November 22, 2003

These Are Your Movies on Piracy

The movie theater shorts are a little more compelling. They try to combat the idea that Internet file-sharing is a victimless crime by presenting, in the person of David Goldstein, Set Painter, Manny Perry, Stuntman, some of the potential victims. The people most visibly associated with the movie business — the studio executive with a house in the Hollywood Hills, the movie star with a $12 million price tag and a first-look production deal — might not elicit much sympathy. [NYT]


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