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o Indie
Filmmakers Win Order Blocking MPAA Ban on Awards "Screeners"
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Calif. Law Makes It a Crime to Bring Camcorders into Movie Theaters
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Report: Consumers Expect to Pay $5 Less for Downloaded Albums vs.
CDs
o Court
to Rule on Whether Google's Keyword Ads Infringe Trademarks
o Bronfmans Resign from Vivendi
Universal Board
o Japanese Firm Taito to
Resurrect Classic "Space Invaders" Arcade Game
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Briefly Noted: Sony - fewer PSX
features, Rockstar Games - "Max Payne," Airborne Entertainment -
"Boulder Dash," Neil Young - iTunes
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--TECORE Wireless, Software Development Engineer - MD
--Tallan, Account Executive - New York City
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o Indie Filmmakers Win Order Blocking
MPAA Ban on Awards "Screeners"
New York -- In a major victory for independent filmmakers, a
federal judge in Manhattan has placed a restraining order on the
Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) ban on the
distribution of DVD "screener" copies of movies by film studios to
awards voting societies. A group of independent filmmakers including
the Independent Feature Project (IFP) sued the MPAA, which decided
to impose the ban as a means of preventing piracy. U.S. District
Judge Michael Mukasey agreed with the indie filmmakers, who argued
they would lose revenue because of the ban, which would prevent many
voters for awards such as the Golden Globes from seeing their films
and garnering them added publicity and ticket sales with a win.
"Plaintiffs have shown they are at risk of loss of revenues as a
result of the screener ban," Judge Mukasey wrote in his ruling. The
MPAA said it will appeal the ruling. "We know, without dispute, that
in the past screeners have been sources for pirated goods both
domestically and overseas. We will appeal because the impact and
growing threat of piracy is real and must be addressed wherever it
appears," said MPAA CEO Jack Valenti.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=filmNews&storyID=3946803
http://makeashorterlink.com/?A10031BB6
http://www.mpaa.org
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o Calif. Law
Makes It a Crime to Bring Camcorders into Movie Theaters
Los Angeles -- A law will go into effect in California on Jan. 1
making it a crime to bring a camcorder into a movie theater,
punishable with a one-year jail sentence and $2,500 fine, the
Associated Press reported. The law, signed by former Gov. Gray
Davis, will allow fellow moviegoers to make a "citizen's arrest" at
the theater, with city and county law enforcement aiding the theater
in apprehending the suspected pirate, "if resources permit." "These
thieves are stealing from Los Angeles and are stealing from American
creativity," Los Angeles city attorney Rocky Delgadillo told AP. The
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) says that movies
pirated in theaters via a camcorder account for 92% of pirated films
available on the Internet and black market.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z59D24AB6
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o Report:
Consumers Expect to Pay $5 Less for Downloaded Albums vs. CDs
New York -- Consumers expect to pay significantly less for a
downloaded full-length album than the same album sells for on CD,
according to a new survey from New York-based research firm Ipsos-Insight.
The survey of 488 U.S. Internet users aged 12 and older found that
consumers stated an "acceptable price range" of between $5 and $10
for a downloaded album, compared with a range of between $10 and $15
for the same album on CD. The research also found that consumers
would be most likely to buy a CD from a well-known, established
artist if the album were sold at the $11.99 price-point. "A roughly
$5.00 decrease in the range of acceptable prices for a new, full
length album distributed digitally versus in a physical format
represents a significant decrease in perceived value for this
product based solely on format or distribution method," said Ipsos-Insight
research director Matt Kleinschmit.
http://www.ipsos-na.com/goto.cfm?id=1986
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o Court to Rule
on Whether Google's Keyword Ads Infringe Trademarks
Mountain View, Calif. -- Search engine firm Google has asked a
federal court to determine whether or not its keyword advertising
system can infringe on companies' trademarks, CNET News.com
reported. On Nov. 26, the company asked the U.S. District Court in
San Jose, Calif. for a declaratory judgment, stemming from a dispute
with a company called American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, which
threatened to sue Google for trademark infringement. Google's
keyword advertising system allows companies to bid for placement of
links to their websites next to keywords, such as "American
wallpaper," that users type into the Google search engine. Although
the company has agreed to remove keywords such as "eBay," which are
easily identifiable trademarks, Google has denied claims for more
vague references to trademarks, like "American blind." "Google seeks
declaratory judgment from this court that its current policy
regarding the sale of keyword-triggered advertising does not
constitute trademark infringement," the company wrote in its filing.
http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5113673.html
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o Bronfmans
Resign from Vivendi Universal Board
Paris -- French media and entertainment conglomerate Vivendi
Universal revealed this week that Edgar Bronfman Jr. -- who is
currently preparing a bid for Warner Music -- and his father have
resigned from the board of directors, thereby concluding what over
the years has become a very rocky relationship. Industry experts
have long speculated that Bronfman Jr. has been determined to regain
his family's previous position in the global media industry since he
failed in his attempt to acquire Vivendi Universal Entertainment.
Last month, Bronfman Jr. offered $2.55 billion in cash for Warner
Music.
http://www.vivendiuniversal.com/vu/en/home/index.cfm
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o Japanese Firm
Taito to Resurrect Classic "Space Invaders" Arcade Game
Tokyo -- Japanese video game maker Taito has announced that it will
once again sell its classic "Space Invaders" arcade game in the
U.S., in part to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the game's
release. The company signed an agreement with fellow Japanese games
firm Namco -- which has operations in the U.S. -- to manufacture and
sell around 10,000 new "Space Invaders" machines, at about $2,800
each. "There has been a rebirth of classic video games in America,"
Taito spokesman Kengo Naka told Reuters. "We thought it would
coincide nicely with the 25th anniversary of its debut in the U.S."
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O5CB15AB6
http://www.taito.co.jp
http://www.namco.com/usa
http://www.spaceinvaders.de
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o Briefly Noted: (Tokyo) Sony
announced that it has deleted advanced features from its "PSX"
device, which adds a digital video recorder and DVD burner to its
PlayStation 2 video game console, in order to get the device on
Japanese retailers' shelves in time for the holiday shopping season.
The machine will now feature half the DVD recording speed (12x) that
was promised, and will not offer a broadband Internet port. Sony
also dropped support for the DVD+RW format, and said the PSX will
not play CD-R discs or MP3 files. Sony will begin selling a $730,
160GB hard drive model PSX in Japan next week.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?P3CE21AB6
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/34317.html
(New York) Video game developer Rockstar Games, a unit of
Take-Two Interactive, announced on Friday that it will release a
version of its "Max Payne" title for Nintendo Game Boy Advance on
Dec. 16. New York-based Rockstar said that the PC and console
versions of the game have sold a combined 4 million units. The
company this week also released a sequel to the game for consoles,
"Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031205/55088_1.html
http://www.rockstargames.com
http://www.take2games.com
(Montreal) Wireless game publisher Airborne Entertainment said
that it has released a version of "Boulder Dash," based on the
classic title for Commodore 64, for subscribers to wireless carrier
Verizon's Get It Now service. Developed by Croatia-based InstantCom,
the game will be co-published by First Star Software and Airborne
Entertainment.
http://www.airborne-e.com/website/news/index.php?loc=detail&id=43
http://www.firststarsoftware.com
(Los Angeles) Reprise Records artist Neil Young has placed a live
acoustic performance of his album "Greendale," recorded in Dublin,
exclusively for sale on Apple's iTunes Music Store. The artist's
website indicated that the album will go on sale at all digital
retailers on Dec. 16.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store
http://www.neilyoung.com
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