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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedStudy: insiders main source of movie piracy: but MPAA says AT&T report is flawed.(Headliners: the week of September 22, 2003)(Motion Picture Association of America)
Video Business, September, 2003 by Sweeting, Paul
Online movie piracy is an inside job, according to a new study by AT&T Labs. The study, the first to try to quantify the origins of movie files uploaded to peer-to-peer networks, found that 77% of the files could be, traced to inside sources-either leaks from the studios themselves, postproduction facilities or theater projection booths.
Only 5% of the online movie files examined could be traced to commercially released DVDs. Motion Picture association of America officials disputed the study's conclusions and criticized its methodology, claiming it overlooked most instances of camcorder piracy, which the group says is the leading source of illegal movies online. The study, "Analysis of Security Vulnerabilities in the Movie Production and...
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