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Thursday, March 7, 2013

France Examines Even Tougher Anti-Piracy Laws...

Regulatory body issues first report aimed at curbing the streaming and downloading of copyrighted content.

PARIS: Already home to some of the strictest anti-piracy laws for users, France's Internet Authority (HADOPI) has issued a new report examining ways to curb usage of streaming and direct download sites.

Internet Providers Launch Copyright Alert System
Looking to stop piracy at the source, the report suggests a combination of techniques including site blocking or domain seizures if operators do not comply.
The authority suggests the implementation of content recognition by site owners, including digital fingerprinting technology. These systems could be used to remove content upon the request of copyright holders, similar to YouTube or DailyMotion, or restrict user access based on location.
If site operators are unwilling to add these mechanisms or if illegal content reappears on the site, the report suggests initial steps such as search engine de-listings. If sites fail to comply with the warnings, HADOPI suggests it could also resort to involving the the courts in order to seize or permanently block the domains.
The agency would also seek to target the finances of any sites subject to the copyright alerts, taking steps to block PayPal accounts, the use of credit cards and third party advertising. Again looking to the courts, HADOPI suggests that if financial partners refused to cooperate, it would seek legal action.
Since 2010, the country has had a "three-strikes" warning system to combat torrenting, but while HADOPI has seen "a clear downtrend in illegal P2P" usage, the new report focuses on streaming and direct downloading sites (DDL) which the agency sees as sites that are "specialized in the massive exploitation of illegal content."
The current system sends a series of warnings to users before alerting the authorities. By the end of 2012, 3 million IP addresses had been issued a first warning, but only 14 were referred to French prosecutors after a `third strike.' In September 2012, the first case was sent to court with the account owner found guilty for his wife's downloading of Rihanna songs and ultimately receiving a fine of $196 (€150), though the court decided against terminating the account.
ISPs in the U.S. have just followed suit with the Copyright Alert System (CAS), a similar "six-strikes" warning system, that was launched earlier this week.
The HADOPI report will be reviewed further before the agency decides on any action.

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French court fines film pirates

Five men ordered to pay $1.4 million for Web scheme
By ELSA KESLASSY

PARIS -- A Paris court has sentenced five French pirates to three-to-six months in jail, and fined them a total of 1.1 million Euros ($1.4 million) in damages.

The five men belonged to two powerful pirate teams known as Cinefox and Carnage that provided Internet users with hundreds of films obtained illegally.

Damages will go to right-holders, which according to French reports, include Disney, Universal and Warner Bros..

The court decision comes as France's anti-piracy regime, known as Hadopi, is currently being revised amid a months-long industry consultation led by former Canal Plus topper Pierre Lescure.

The jail sentencing of individual pirates marks a radical departure Hadopi, which says that anyone found guilty of three infringements will have its internet subscription suspended for up to one year. In three years since its inception, Hadopi hasn't cut off anybody's Internet access, and its role has been confined in large parts to educating consumers about piracy rather than punishing violators.

Thank you Variety.

Bootleg music downloading a thing of the past? Not so, study says...

Americans downloaded nearly 760 million songs using the BitTorrent file-sharing network in the first six months of this year -- surpassing the number of digital tracks purchased over that same period, according to a new report.

BitTorrent's technology allows Web users to share large files by downloading small pieces from many computers at once. Although not all music available on BitTorrent is pirated the majority of the songs delivered through the network are not licensed.

The findings of London researcher Musicmetric suggest that turning to the courts to block access to sites that facilitate illegal downloads -- as happened earlier this year in Britain, where Internet service providers were ordered to block access to the Pirate Bay -- is doing little to deter piracy.

"There was no significant change in the number of illegal downloads," said Marie-Alicia Chang, Musicmetric's co-founder and head of business development. "In other words, if people want to combat it ... singling out certain services isn't really going to do anything."

The U.S. continues to lead the world in BitTorrent use, based on Musicmetric's examination of individual file downloads.

Americans used the file-sharing network to grab 97 million albums and singles in the first half of the year (assuming an album contains 10 tracks, the total number of song downloads would exceed 759 million). By contrast, U.S. consumers bought 698 million digital singles in that period, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Gainesville, Fla.; Albany, Ga.; Fairbanks, Alaska; Lexington, Ky.; and Tallahassee, Fla., lead the nation in per capita downloads. But big cities including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago lead in total BitTorrent use.

