Web Pirates Already Looting Top Films

Cable World, July 16, 2001

> Hollywood studios worry that Internet video on demand will lead to piracy, but the digital copyright enforcement firm MediaForce says the barn door is already wide open. Movies are being heavily pirated, costing studios an estimated $2.5 billion a year, says the company. Top titles now available on the Web through sites like Aimster and Gnutella include Tomb Raider, Shrek and Pearl Harbor--all still in their cinema and video release window.