thing, but he proves here that he sure can direct the heck out of a scare setpiece.
Indeed, the movie starts off with a literal bang, as a young man shoots himself on the outskirts of the village of Grovetown, and the Gothed-out Natalie (Rumer Willis, daughter of you-know-who, in a brief but vivid turn), who was with him at that moment,...
Indeed, the movie starts off with a literal bang, as a young man shoots himself on the outskirts of the village of Grovetown, and the Gothed-out Natalie (Rumer Willis, daughter of you-know-who, in a brief but vivid turn), who was with him at that moment,...
- 3/29/2009
- Fangoria
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