The most popular downloads read like a Billboard chart. They include L'il Wayne and Drake's "The Motto," Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne" and Big Sean's "Finally Famous." In Los Angeles, rapper Tyga, music producer and DJ Skrillex and the rock duo The Black Keys are more popular than elsewhere in the country, based on BitTorrent downloads.

Online piracy decreased slightly in countries where people have access to licensed streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora, which serve as alternative sources for free online delivery of millions of songs. Spotify is available in five of the 10 countries where use of BitTorrent is shrinking -- including Britain and the U.S.

"If you're trying to kill piracy by whatever means, whether it's by legal means or by creating new ways for consumers to get content, you need to know if you're having any effect," said Gregory Mead, Musicmetric's co-founder and chief executive. "We report the numbers."

Thank you Los Angeles Times

Weinstein praises Gallic anti-piracy laws...

He urges other countries to follow suit
By ROBERT MITCHELL

Weinstein

LONDON
Harvey Weinstein called on the U.K., U.S. and other governments to follow France in enacting stricter anti-piracy laws to protect filmmakers as he delivered the keynote address to an industry audience at the start of the 56th BFI London Film Festival's Industry Program Thursday night.

He encouraged the global film industry to unite to change piracy laws, to oppose broadcaster consolidation and to preserve film heritage.

Following a reel of Weinstein's pics, including this year's "Silver Linings Playbook," "The Master" and "Django Unchained," BFI chief executive Amanda Nevill introduced Weinstein as "the godfather of the sort of film the BFI stands for. Harvey all but created the world of modern independent cinema."

Weinstein talked to the audience about three problems he felt were facing the film industry.

He attacked Internet piracy. "Our business is much more robust than we are feeling right now, but the benefits are going to other people," said Weinstein, saying unauthorized online use of film and film clips denied actors, directors, composers and other filmmakers of their rightful returns.

"It's like going into a clothing store, taking a few shirts and saying 'I believe in free shirts."

He praised the tough stance in France, signed into law in May 2009 by former president Nicolas Sarkozy, where government agency Hadopi (Haute Autorite pour la Diffusion des Oeuvres et la Protection des Droits sur Internet) has the authority to cut users' Internet connections before taking them to court.

"It works in France, they shut you down. People are disincentivized to steal. We need to emulate the French laws in the U.K., the U.S. and around the world," said Weinstein.

Next he addressed the growing consolidation of TV companies leading to reduced competition for movies.

"We will end up with six companies owning 500 channels. There will be no diversity. The world will get smaller and smaller and smaller," said Weinstein. "They say 'we have six networks so we'll put one president and one buyer in charge of all and fire five presidents and five buyers as it's more economical, but then filmmakers, writers, actors and composers get less.

"I am worried about the regulators not being smart enough to handle the problem."

He called for the global film industry to highlight the problem reduced competition has on filmmakers.

Finally he addressed what he called the "threat against the heritage of cinema," raising a concern that too many film executives do not watch and understand "the rich history" of cinema.

He used clips from a series of classic movies by F.W. Murnau, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Charles Chaplin, King Hu and John Huston to illustrate the debt modern filmmakers owe to their predecessors and to suggest that filmmakers should learn from them.

"We have to put some of our own time in to remind us what we love about the movies, to understand how we profit from the past."

Asked by London fest director Clare Stewart whether he perceived a threat to originality in Hollywood with the proliferation of sequels and remakes, he praised Joss Whedon's summer blockbuster "The Avengers" as an example of smart filmmaking, but criticized the studios for being too happy to put out inferior product where they know an audience will turn out regardless.

"These giant companies produce movies for profit. We want to be profitable too, but we want to do something worthwhile and innovative. I haven't gone there yet but there's always a strong possibility I'll be selling out shortly," he joked.

Reflecting on the recent shootings at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," Weinstein revealed he is planning to assemble a panel for next year's Sundance Film Festival to discuss the issue of violence in cinema.

"I don't know how violence effects audiences. I want to do a panel about that at Sundance with people that have studied it. I have no answers and I've made a lot of very violent movies."

Thank you Variety

Thursday, March 7, 2013

France Examines Even Tougher Anti-Piracy Laws...

Monday, October 15, 2012

French court fines film pirates

Friday, October 12, 2012

Bootleg music downloading a thing of the past? Not so, study says...

Weinstein praises Gallic anti-piracy laws...