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The Norwegian authorities say they will appeal the acquittal of “DVD Jon” on charges of copyright violation reports Aftenposten: Norway’s special division for economic crimes, Økokrim, says that they will appeal the acquittal of 19-year-old Jon Lech Johansen, accused of illegally developing a protection code-breaking program, but did not give …
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“We don’t want to go back to being a box company..”
Profile of Sony in Newsweek: Sony, home of transistor radios, Trinitron, Walkman, Betamax, Bruce Springsteen, Spider-Man and Gran Turismo, now wants to be known as the home of connected entertainment in the digital age. CEO Nobuyuki Idei understands that the Net and the chip have exploded Morita and Ibuka’s world. …
Read More »Don’t Like the View? Show a Movie
And you thought windows were for looking THROUGH: Windows that double as television screens, computer monitors or stereo systems are being unveiled today, on the first day of the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas, by Andersen Corp., the country’s largest window manufacturer. The new windows are the latest advance …
Read More »Do Directors Have a Moral Right?
In Slate, Drew Clark takes a position contrary to intuition regarding the “clean” film debate: Cutting sex, violence, and profanity from movies is normally considered censorship. But if studios and directors like Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh win a copyright suit against 11 small companies that permit consumers to avoid …
Read More »Golden Globes
The Golden Globes were announced last night, officially beginning the stretch run to the Academy Awards: HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION Golden Globe Awards 2003 BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Winner: THE HOURS Paramount Pictures/Miramax Films; Paramount Pictures Other nominees: ABOUT SCHMIDT Michael Besman/Harry Gittes Prod.; New Line Cinema GANGS OF …
Read More »Is a Commercial Any More Commercial Than Any Other Recording?
We mentioned a few days ago that Stevie Wonder and India.Arie had the first Grammy nomination ever for a song specifically recorded as a commercial. Here’s the next step: ALANA DAVIS is a sort of alternative singer who left her contract with a major record company last summer. The other …
Read More »Monster Xbox
My son just got an Xbox for Christmas – the guy at Wal-Mart said the Xbox had a lot more of a future than did Playstation 2. I guess he was right: Project Dreamix will turn the Microsoft Xbox into the ultimate home entertainment center. Right now we are in …
Read More »Anxiety
Katy Raymond observes some surprising info on her cool blog, Fallible.com: Yesterday, I saw Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman interviewed about their upcoming move, Hours. I was fascinated to learn that both Streep and Kidman routinely phone their directors one week before filming of a new movie is …
Read More »Intimidation Works – This Time
Wired reports that the webmaster of Planet Replay, a ReplayTV user’s site, shut down the section of his site that facilitated sharing recorded programs between ReplayTV owners: On Thursday, Chad Little closed the sharing section of Planet Replay after being deposed by an attorney representing the entertainment companies that are …
Read More »Four Girls Named Donna
Now that the Donnas are on a major, they are turning up in all the right places: TRL last week, SNL last night. Although I am not thrilled that they have turned in the direction of the chunky hard rock of Kiss or AC/DC and away from their punkier beginnings, …
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