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- All Hollywood studios now back Blu-ray
- All Hollywood studios now back Blu-rayThe penny ...... has dropped.And about bl**dy time too!Whatever...[B]Murray predicts "a standardization of extras" now that everyone's releasing films on a single format rather than two, each with its own set of capabilities.[/B]Aren't they still releasing on two formats Blu-ray and DVD?? These people...
- Tags: Strategic planning, Hollywood Studios
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Hollywood studios go after two piracy sites
- Hollywood studios go after two piracy sitesIdiotsHollywood lost more movie tickets sales due to the high price of popcorn at the cinemas than it ever lost due to downloads.Putting "might have beens" into your financial accounts is shear sophistry. They're counting chickens that were never even eggs.RE: Hollywood studios go...
- Tags: Strategy, piracy site, Hollywood Studios, piracy
- Discussion threads 2007-09-28
- Only 2 Hollywood studios excited about digital cinemas
- The business of releasing first run blockbuster titles for digital cinemas remains a strictly two-and-a-half studio affair for Hollywood, ScreenDigest reports. With 86 studio titles released in digital since 1999, only Disney/Buena Vista and Warner Bros are making a significant effort to release titles in digital with 28 and 25...
- Tags: digitaL
- Blog posts 2004-11-26
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- Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law
- Get ready for the Copyright Czar. President Bush just signed the Pro-IP Act (the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008), which provides for a new executive position dedicated to managing copyright protections. The bill also increases penalties for infringement...
- Tags: President, U.S. Congress, Intellectual Property, Leadership, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Will Bush sign Pro-IP? Biz, labor, schools push for it
- There's no word yet on whether President Bush will sign the PRO-IP bill [ZDN] but big business and labor were united in favor of the bill that creates a copyright czar in the executive branch. The bill originally called for the Justice Dept. to prosecute copyright...
- Tags: Bill, President, IP, Justice Dept, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Updated: Restraining order against RealDVD stands
- Updated: Restraining order against RealDVD standsMiss GuidedWithout going into too much detail I can safely say that DVD X COPY is not the only product in this marketplace. I can understand to a certain extent the wish to impose stricter digital rights management. What the court must ask...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, RealDVD stand, RealDVD
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Updated: Restraining order against RealDVD stands
- Update: BetaNews reports the injunction is in place until Nov. 17. And they point out the impact of an extended injunction can be substantial. In Real's case, however, this is just one more product; not having it doesn't fundamentally interrupt the business model. Or does it? I recall when the...
- Tags: Rights-management, Violation, Copy Protection, Robert Moore, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- TRO hearing today on RealDVD
- Federal Judge Marilyn Patel will hear arguments today on whether Real should be temporarily restrained from selling its RealDVD copying software. The software has been unavailable since Friday, when the Hollywood studios won an emergency halt on sales, a move that Real claims caused them "irreparable harm." ...
- Tags: DVD, RealDVD, Real, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- RealDVD sales suspended, case moves north
- RealDVD sales suspended, case moves northLook at her smiling on her face......saying it is unavailable!ROFL!RE: RealDVD sales suspended, case moves northCan anyone tell me what the difference between RealDVD and AnyDVD or DVDFab... is? Why don't the movie studios go after them as well?RE: RealDVD sales suspendedI wonder how...
- Tags: Investment, RealDVD sale
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- Hollywood to kids: Pay up for preschool movies
- Hollywood to kids: Pay up for preschool moviesThe States next?So when it does come to the States?Talk about trying to get blood from a turnip...This is nuts. Simply nuts. They bought your dvd..that should be the end of it. License per year to show it? They...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Consumer electronics, TVs, Advertising & Promotion, Fair Use, day care center, Pay Up, DVD, video, movie
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- Hollywood to kids: Pay up for preschool movies
- The scene: An Irish preschool for toddlers. The children sit on the floor in a semi-circle, watching a TV screen. They squeal with delight at "The Little Mermaid," "Toy Story" and other Hollywood kids' fare. Enter a black-masked villain, carrying a fearful letter. He is not the true villain, though;...
- Tags: Villain, Hollywood, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Taxes, TVs, Free Trade, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, Mice, Financial Planning, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- RealDVD sales suspended, case moves north
- A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against Real, suspending sales of RealDVD, NewTeeVee.com reported over the weekend. Hollywood studios had sought the injunction as part of a suit against Real's DVD copying software. The RealDVD website now says the product is "currently unavailable." ...
- Tags: Movie, Sales Strategy, DVD, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Cooking Dash (exe)
- In Cooking Dash, Flo returns to cook dishes instead of serve them. When Cookie the Chef leaves Flo`s Diner to pursue a career on a popular reality cooking TV show, there is a shortage of chefs in DinerTown as Cookie invites them all to appear as guest stars. Flo, with...
- Tags: Cookie, SpinTop Games
- Software downloads 2008-10-06
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic].....Sounds similar to the other candidates too... ]:)Simplified version/* Sarah's playbook */repeat {__receivequestion; __if (IMayHaveAClueAboutquestion)__{____reciteMyScripts;__}__else __{____winkAtCamera;____ignorequestion;____printf("... but I'd like to focus on my own topics.");____dumpIrrelevantAnswers;__}} until (hostLeavesMeOffHook)RE: Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]Spot on!BidenIn the case of Biden he just makes stuff up. Facts never...
- Tags: Government, Sarah Palin, flowchart
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Apple's victory: No music royalty hike. Now what?
- Apple's victory: No music royalty hike. Now what?War of the giantsWell, it's the war of the giants - the music industry has a lot of power, and with Apple being the #1 store, they have a lot of power.It could be a bloody battle. Both sides have a lot to...
- Tags: music royalty, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Obama releases iPhone campaign tool
- Obama releases iPhone campaign toolSay what you will about his politics but this manis on the ball. His fund raising via the web has been a smashing success. Now this tool for the iPhone. He knows what he's doing. He's not arrogant he's confident.Pagan jimDoes it...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, tool, McCains, Obama, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Could royalty rate hike force Apple to reconsider variable pricing?
- It's the other battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley and this one, more like a showdown between the record labels and Apple, could determine the future of music on the iTunes Store. The Washington-based Copyright Royalty Board is expected to rule, by today, on a request by...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, Apple iTunes, Pricing, Marketing Research, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- VIDEO: iTunes, mp3 rippers paved the way for RealDVD
- There's another legal showdown brewing between Hollywood and the techies. RealNetworks and the motion picture studios are headed off to court over RealDVD, just-released software that allows users to rip their personal DVD collections into a PC or portable hard drive. Yeah, just like everyone's been doing with music CDs...
- Tags: Rip, CD, Video, MP3, Apple iTunes, Music, RealDVD, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- RealDVD goes live, let the lawsuits begin
- ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz offers his views on the recent lawsuits filed by the movie industry against Real Networks for its new RealDVD software. The movie studios are suing Real Networks alleging the software violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA. Diaz says consumers should be able to enjoy...
- Tags: Software, Lawsuit, Movie, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, Movie Studio, Tools & Techniques, Management, RealNetworks, Hollywood
- Videos 2008-10-01
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