Matrix sequel pirated online

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 23:36:43 -0700
> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
>
>
>  Matrix sequel pirated online
>
> Pirate copies of blockbuster hit The Matrix Reloaded are available to 
> download online, less than two weeks after the film went on release around 
> the world, BBC News Online has learned.
>
> A high-quality copy of the film is being downloaded by hundreds of people 
> each day via a website which uses the file-sharing computer program BitTorrent.
>
> The availability of the film online will come as a blow to executives who 
> co-ordinated a worldwide release of the film in an attempt to thwart piracy.
>
> Low-quality copies of the film on DVD have also been reported for sale at 
> a major traders' market in London.
>
> Although it is not unusual for pirate copies of blockbuster films to 
> appear on the internet soon after release, they are often of poor quality, 
> filmed on a hidden videcamera by a cinemagoer.
>
> The picture is often jerky, with poor sound, punctuated by ambient noise 
> in the cinema.
>
> But the copy available using BitTorrent appears to be have made from a 
> film print, and is in widescreen format with surround sound.
>
> A computer user with broadband internet access can download the film in 
> about three hours.
>
> The Matrix sequel has earned more than $363m
>
> The download also includes a teaser trailer for the third film in the 
> sci-fi trilogy, The Matrix Revolutions.
>
> Piracy, especially online, is one of the biggest concerns of the movie 
> industry.
>
> Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, told 
> BBC News Online earlier this year that digital piracy could become 
> "debilitating" for the industry.
>
> "Digital piracy has become a real menace," he said.
>
> Despite the availability of pirate copies, The Matrix Reloaded has made 
> more than $363.5m at the box office worldwide so far.
>
> Story from BBC NEWS:
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/film/2940270.stm>
>
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